Carolina Drama - Jack White | Live from Here with Chris Thile 

I need to fill out the paperwork necessary to get Jack White named and protected as a National Treasure.

Jack is such a great story teller. So glad they had him as a guest.

Jack White always brings his A-Game and surrounds himself with the best musicians.

Holy crap what I wouldn't give for a Thile/White collab album.

I've been looking for this song for freaking ages!!!!! All I had was the ending "go ask the milkman" and a suspicion Jack White sang in the song

I need so much more of Jack White and Chris Thile together. Those two could come up with some pretty amazing stuff.

This is such a great performance. Jack White is one of the few people I would pay a great deal of money to see live.

Jack, Lillie Mae and Thile need to do a trio and win grammy's

Jesus he is a talented singer and the story is right out of the Southern Gothic tradition. I wasn't completely convinced by his voice until this song pushed me over to complete devotion.

So you think you're an artist....then you hear Jack White.

you always hear about each "generation" in music having its star... Elvis, Hendrix, Lennon, etc... Jack White is undoubtedly his generations stand out artist. everything he touches is gold... he's a amazing talent, very humble and thankful for his luck (for lack of a better term) in every interview Ive ever seen with the man. Seems legitimately like he's a good person. Would love to see him live. (these shows he does, like this one above, remind me of early Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson live shows)

I wonder if Jack White ever realizes how talented he truly is

haha that dude is so awesome! he's like Jack's freaky ghost shadow jester groover, just carvin it up!

Still my favorite song of all time. Amazing.

man this guy is blessed with an unbelievable voice, i heard the recorded song and now the live performance and he almost sounds the same

Jack's voice make me cry all the time ❤❤❤❤

Epic. Delicate interplay between Chris and Jack.Beautiful.

This was amazing! How much fun was Chris having?! Bravo guys, and Lillie 😀 One of my favorite songs. 👏

Not sure if I've ever seen Thile more enthusiastic and into a song before.

I think that this is the single greatest performance of any song that I’ve ever seen, recorded or live. Jack serves as an inspiration to me and I cannot thank him enough for how he’s affected my life, short as it has been so far. I can only strive to make music that powerful, that emotional, that affecting.

One of the best storytelling blues songs of all time. Anything Jack White, I'm in!

I watched this 5 consecutive times just to pay attention to each instrument and it's absolutely amazing to me how perfect this performance is.

best murder ballad of my life

I've only ever seen one man love to play the mandolin more...Dustin Transou...RIP Dusty, wish I could hear you do this song!

my fave song.. so glad he finally started playing it live! hope to see him again soon and catch him playing this jem!

This IS, the best version. Out of the '3' versions I know, THIS IS clearer, and more acoustical 😁👍!!!

It was a violent week in Woebegone, South Carolina... the little town that civility forgot, that electrification could not improve.

One of the only things keeping me sane on my 10 hour drive home last night. Thanks!

That was such an epic performance. It was great how Chris and Jack fed off each other

Damn, I love that shiny double bass (and the violin, too...)

My favorite of this song, I love the Mandolin with Jack.

Lillie Mae is the 💥

Good lord, this is incredible

I love this performance so much😭😭

Absolutely amazing!

Wowza! So amazing!

pure class

Great, great tune.

Epic! Great show!

sounded really great live

I could listen to that all day, I love the sound.

His voice ❤

Best song ever !

Jack's performances are sooo inspiring

Can’t stop watching and listening to this !Love this whole band!

I came here this morning looking for some upbeat Jack White and stumbled onto THIS! What a great performance!

love this version

I ❤️Jack!!!

Splendid performance!

Amazing!!

Absolutely love this song have loved him since Movie Cold Mountain ♥️🌹♥️

Beautiful Jack ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Margo--What a gem!! Jack-great taste as usual!

Best song on the album

The grins just before the middle eight guitar solo is so fantastic: )

So good...

Best vocal rendition I've heard Jack give for this song. Beautiful, raw stuff. Chris Thile killed it too but I wish he wasn't grinning and swaying like a loony in the background. Kinda took away from the gravity of singing about a kid killing his mom's boyfriend with a milk bottle.

What a great performance. Some exceptional musicians, the mandolin, fiddle, dobro, bass and Jack’s guitar and vocal!!! Amazing

Exceptional performance.

