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Striped: The Story Of The White Stripes

BONUS: My Idols Walk Next To Me (Wayne Kramer Interview)

Striped: The Story Of The White Stripes

No Smiling & Third Man Records

Music

4.7585 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2019

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

In the first episode of season one, you heard a little from Wayne Kramer of the seminal Detroit band The MC5. While only a few bits ended up in the episode, there was a lot more Wayne had to say about the city, his career, and The White Stripes. So for the last bonus episode of the season, we're letting you hear it all.

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0:00.0

Kick out the jams, motherfucker.

0:09.2

All the way back in the first episode of Stripes, season one,

0:12.5

you heard a little bit from brother Wayne Kramer, the MC5.

0:15.3

And I mean, just a little bit.

0:17.3

There's only a couple of clips.

0:19.2

But the thing is, we talked a lot longer than that,

0:21.9

and he had plenty to say about Detroit, the MC5,

0:25.6

how interest in the scene eventually developed,

0:27.7

and then a few other things, too.

0:30.4

For the final bonus episode from season one,

0:32.7

I wanted you to hear what he had to say.

0:34.7

It doesn't deal much with the white stripes until the end,

0:36.9

but, you know, it's Wayne Kramer.

0:39.2

So it's important.

0:41.4

Without further ado, here's the

0:43.3

final bonus episode for Season 1

0:45.2

of Stripe, the story of the White Stripes.

0:48.0

And now it is my

0:49.4

pleasure to welcome.

0:52.9

Are you ready?

0:54.4

Are you guys ready to pray at the altar?

0:58.0

Are you ready to testify?

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