The Raconteurs
Biography
The Raconteurs is an alternative rock band, formed in Detroit, Michigan, United States, in 2005. The band consists of Jack White (vocals, guitar), Brendan Benson (vocals, guitar), Jack Lawrence (bass) and Patrick Keeler (drums). The band considers themselves to be a "new band made up of old friends" and the members are also members of other rock groups: White was a member of The White Stripes (and, along with Lawrence, is also a member of The Dead Weather), Benson is a solo singer/songwriter and Lawrence and Keeler are members of The Greenhornes.
The band has released three albums, 2006s "Broken Boy Soldiers", 2008s Consolers of the Lonely and 2019s Help Us Stranger.
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Dean Fertita from The Waxwings did live keyboards for the band in 2006; he also played in Brendan Bensons band and is now touring with Queens Of The Stone Age, and is a member of White and Lawrences band The Dead Weather.
The band had to change their name in Australia, since there already was a band named The Raconteurs there. The band is referred to as The Saboteurs in Australia. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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