Rocker and Detroit native Jack White played a startlingly inventive instrumental version of the U.S. national anthem at Detroit’s Comerica Park on Friday (April 8), as the Detroit Free Press reported.
The ex-White Stripes leader’s star-spangled banger started the festivities for the Detroit Tigers’ opening day at the MLB stadium. White drove the performance with some bluesy guitar pickin’, meaning baseball fans got plenty of twang for their buck. (The artist’s hair is also now dyed blue, a look he debuted last year; the above photo is from his first pitch at a 2014 Tigers game.)
Watch White’s anthem near the bottom of this post.
The former White Striper is releasing two solo albums this year. The first, Fear of the Dawn, arrived on Friday; Entering Heaven Alive follows in July. Ahead of Dawn‘s arrival, Jack White fans got to hear the singles “Taking Me Back” and the title track “Fear of the Dawn,” each from the first effort, as well as “Love is Selfish” from Entering Heaven Alive. White is now performing across North America in support of the albums.
“The Star-Spangled Banner,” the anthem made a famous guitar instrumental by the late Jimi Hendrix, has been tackled by many others, including members of Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea, Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, Tool’s Adam Jones, Zakk Wylde and more.
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Jack White, “The Star-Spangled Banner” (Live at Comerica Park – April 8, 2022)
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