Two-Star Tabernacle

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Two-Star Tabernacle
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Promotional picture of the band, from around 1998
Background information
Origin Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Genres Garage rock, punk blues, blues-rock, alternative rock
Years active1997–1999
Labels Bloodshot Records
Members Jack White
Dan John Miller
Tracee Mae Miller
Damian Lang

Two-Star Tabernacle was a short-lived punk rock band from Detroit. Two-Star Tabernacle consisted of Jack White, Dan John Miller, Tracee Mae Miller and Damian Lang. [1]

The band's first release came in 1998, and was a 7-inch vinyl with Andre Williams released by Bloodshot Records initially as a limited edition of 500 on white vinyl, then an additional limited edition of 500 on black vinyl [2] and [3] The band's second release came in 2011, and was a 7-inch vinyl recorded around the same time as the first also featuring Andre Williams, released through Jack White's Third Man Records Vault Subscription Service. Several of the band's songs were altered and recorded on the White Stripes' album White Blood Cells and Blanche's album If We Can't Trust the Doctors...

Bootlegs

There are only two heavily circulated bootlegs, but more are believed to exist. The most common was recorded at The Gold Dollar in Detroit, Michigan on January 16, 1998, and the rarer of the two was recorded at Paychecks in Hamtramck, Michigan, on March 12, 1999.

Live At The Gold Dollar set list[ citation needed ]

  1. "Who's To Say"
  2. "Itchy"
  3. "Hotel Yorba"
  4. "Worst Time Of My Life"
  5. "Garbage Picker"
  6. "Now Mary" (Early Version)
  7. "Zig Zag Springs"
  8. "Red Head"
  9. "Jesus And Tequila"
  10. "So Long Cruel World"
  11. "Sixteen Tons"

Live At Paychecks set list

  1. "Rank Stranger"
  2. "The Union Forever"
  3. "Who's To Say"
  4. "The Same Boy You've Always Known"
  5. "Zig Zag Springs"
  6. "Rootin' Tootin'"
  7. "Hotel Yorba"
  8. "So Long, Cruel World"
  9. "Plain As Day"
  10. "Wayfarin' Stranger"

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References

  1. ↑ "2 Star Tabernacle". Grunnenrocks.nl. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Jet Black Daddy (7 Single)". Bloodshotrecords.com. 20 December 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "Amazon.com: Andre Williams & 2 Star Tabernacle: MP3 Downloads". Amazon. Archived from the original on 2009-05-17. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
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