97. The White Stripes - ‘White Blood Cells’ + Alabama Slammer

The White Stripes - ‘White Blood Cells’ + Alabama Slammer

Ingredients: 3/4 ounce amaretto, 3/4 ounce Southern Comfort, 3/4 ounce sloe gin, 4 ounces orange juice

Mixing Instructions: Mix all ingredients and serve over ice in a highball glass.

Notes:  Jack and Meg White’s third album, and their first breakout success, came about after one week of practice and four days in the studio.  Recording engineer Stuart Sikes recalled in an interview, “Jack told me more than once not to make it sound too good…Basically he wanted it as raw as possible, but better than if it was recorded in somebody’s living room."  It worked.  With hits like "Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground" "Hotel Yorba" and "Fell In Love with a Girl" this is the album to pull out for people who lament that all the good rock music happened in the 60’s and 70’s.  Throw it on the turntable and sip an Alabama Slammer while the White’s take them to school.        

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56. The White Stripes - ‘Under Great White Northern Lights’ + CC & 7

The White Stripes - ‘Under Great White Northern Lights’ + CC & 7

Ingredients: 2 ounces Canadian Club Whiskey, 6 ounces 7-up

Mixing Instructions: Fill highball glass with ice, add whiskey and 7-up, stir and serve.

Notes: During the summer of 2007, The White Stripes set out across Canada on a tour that would become the material for Under Great White Northern Lights, a compilation live album and documentary by the same name.  For fans of The White Stripes this album highlights so many great songs from the duo’s incredible discography including, “Blue Orchid” “Icky Thump” “Fell In Love With a Girl” and “Seven Nation Army.” The true knockout of the album, however, is a hauntingly beautiful, emotionally-charged cover of Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” - a performance that few in music will ever match.  It seemed fitting that with the chilled Canadian air crackling under the gain of Jack’s electric guitar, one should enjoy this album with a Canadian rye whiskey - a simple, but classic toast to one of the greatest bands and performances of all-time.

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