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CHANGE YOUR STRIPES

Play like Jack White... That’s easy, right? Well, in some respects perhaps, yes. The open chords and basic strumming in The White Stripes’ Dead Leaves And The Dirty Ground, for example, are achievable for all but absolute beginners.

Jack spread his guitar-playing wings with Brendan, that his musical eccentricity and broad range of influences have truly shone through.

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