Jack White is one of the finest songwriters and performers of his generation, but he also has a great ear for outside material. With the Stripes he successfully reinvented everything from Bob Dylan's "Isis" to Dolly Parton's "Jolene." On tour with The Raconteurs, White steps to the mic and recasts "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" — the poppy murder report Cher scored a hit with in '66 — into a manic heavy blues stomp that runs over six-minutes long and is mandatory listening/viewing for fans of The White Stripes/The Raconteurs/sweaty rock 'n' roll. Find it by searching keywords "Raconteurs Bang Bang."
This article appears in Mar 21-27, 2007.