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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·6 months ago
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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.

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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 .…

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