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  XLCD493CD  £10.00

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Third Man Records / XL Recordings

Karen Elson

Ghost Who Walks

'the ghost who walks' is karen elson's supermodel and wife of jack white first fulllength release but not her first foray into music as well as singing on a 2003 version of robert plant's 'last time i saw her' and working with cat power on an englishlanguage rendition of 'je t'aimemoi non plus' for a 2006 serge gainsbourg tribute album elson is a founding member of politicallyminded new york cabaret collective the citizens band the 11 original tracks on 'the ghost who walks' were written in the wake of elson's relocation to nashville when she played the songs to her husband the white stripes' jack white he suggested they head to the studio white took on production and drumming duties enlisting the citizens band's rachelle garniez accordion vocals the dead weather's jack lawrence bass my morning jacket's carl broemel pedal steel and jackson smith guitar in addition to the 11 originals they cut a cover of garniez's 'lunasa' the tracks '100 years from now' and 'mouths to feed' were apparently inspired by tim egan's the worst hard time the musical moods on display range from lonesome country and the tormented side of the blues to traditional folk balladry and more theatrical numbers the sleeve design comes courtesy of graphic artist rob jones 'the ghost who walks' was the nickname elson suffered at school before embarking on her illustrious fashion career