White Strips axe-shredder Jack White has recorded a song for a project spearheaded by Bob Dylan, aiming to put music to seminal country troubadour Hank Williams' final lyrics -- many recovered in a brief case at the time of his death. "This project started when Bob Dylan acquired the 'lost' Hank Williams songs," bassist Dominic Suchyta, who played with White on the new track, told Paste in a recent interview. "Essentially, the lyric sheets Hank died with in his briefcase. Jack is my oldest friend, we talk on occasion and he asked me to come down and record. Dylan had contacted him to see if he'd like to finish some of these tunes."

White, along with Suchyta and a few other musicians, then recorded an unfinished Williams song called "You Know That I Know" at Nashville's Blackbird studios -- the same locale Icky Thump was recorded -- "live in a circle with some mics around -- much like Hank would have." "Jack was sent most of or all of the unfinished tunes and picked this one to finish," said Suchyta, "it was a Hank Williams lyric sheet that Jack put to music and edited a bit." Though the low ender claims the project, currently under wraps, may also include Willie Nelson and Norah Jones, he confirms Dylan and White have yet to collaborate on a Williams track, but "wouldn't put it past either of them." "They seem to be cut from the same cloth, sort of misplaced Midwestern brothers," said Suchyta.

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Spoon Plot More Gigs

 

Solidly logging their candidacy as the last band on earth to become road-worn, Spoon, which spent the spring, summer, and fall touring in support of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga, have slated a few more dates to close out 2007. Set to unroll Dec. 3 in Columbus, OH upon their return from Europe, the nine-date jaunt will then hit cities like Boston, Seattle, and Los Angeles. And fortunately for fans, many of the gigs will poise Britt Daniel and Co. alongside other indie rock heavyweights, such as Modest Mouse, the Shins, and Feist, at local radio stations' Christmas events. Spoon will ring in 2008 with a New Year Eve performance at Chicago's Metro venue.

Spoon tour dates:

12/3, Columbus, OH (Lifestyle Communities Pavilion)
12/4, Boston, MA (Orpheum Theater)
12/5, Los Angeles, CA (Avalon) *
12/6, Seattle, WA (Comcast Arena) #!
12/7, San Francisco, CA (Bill Graham Civic Auditorium) #!
12/9, Los Angeles, CA (Gibson Amphitheatre) #$
12/13, Austin, TX (Emo's/Britt Daniel solo)
12/15, Portland, OR (Crystal Ballroom) &
12/31, Chicago, IL (Metro)

(* w/ Pinback, Datarock, Sea Wolf) (# w/ Modest Mouse) (! w/ Jimmy Eat World) ($ w/ the Shins, Feist) (& w/ the Shaky Hands)

 

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White Williams Plots Headlining Tour

White Williams, a.k.a Joe Williams, Cleveland's purveyor of dance floor callin' synth-pop, will hit the road this winter for his first ever headlining tour behind debut LP Smoke, out now on Tigerbeat6. Appearing alongside a spate of artists, including longtime tour buddy and collaborator Girl Talk, plus the Dirty Projectors and Ecstatic Sunshine, White Williams' tour will unfold Nov. 30 in Atlantic City and hit cities nationwide, such as Detroit, Seattle, and Houston before coming to an end in Philadelphia Feb. 9.

 

White Williams tour dates:

11/30, Atlantic City, NJ (Club Harlem at House of Blues) *
12/4, New York, NY (Bowery Ballroom) &
1/12, Cambridge, MA (Middle East Upstairs) #
1/13, New Haven, CT (BAR Nightclub) #
1/14, Providence, RI (The Living Room) #
1/15, Montreal, QC (La Sala Rossa) #
1/16, Toronto, ON (Horseshoe Tavern)
1/17, Detroit, MI (Magic Stick) #
1/18, Cleveland Heights, OH (Grog Shop) #
1/19, Chicago, IL (Schubas Tavern/Tomorrow Never Knows Fest) #
1/20, Minneapolis, MN (Triple Rock Club) #
1/23, Vancouver, BC (Media Club) $
1/24, Seattle, WA (Chop Suey) $
1/25, Portland, OR (Holocene) $
1/26, San Francisco, CA (Cafe du Nord) !
1/27, Los Angeles, CA (Echo)
1/29, San Diego, CA (Casbah) $
1/31, Austin, TX (Emo's)
2/1, Denton, TX (Hailey's)
2/2, Houston, TX (Walter's on Washington)
2/4, Tallahassee, FL (Club Downunder/FSU)
2/5, Atlanta, GA (Drunken Unicorn)
2/7, Chapel Hill, NC (Local 506) #
2/8, Baltimore, MD (Ottobar) #
2/9, Philadelphia, PA (Johnny Brenda's) #

(* w/ Girl Talk)
(& w/ Dirty Projectors)
(# w/ Ecstatic Sunshine)
($ w/ HEALTH) (! w/ Eats Tapes)

 

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Rumble Strips Postpone U.S. Tour

 

Sadly, Brit rockers the Rumble Strips have been forced to postpone their previously detailed U.S. tour – and surprisingly, it's not due to visa issues! The outing, originally slated to kick off Nov. 27 in Washington, DC and hit major markets like New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Chicago, has been postponed "'til the new year because the band are going straight back into the studio" to begin working on "new material for the second album," reports NME.com.