“Detroit had become like an iron-maiden sort of torture device,” says Jack White. “I couldn’t breathe anymore in that scene. The musical environment in the South has always been supportive — that’s where all the greatest music is from.” White has had plenty of opportunity to get out of his home town while on tour with his ultra-tight combo the Raconteurs. Austin Scaggs caught up with White and the rest of the band for a report in the current issue of Rolling Stone, where they discussed the evolution of the group and their new album Consolers of the Lonely. Click below for Scaggs’ full report.

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