Jack White “A Tip From You to Me” 2022. Third Man Records, part of the Vault no. 54 package The Supply Chain Issues Tour, on blue glitter vinyl. We had the amazing good fortune to catch Jack White this past Thursday in Madison at High Noon Saloon on his No Name tour. I was alerted via social media at around 11:00 am Thursday morning that tickets for Vault members would be going on sale/have to the show for the concert happening that night at 8:00 pm! I amazingly scored the tickets (and had the night free) so off we went to Madison. It was a fabulous show in a pretty small venue (I think 400 max capacity or so) and we got right up to the stage. I was able to get several great photos and a few video snippets (not enough to put up on YouTube though, I felt weird recording full songs right up in his face). He played a great mix from his latest LP No Name, older solo material and White Stripes songs.

“A Tip From You to Me” appears on White’s 2022 album Entering Heaven Alive. It’s folky, with acoustic guitar and piano, a bit of country jangle and a mix of bright melody/harmony and some darker-edged minor chords. Side B has the demo version of “A Tip From You to Me.” It’s just Jack and an acoustic guitar so inherently more mellow and definitely sadder. I think I like the demo better than the album version.