it comes together pretty quickly.

In a recording studio, it takes a whole lot for things to go right.

But it doesn't take much at all for everything to go wrong.

And that's just when it comes to the people in the room.

Not to mention outside pressures, equipment problems, cramped schedules, and a whole

host of other issues. It's easy to feel like the deck stacked against you when you're

working on an album. But for the White Stripes, working on their first record, well, they

threw the deck out the window altogether. Jack and Meg knew exactly what they wanted,

and they were determined to get it.

I'm Sean Cannon from Thirdman Records and Nevermind Media. This is Striped, the story of the white

stripes. If you want an explosion now Yeah, Jimmy

They don't want to explode now

If you remember all the way back at the end of episode one,

we left off with Steve Shaw of the Detroit Cobra's

Talking to Long Gone John,

who ran the indie label Sympathy for the record industry.

After the Cobra's first record on sympathy performed really well,

John, sensing there was something special going on in the Motor City,

asked Steve if there were any other bands from Detroit worth recording.

I think we both know how that turned out, but just in case.

He wanted to know what bands he should record in Detroit, and I told him to put an album out

by the White Stripes. At the time, I was in a bowling team with Dave Buick. Jack would actually fill in sometimes well.

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