That was Fantastic

Oh mercy this is sublime ❤️

Amazing

LYRICS Carolina Drama The Raconteurs I'm not sure if there's a point to this story But I'm going to tell it again So many other people try to tell the tale Not one of them knows the end It was a junk-house in South Carolina Held a boy the age of ten Along with his older brother Billy And a mother and her boyfriend Who was a triple loser with some blue tattoos That were given to him when he was young And a drunk temper that was easy to lose And thank god he didn't own a gun Well, Billy woke up in the back of his truck Took a minute to open his eyes He took a peep into the back of the house And found himself a big surprise He didn't see his brother but there was his mother With her red-headed head in her hands While the boyfriend had his gloves wrapped around an old priest Trying to choke the man Ah Ah Ah Billy looked up from the window to the truck Threw up, and had to struggle to stand He saw that red-necked bastard with a hammer Turn the priest into a shell of a man That priest was putting up the fight of his life But he was old and he was bound to lose The boyfriend hit as hard as he could And knocked the priest right down to his shoes Well, now Billy knew but never actually met The preacher lying there in the room He heard himself say, "That must be my daddy" Then he knew what he was gonna do Billy got up enough courage, took it up And grabbed the first blunt thing he could find It was a cold, glass bottle of milk That got delivered every morning at nine Ah Ah Ah Billy broke in and saw the blood on the floor, and He turned around and put the lock on the door He looked dead into the boyfriend's eye His mother was a ghost, too upset to cry, then He took a step toward the man on the ground From his mouth trickled out a little audible sound He heard the boyfriend shout, "Get out!" And Billy said, "Not till I know what this is all about" "Well, this preacher here was attacking your mama" But Billy knew just who was starting the drama So Billy took dead aim at his face And smashed the bottle on the man who left his dad in disgrace, and The white milk dripped down with the blood, and the Boyfriend fell down dead for good Right next to the preacher who was gasping for air And Billy shouted, "Daddy, why'd you have to come back here?" His mama reached behind the sugar and honey, and Pulled out an envelope filled with money "Your daddy gave us this, " she collapsed in tears "He's been paying all the bills for years" "Mama, let's put this body underneath the trees And put Daddy in the truck and head to Tennessee" Just then, his little brother came in Holding the milk man's hat and a bottle of gin singing La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la, la la la La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la, la la la La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah La la la la, la la la la, yeah Well now you heard another side to the story But you wanna know how it ends? If you must know, the truth about the tale Go and ask the milkman Songwriters: Brendan Benson / Jack White

stunning

Chilling!

Bravo c'est une grandiose de belle voix et bonne musique. J'Adore.

JACK WHITE ,Im so glad you chose music instead other option i love your music i live in Dallas most folks havent. caught on ,i LOVE EVERYTHING YOUVE PUT OUT SO TALENTED!Ill always will listen to your new &old HOW DO I JOIN YOUR FAN CLUB IF U HAVE ,🎸🎶🎸

Nice performance!

So dang killer.

Meravigliosa ...

Genio este tema la rompe porque cantas muy bien y tenes una gran voz y haces muy buena musica sos uno de los mejores sin dudas

Temaso porfavor la rompe el cantante espectacular escuchenlon todo vale la pena extraordinario

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Perhaps the best song ever written.

Genius...

I crossover I'd never thought I'd see. Chris Thile and Jack White

LALALALA LALALALA YEAH! LALALALA LALALALA YEAH!!! Quel morceau, quelle voix, quelle présence, quelle classe!!!!

WOW!

I fuckin love this!! I play it over, and over again!!

So much emotion in this song overall, but those final lines from 5:50 onwards really get me; its so beautifully sung

That's Billy's little brother all grown up playing the mandolin. He's happy as hell that he's playing with Jack White! Lol

such talant

And that is how you do it.

The steel is real.

yessssss

lala lala...lala lala, yeah.

This is mesmerizing good! Looks like Chris Thiele is about to admit.

yes

guess they couldn't find a chrome mandolin

I don’t even like blue grass style music but I like this! JW bringing acoustic music back. What can’t he do? In this age of digital high tech fakery, he plays in all acoustic band and it sounds incredible! This is a real musician and artist.

I like su much

Esplêndido!

I love this story and wish once I get to know the end of that. it's the best performance of Jack White singing this song I think. beautiful.

Telling my kids this is Johnny Depp and Jude Law lol!

Something about this video reminds me of the 'more cowbell' sketch.

super

I am a big fan of Jack. But when I hear him do a really great song....I WANNA HAVE LIKE 10,000,000 OF HIS BABIES!!!I'll tell ya that right now. Tee hee!!

I don't think I would like this song anywhere near as much, if I didn't hear this version first.

halla lhalllaaaa ❤ 3emadiii 0:17

Meant to say Beautiful Lily, peacocks etc ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