Jack White introduced out The Black Crowes frontman Chris Robinson to cowl Free’s ‘I’m A Mover’ in Chicago this week – watch footage beneath.
White carried out at Radius on Thursday night time (July 23), the place Robinson made a shock look halfway by means of the set to take lead vocals on the 1969 blues-rock observe.
With Robinson dealing with vocal duties, White was capable of concentrate on guitar because the pair delivered a uncooked, high-energy rendition of the tune alongside his touring band.
It was the primary time that both musician has publicly performed the tune, and it got here on the newest date of White’s present North American tour, in help of his seventh solo report, ‘Frozen Charlotte‘, which was launched earlier this month.
Watch footage from the efficiency right here:
‘I’m A Mover’ initially appeared on Free’s debut album, ‘Tons Of Sobs‘, which was launched in 1969. The band featured vocalist Paul Rodgers and guitarist Paul Kossoff, and would later discover widespread success with their 1970 single ‘All Proper Now’.
Elsewhere in the course of the present, White continued the blues-heavy theme by masking Robert Johnson’s ‘Phonograph Blues’. The set additionally featured White Stripes favourites ‘Lifeless Leaves And The Soiled Floor’, ‘Icky Thump’ and ‘Seven Nation Military’, alongside materials from ‘Frozen Charlotte’.
The visitor look got here after White introduced out his daughter Scarlett in the course of the opening weekend of his North American tour in Brooklyn.
The 19-year-old performed bass on ‘Cannon’, ‘John The Revelator’ and ‘Black Math’ at Brooklyn Paramount, following on from earlier collaborations at New York’s Irving Plaza in 2025 and Third Man Information’ Blue Room in Nashville in 2023.
White launched ‘Frozen Charlotte’ on July 10 through Third Man, marking his fourth studio album in 5 years following 2022’s ‘Worry Of The Daybreak’ and ‘Getting into Heaven Alive’, and 2024’s ‘No Title’.
His present tour continues with a hometown-area present at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, Michigan tonight (July 25), earlier than heading to the UK and Eire subsequent month.
White will play two nights at London’s Eventim Apollo on August 25 and 26, adopted by dates in Bristol, Newcastle and Belfast and two reveals at Dublin’s 3Olympia Theatre. Additional North American concert events are scheduled all through September, October and November. Discover any remaining tickets right here.
In NME’s three-and-a-half-star assessment of ‘Frozen Charlotte’, Andrew Trendell wrote that “it could not rank amongst his basic work however it’s good enjoyable,” including: “It’s gonna actually be one thing dwell, and it really works to indicate that White doesn’t have to reinvent the wheel when he can provide you one hell of a journey on his personal.”
