On Jul 31, 2007, the White Stripes played their final show. The duo was touring behind what would be their final album as a group (2007’s Icky Thump) and performed a 20-song, 4-encore set at the Southaven, Mississippi venue Snowden Grove. Now eight years after the band officially broke up, a recording of that final performance has made its way online, as Consequence of Sound points out.
The White Stripes: Live in Mississippi does more than document the band’s later material—it also showcases an entire career spent hammering out tenacious riffs and impeccably simple drum patterns. Early favorites like “Hotel Yorba” and “Ball And Biscuit” sound even better next to deep cuts like “300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues” and “When I hear My Name.”
White Stripes frontman Jack White’s latest solo album Boarding House Reach was released in 2018, recently followed by Help Us Stranger, his third album with the Raconteurs. In August, White’s Third Man Records announced a new box set celebrating the 20th anniversary of the White Stripes self-titled debut album.
1. Stop Breaking Down
2. Let’s Build A Home
3. When I Hear My Name
4. Icky Thump
5. Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
6. As Ugly As I Seem
7. The Same Boy You’ve Always Known
8. Wasting My Time
9. Phonograph Blues
10. Cannon
11. John The Revelator
12. Death Letter
13. Astro
14. Apple Blossom
15. You Don’t Know What Love Is (You Just Do As You’re Told)
16. In The Cold, Cold Night
17. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother’s Heart
18. Hotel Yorba
19. A Martyr For My Love For You
20. Ball And Biscuit
Encore:
1. 300 MPH Torrential Outpour Blues
2. Blue Orchid
3. I’m Slowly Turning Into You
4. Boll Weevil