PHOTOS: Wanda Jackson featuring Jack White & The Third Man House Band. Music Hall Of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY. 1/21/11.

Last week, The Huffington Post made a list of fourteen must see concerts in NYC this weekend. Not included on the list was Wanda Jackson's appearance at the Music Hall Of Williamsburg in Brooklyn, pretty much proving why no one should be turning to The Huffington Post for music advice.

With a lifetime of performance under her belt, Wanda Jackson is charisma incarnate. Jack White isn't lacking in that department either and with both of them under one, the place was bursting at the seams. At 73, Jackson walks the stage with an undeniable command and ease. She has more presence than most artists half her age - except maybe for White, her musical compatriot this go around. Never over stepping his boundaries, White made sure everyone knew this was Jackson's show while carefully interspersing barnburning solos and conducting the tight as a whip Third Man House Band. 

While the set heavily featured tracks from Jackson's new album The Party Aint Over, old favorites like "Mean Mean Man," "Fujiyama Mama," and "Let's Have A Party" were revamped to utilize the southern soul horns section and White's blistering guitar. Jackson's voice is a fiery and vibrant as ever, powering through the bombast of sound coming from behind her.

I've seen Wanda Jackson every time she has come to New York since 2002, usually surrounded by people much older than me. This time around however, it was a decidedly younger crowd in no small part due to White's association. Despite a series of excellent records in the past few years (Heart Trouble & I Remember Elvis) and a top notch live show, Jackson's audience has primarily consisted of die hard desciples and rockabilly revivalists. But White may have succeeded where others have not, capturing Wanda's talent in a fantastic album and exposing her to a wider more modern audience. Maybe this generation will pay the respect due to Wanda Jackson that the last seems to have forgotten to.

Wanda Jackson's The Party Ain't Over comes out tomorrow on CD & vinyl through Third Man Records, digital download on iTunes, and will Wanda be featured on Conan tomorrow night. Buy it now, you will love it.

Click the header pic above for a slideshow of more from Wanda Jackson at the Music Hall of Williamsburg or head to the full Flickr gallery here.

An extra special thanks to Wanda's publicist, Jon Henley, for reaching out and allowing me to shoot such an amazing show.

Also, check out Bowery Presents: The House List featuring a great review by Alena Kastin and one of my photos for the header.

And finally, even more pics are featured on the OBEY Clothing Blog so go check them out. 

Here's a taste of what you missed.

LISTEN/MUSIC: Wanda Jackson & Jack White Ready To Rock Brooklyn

Wanda Jackson's new record The Party Ain't Over is about two weeks away. On Friday, January 21st Brooklyn's Music Hall Of Williamsburg will host a special record release show featuring Wanda Jackson backed by Jack White & The Third Man House Band. The show sold out in nearly an hour and the small handful of additional tour dates followed suit.

The hype for this show is huge. In the past, shooting a Wanda Jackson show was pretty easy but this time around with requests in to both the Jackson camp and Third Man Records I have yet to get a response. Maybe I'm not cool enough and it seems that many photographers are in the same boat. Most likely it's an attempt to maintain the unique atmosphere of the live event.

To my fellow record nerds, Third Man Records will release a 180 gram 12" vinyl version of the new album and pre-orders are being taken now. The first 1000 orders will receive a limited edition Hatch Show print and of those 1000 orders a select 100 will have randomly inserted limited edition fuschia colored LPs.

Hatch Show Prints is one of the oldest working print shops in the United States, they've been making prints advertising music shows since 1879 so it's no surprise Jack White has partnered with them to make this release even more special.

Wanda Jackson' latest single, a cover of Bob Dylan's Thunder On The Mountaintop, is available now for download at iTunes or AmazonMP3. Here's a preview:

Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountaintop

 

UPDATE: Wanda Jackson has added an additional NYC tour date on February 24th at the Bowery Ballroom and tickets are onsale now. Jack White is not on the bill for this show. For more information check here or to buy tickets click here.

LISTEN/MUSIC: Wanda Jackson & Jack White

The long awaited Jack White/Wanda Jackson collaboration will finally see the light of day. Third Man/Nonesuch Records will release Wanda Jackson's The Party Ain't Over on January 25th, 2011.

This marks Jack White's second collaboration with a country music legend. In 2004, White joined forces with Loretta Lynn and released her much acclaimed comeback album,  Vanlear Rose.

The Party Ain’t Over was recorded in Nashville at White’s studio, with a band, including himself, Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather/Raconteurs), Carl Broemel (My Morning Jacket), Patrick Keeler (Raconteurs), Ashley Monroe, Jackson Smith, and White's wife Karen Elson. "The result: a retro modern collection of music that showcases Wanda, now in her seventh decade and sounding as wickedly charismatic as ever."

Vinyl and iTunes fans got a sneak preview of two tracks from the forthcoming album this past summer in the form of a digital download/vinyl 7". A soulful cover of Amy Winehouse's "You Know I'm No Good" was backed with the classic Johnny Kidd and the Pirates hit “Shakin All Over."

Wanda Jackson - "You Know I'm No Good"

Wanda Jackson - "Shakin' All Over"

 

Wanda Jackson has been riding an already successful career comeback in the past few years. 2003's Heart Trouble was Jackson's first album since the 1980's and featured artists the likes of Elvis Costello, The Cramps, and Dave Alvin. 2006's I Remember Elvis brought a covers record of her ex-boyfriend Elvis Presley's songs. This was soon followed by a Wanda Jackson tribute album, a feature length documentary, and a long awaited, long deserved induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

With the White Stripes on hiatus, Jack White has had no problem keeping busy. In between producing, recording, and touring with his bands The Dead Weather and The Raconteurs, White started Third Man Records and has produced many of it's artists. Here's some vintage White Stripes for your listening pleasure.

  

The White Stripes @ John Peel Session - "You're Pretty Good Looking (For A Girl)"

 

DOWNLOAD FULL SHOW: The White Stripes - Maida Vale Studios, London - Peel Session 1, 7-25-01.

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