Comments on: What song did the White Stripes play after Seven Nation Army at the 2004 Grammys?

Question: What song did the White Stripes play after Seven Nation Army at the 2004 Grammys?

fearless_yakov — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:03:02 -0800

What song did the White Stripes play after Seven Nation Army at the 2004 Grammys?

whitestripe filter: At the 2004 Grammys, the White Stripes performed 2 verses of 7 Nation Army, then at 2:09 into the performance, they went into a bluesy-sounding song that I haven't heard before. Jack's guitar solo is one of the most badass things I've ever seen. Watch it here.

So what's the song? Is this a Stripes song, or a cover? Are there other live recordings of this song as performed by the White Stripes?

By: team lowkey

team lowkey — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:13:40 -0800

It's their own. Death Letter.

By: fearless_yakov

fearless_yakov — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:14:41 -0800

That was quick. Thanks!

By: mochapickle

mochapickle — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:16:24 -0800

Wait! It's a cover of Son House's original.

By: keswick

keswick — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:19:56 -0800

What mochapickle said, it's a cover of a Son House song.

By: team lowkey

team lowkey — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:20:47 -0800

I stand corrected.

By: booner

booner — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 16:30:45 -0800

You'll find it on De Stijl, the White Stripes' second release.

By: rmm

rmm — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:51:56 -0800

The question really is what was the punky one that came after Death Letter - just a nameless jam they created?

By: amethysts

amethysts — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:31:48 -0800

there's gotta be other live recordings of death letter around. i thought i had one but i don't anymore.

By: fearless_yakov

fearless_yakov — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:00:25 -0800

rmm makes a good point - I was interested in the "punky" jam that they play after the verse of what I now know to be Death Letter.

I think you can find a couple versions of death letter on You Tube.

Thanks, MeFites.

By: rmm

rmm — Mon, 03 Jul 2006 21:13:59 -0800

Also try the Little Room, the White Stripes message board - and if you find out the name of the punky jam, let me know! I'm a member on that message board but haven't searched for the song in a while - don't think it's a full song sadly.

He is indeed one of the best guitarists around - he does truly creative awe inspiring things with his instrument. And Meg does great stuff with her instrument too :)

By: Len

Len — Tue, 04 Jul 2006 07:39:07 -0800

You could have googled the (completely intelligible on YouTube) lyrics, you know.

(And to actually be of help, rather than just coming in and pissing and moaning ...) The "punky jam" after Death Letter starts with a speeded-up version of the riff and drums from Let's Build A Home (also on De Stijl); the rest of the performance seems to be just White taking that and running with it.

By: Blandanomics

Blandanomics — Wed, 05 Jul 2006 10:37:09 -0800

That little jam they did, they do after every time they play death letter. Maybe not the same EXACT thing, but close. Get some White Stripes bootlegs and you'll see that they often attach Death letter on the end of a medly and close it off in a little jam.