I get emails from the Salt Shed about their upcoming shows. In their most recent email, they described Jack White as a "living legend." At first blush, that seemed odd. A living legend should be Mick Jagger or Bob Dylan. But, we're 25 years into the 21st Century. By 21st Century standards, I suppose the shoe fits.

Thoughts?

Nevertheless, the music with the White Stripes was really good.

I think his legacy is sort of as a curator of other people's legacies, of re-elevating vinyl pressings and the Record Store Day promotion, of being The Last True Rock & Roll Star or whatever. It's all very recursive and music-adjacent. In terms of the work itself, well, much like AC/DC, he wrote a song that people like to hear at sporting events. Bono and David Byrne are living legends. Jack White? Ehh I dunno.

I think his legacy is sort of as a curator of other people's legacies, of re-elevating vinyl pressings and the Record Store Day promotion, of being The Last True Rock & Roll Star or whatever. It's all very recursive and music-adjacent. In terms of the work itself, well, much like AC/DC, he wrote a song that people like to hear at sporting events. Bono and David Byrne are living legends. Jack White? Ehh I dunno.