Watch Jack White Play Twangy Nationwide Anthem for Detroit Tigers’ Opening Day

Detroit native Jack White kicked off the Tigers’ opening-day baseball sport towards the Chicago White Sox on Friday (April 8), beginning the sport with a bluesy rendition of “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

White selected an unconventional route for his cowl of the nationwide anthem — as an alternative of belting out the patriotic lyrics to spectators at Comerica Park, he as an alternative went the instrumental route and put a twangy, Americana spin on the observe. Backed by a keyboard participant, bassist and drummer, White first strummed the opening chords of the observe and was later joined by his band who fleshed out the music and added dramatic aptitude to his rendition of the observe.

The efficiency concluded with fireworks being set off on the stadium and the group cheering for White and his band’s tackle the patriotic observe.

The previous White Stripes member’s latest LP, Concern of the Daybreak, was additionally launched on Friday. White chatted with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe concerning the file and teased an unreleased undertaking between him and Jay-Z when Lowe requested in the event that they have been “sitting on warmth.”

“It’s true, but it surely’s not me who doesn’t end stuff. I’m not that man,” he mentioned. “I’m extra the persona, like, I’ll be there tomorrow. So it’s completely different working types. So a few of that stuff will see the sunshine of day when these guys aren’t busy with different tasks and stuff.”

See White’s rendition of the nationwide anthem under.

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