I have listened to quite a bit of the White Stripes(mostly live stuff off their web site) and while I enjoyed their music(yes, even their treatment of the blues) to use the words "consumate" and "better than anyone who's played the blues" in describing Jack White is a bit much. Because a band or artist covers a blues song does not automatically make them a blues artist, much less a "consumate" blues artist. I don't consider myself a purist by any means, but to use terms that apply to people like Buddy Guy, B. B. King, maybe EC and SRV in reference to Jack White at this stage in his career is at the very least premature.
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Buried Alive In The Blues
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