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Line 1: {{Infobox musical artist [[Image:Obon albuquerqe bridge.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Illuminated by the Albuquerque Bridge, Japanese volunteers place candle lit lanterns into the [[Sasebo, Nagasaki\|Sasebo]] River during the Obon festival.]] \| Name = The Raconteurs \| Img = JackWhitebySteveHopson.jpg \| Img_capt = Jack White in concert with The Raconteurs at the [[Austin City Limits Music Festival]], 2006 \| Background = group_or_band \| Origin = {{flagicon\|United States}} [[United States]] \| Genre = [[Indie rock]]<br>[[Alternative rock]]<br>[[Blues Rock]]<br>[[Hard Rock]] \| Years_active = [[2005]]–present \| Label = [[Third Man Records]]<br />{{flagicon\|UK}} [[XL Recordings]]<br />{{flagicon\|USA}} [[V2 Records]] \| URL = [http://www.theraconteurs.com/ www.theraconteurs.com] \| Current_members = [[Brendan Benson]]<br />[[Patrick Keeler]]<br />[[Jack Lawrence (bassist)\|Jack Lawrence]]<br />[[Jack White (musician)\|Jack White]] \| Past_members = }} '''The Raconteurs''', also known as '''The Saboteurs''' in [[Australia]], are a [[Grammy Award\|Grammy]]-nominated [[rock music\|rock]] band, featuring four members previously known for other musical projects. {{nihongo\|'''O-bon'''\|お盆}} or only {{nihongo\|'''Bon'''\|盆}} is a [[Japan\|Japanese]] [[Buddhism\|Buddhist]] holiday to honor the departed [[spirit]]s of one's [[ancestor]]s. This Buddhist festival has evolved into a [[family reunion]] holiday during which people from the big cities return to their home towns and visit and clean their ancestors' graves. Traditionally including a [[dance]] festival, it has existed in Japan for more than 500 years. It is held from [[July 13\|13th of July]] to the [[July 15\|15th]] ("Welcoming Obon" and "Farewell Obon" respectively) in the eastern part of Japan ([[Kanto]]), and in August in the western part. In recent years, however, most parts of [[Tokyo]], and by extension, the [[media]], hold Obon in August to coincide with the summer holiday period. Obon shares some similarities with the predominantly [[Culture of Mexico\|Mexican]] observance of [[Day of the Dead\|el Día de los Muertos]]. According to the current definition, The Raconteurs qualify as a rock-and-roll [[Supergroup (bands)\|supergroup]], featuring the songwriting of [[Jack White (musician)\|Jack White]] of [[The White Stripes]] and [[Brendan Benson]], who are both from [[Detroit, Michigan]]. In the band's own words, however, they are not a [[supergroup]], asserting that the term implies something pre-planned, whereas they are actually "a new band made up of old friends."<ref name=MTV2>JH (2006). [http://www.mtv.co.uk/mtv2/music/article.jhtml?articleId=75132981 "Jack White and chums drop an album"] MTV2.co.uk (accessed May 18, 2006)</ref> ''Obon'' is a shortened form of the [[legend]]ary ''Urabonne/Urabanna'' (Jap. 于蘭盆会 or 盂蘭盆会, ''urabon'e''). It is [[Sanskrit]] for "hanging upside down in [[hell]] and suffering" (Sanskrit:[[Ullambana]]). The Japanese believe they should ameliorate the suffering of the "Urabanna". The Raconteurs are one of the few non-Irish bands to star in the popular web-cartoons of ''[[Eyebrowy.com]]''.[http://www.eyebrowy.com/animations/jackwhite1.htm] ''Bon Odori'' originates from the [[story]] of [[Maudgalyayana\|Mokuren]], a disciple of [[Shakyamuni]], who saw a vision of his deceased mother in the Realm of [[Preta\|Hungry Ghosts]] where she was indulging in her own selfishness. Greatly disturbed, he went to the [[Buddha]] and asked how he could release his mother from this realm. Buddha answered, "On the [[July 15\|15th of July]], provide a big feast for the past seven generations of dead." The disciple did this and, thus, saw his mother's release. He also began to see the true nature of her past unselfishness and the many sacrifices that she had made for him. The disciple, happy because of his mother's release and grateful for his mother's kindness, danced with joy. From this dance of joy comes '''Bon Odori''' or "Bon Dance", a time in which ancestors and their sacrifices are remembered and appreciated. See also: [[Ullambana Sutra]] ==Members== ~~''[[Toro Nagashi]]'' is the floating of paper lanterns on the last evening of Obon, to guide the spirits of the departed back to the other world.