Jack White: From Altar Boy To Rock God

A Girl and a Job

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During his senior year in high school, Jack White met a girl named Meg at the Memphis Smoke Show where she worked. The two became fast friends and developed a relationship together going to coffee shops, record stores, and concerts. It was around the same time that White finished his apprenticeship and opened up his own store called Third Man Upholstery.

However, the business eventually failed as White never strived to make money and was known for writing out bills in crayon or writing poetry on the interior of customer’s furniture. Little did Jack and Meg know that their relationship would spawn a band that is credited with reviving a lost genre.