If SEVEN NATION ARMY was Delta Blues.... WHITE STRIPES Slide Guitar Cover

I've always loved the heavy blues influence in Jack White's guitar playing, and the original recording of "Seven Nation Army" is a killer hybrid of bluesy slide guitar and analog punk. I wanted to take that all the way back down the Mississippi, and give it the full Delta Blues treatment. The melody and bassline sound simple until you try playing them at the same time.

TUNING:
• Open G Hybrid Tuning: D-G-D-G-B-E
GEAR:
• Mystery Resonator
• @justinjohnsonlive Signature Ceramic Guitar Slide
• 12-Bar-Blues Resonator Pickup

#whitestripes #whitestripes #cover

[trapjohnson]

And then it hits me that he is playing lead, the bass line, and percussion all at once!

[taperry]

Dumbfounded. I've been playing since I was twelve, I'm 55 now. I always tell my students that you know you understand a song when you can play around with it. Add & subtract, transpose, switch up the keys & rhythm, stuff like that. This is that to a whole new level. Outstanding.

[manadrain]

Say it with me now: Ar-tic-u-la-tion. That's where this piece excels! you can practically hear the slide/lead (fingers) speak the syllables while the thumb plucks the iconic bassline. And a wonderful use of percussive taps on the soundboard. IMHO, it's fantastic musicianship. signed, a percussionist who dabbles in guitar.

[AndyPresto]

As a fan of everything Jack White's ever done and who saw the White Stripes play 3 times, this must be his most covered/influential tune and hands down it's the best version I've ever heard, while I suspect that Jack would thoroughly approve. Kudos!

[cwilson]

Contrary to my ex wife this song makes me glad to have ears.

[Studio-ThirtyEight]

That has to be one of the best sounding guitars I've heard.

[avatarlhamo]

I like the absolute softness of it. some moments it feels like it’s whispered kindly

[jonkerr]

I would love to see you and Jack White play this together. That’d be an epic performance.

[Turboy]

Dustin is such a true MUSICIAN, one who makes MUSIC. Musicians are much less common than people who merely play an instrument.

[alisaljic]

This is so good. This entire performance deserves to be in an action movie as a score for the main scene, with all the other sounds and dialogue muted.

[Youtubz]

Jack White needs to see this. To see your influence on other artists can be both humbling and inspiring.

[rhidiandavies]

I've been playing guitar since I was 16, that's a little over 14 years at this point, and it still blows my mind how some people can play the melody and bass line simultaneously like this lol I suppose at a certain point of practicing a particular riff it just becomes muscle memory but it would probably take me a month of practice to begin to play this and I'd never get the kind of clarity he gets on every single note.

[MSNYdude]

Come on down here to the delta. To the crossroads. April 23rd. Juke Joint Blues Festival, Clarksdale, MS. You won’t regret it.

[donb]

Can't carry a tune in a bucket but appreciate talent when I hear it 💯🎉❤🎉❤

[paulgallagher]

This is literally what the man coming back from the crossroads after midnight played first.

[davewatchedthat]

Every once in a while, a cover of an epic hit comes along that somehow slaps even harder than the original...I feel like Jack White would love to play this with you. Wish I could!

[sarlaccstapeworm]

Yeah.... That DEFINITELY deserves a thumbs WAY up! 👍

[nefuros]

I demand a remake of "o brother where art thou" and this man does the soundtrack.

[MattEast-pqgj]

I've been listening to this guy fir years he's just raw talent. It oozes out of him. Like a fine wine he gets better with age.

Pick any euphemism or metaphor I thunk you can agree he's awesome.

[MrBigjay]

I'm a metalhead at heart but the Blues and Delta blues in particular hits me so different i love it so much.