Jack White: From Altar Boy To Rock God

A Fork In The Road

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As a teenager, Jack White was accepted to a seminary school in Wisconsin and his intention was to go. At the last second, he decided to go to Cass Technical High School, one of the reasons being that he didn’t think seminary school would allow him to bring his new guitar amplifier.

When he was 15, he began working as an apprentice in an upholstery shop under a family friend, Brian Muldoon. At the upholstery shop, White was exposed to punk music, and the two even formed a small band The Upholsters. With White on the guitar and Muldoon on the drums, the two released their first album, Makers of High Grade Suites.