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Article: MUSIC IS A FUNNY GAME; Guitar god Jack White reveals his heroes - not Hendrix but pre-war comics WC Fields and Harpo Marx.(Features)
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- Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)
- Article date:
- August 16, 2009
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Byline: RICK FULTON
Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix and Robert Johnson. You'd have thought Jack White would name one or all of them as his main influences.
But White - the man behind White Stripes and the Raconteurs - instead name-checks three funnymen from a bygone era.
He said: "WC Fields, Harpo Marx and Harold Lloyd.
"These comedians have all influenced me, made me want to perform. It's not the musicians as much as the comedians and their style."
White - arguably the most influential guitarist of his generation - clearly likes a ...