A Career in Pictures

Son House was highly influential to Jack White's playing and writing. White has long counted the Delta blues legend as his favorite musician of all time.

The cover of the first self-titled album by The White Stripes set the tone for the red and white color theme Jack White wanted to incorporate for the band. He credits peppermint disc candies as the inspiration. White dedicated the first album to Son House.

The video for "Seven Nation Army" helped to propel The White Stripes into the popular culture spotlight. The main riff has become a favored chant among sports fans around the world. It can be heard at hockey, football, basketball and soccer games.

The White Stripes' live shows were known for being raw and full of high energy.

In 2005, Jack White formed The Raconteurs featuring Jack Lawrence and Patrick Keeler of the Cincinnati garage rock band The Greenhornes and singer/songwriter Brendan Benson. They released their first album Broken Boy Soldier in 2006.

For live performances with The Raconteurs, Jack White had a microphone custom built into the back of his guitar, giving his voice a distorted fuzz box effect.

In 2008, Jack White and Alicia Keys collaborated on "Another Way to Die," the theme for the James Bond film The Quantum of Solace.

Jack White joined guitar legends Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin, the Yardbirds) and the Edge (U2) on the 2009 electric guitar documentary It Might Get Loud.

In 2010, Jack White wrote a song with hip hop legend Jay-Z.  Of the collaboration, White said, "It was incredible. I played him something that I was kicking around for a while and he immediately came out with words for it. It was unbelievable sounding."