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10. Sixteen Saltines - Jack White (2012)

Jack White was always going to deliver the goods when it came to his first solo album. Blunderbuss was packed full of guitar sounds that only could have come from the fingers of the former White Stripes singer.

The second single from the album, Sixteen Saltines, was oozing with guitar sounds that had the whiff off his former bands all over them, but the riffs were more reminiscent of the work he did with the The Raconteurs rather than the White Stripes, perhaps due to the addition of a backing band, regardless these similarities were no bad thing.

Jack White has such a distinctive sound that any musical project he contributes to, is going to have that unmistakeable Jack White energy running through. And, this track was no exception, remember when we talked about attitude? Jack White's playing is all about attitude.

It's rare that musicians going solo manage to stay on top of the game, but White had his finger on the pulse of rock 'n' roll, with his riffs sounding more mature than his previous work, but no less relevant to what was going on in the music scene. Sixteen Saltines is classic White, simple chord progressions with some biting guitar riffs interjected with plenty of character.