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Two Venues, a Bowling Alley & Jack White’s Stamp of Approval: How Detroit’s Majestic Theatre Center Became a Landmark

Billboard·Taylor Mims·about 1 month ago
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Trending on Billboard In 1999, a young Jack White had the forethought to record a performance at his local bowling alley in Detroit. During the show, he and a collection of local musician friends, calling themselves Jack White and the Bricks (White, Brendan Benson , Ben Blackwell and Kevin Peyok), stood on the riser over a few lanes at the iconic Garden Bowl and played Bob Dylan and ? & the Mysterians covers — along with a collection of just-released and yet-to-be-released White Stripes songs. Related The band played on lanes 11 to 14, recalls David Zainea , whose family has owned the Garden Bowl for 80 years, “and it was packed.” In 2013, White turned the raucous recording into a limited-edition vinyl for his label Third Man Records’ exclusive vault series titled Jack White and The Bricks: Live On the Garden Bowl . In between early renditions of tracks that wouldn’t be heard until later White Stripes albums, listeners can hear the crack of bowling balls connecting with pins at the back of the lane.…

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