~~ [[Jack White (musician)\|Jack White]] (of [[White Stripes]]) – [[vocals]], [[guitar]], [[keyboards]] [[Brendan Benson]] – [[vocals]], [[guitar]], [[keyboards]] [[Jack Lawrence (bassist)\|Jack Lawrence]] (of [[The Greenhornes]] and [[Blanche (band)\|Blanche]]) – [[bass guitar]] [[Patrick Keeler]] (of [[The Greenhornes]]) – [[drumkit\|drums]], [[percussion]] [[Dean Fertita]] (of [[The Waxwings]] and currently [[Queens of the Stone Age]]) as a live touring member only – [[guitar]], [[keyboards]], [[percussion]] ==~~Bon Odori~~Biography== ===Formation=== ~~[[Image:Bon Odori Singer2.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Bon Odori Singer (2004 August at Imazu primary school in Osaka)]]~~ According to the official website, "The seed was sown in an attic in the middle of a hot summer when friends Jack White and Brendan Benson got together and wrote a song that truly inspired them. This song was "[[Steady, As She Goes]]" and the inspiration led to the creation of a full band with the addition of Lawrence and Keeler." ~~[[Image:Bon Odori Dancer.jpg\|thumb\|250px\|right\|Bon Odori Dancers (2004 August at Imazu primary school in Osaka)]]~~ The band came together in Detroit during 2005 and recorded when time allowed for the remainder of the year. ~~''Bon Odori'' (盆踊り, meaning simply ''Bon dance'') is an event held during Obon. It is celebrated as a reminder of the gratefulness one should feel toward one's ancestors.~~ ==="Steady, As She Goes"=== The O-Bon festival is observed all over the country. Originally a [[Nenbutsu]] folk dance to express the effusive welcome toward the spirits of the dead, the style of celebration varies in some aspects from region to region. Prefectures often have their own ways of dancing the Bon Odori and their own music to go with it. A Bon Odori in [[Okayama prefecture]] will be completely different from one in [[Kanagawa]] prefecture. People line up around a high wooden building made especially for the festival called a ''yagura''. There are many kinds of music that go with the dance. The music varies from classical music to Japanese traditional music such as the [[Makkou Onndo]]. "[[Steady, As She Goes\|Steady, As She Goes/Store Bought Bones]]" was released as a limited-edition 7-inch, 45 rpm vinyl record in Europe on [[January 30]], [[2006]],<ref name="NMEfirstsingle">[http://www.nme.com/news/white-stripes/22043 The Raconteurs confirm first single], ''[[NME]]'', [[2006-01-24]]</ref> and in North America on [[March 7]], [[2006]]. A CD version of "Steady, as She Goes" was released on [[April 24]], [[2006]], with the B-side "Bane Rendition." The video for "Steady As She Goes," directed by [[Jim Jarmusch]], premiered on [[MTV2 Europe\|MTV2]] on [[March 10]], [[2006]]. It was also available for streaming on the band's website. An alternate video, featuring the band racing each other in a soap box derby, with a rare appearance from [[Paul Reubens]] as the bad guy out to sabotage the race, premiered exclusively on [[Yahoo! Music]] [[June 19]], [[2006]]. The tradition is said to have started in the later years of the [[Muromachi period]] as a public entertainment. In the course of time, the original religious meaning has faded, and the dance has become associated with summer. ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' ran an article discussing how the song has the exact same bassline as [[Joe Jackson (musician)\|Joe Jackson]]'s "[[Is She Really Going Out With Him?]]".<ref name="Copy">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/commentary/0,6115,1204700_4_0_,00.html\|title=Do You Copy?\|accessdate=2006-09-24\|year=2006}}</ref> ~~To celebrate O-Bon in [[Okinawa prefecture\|Okinawa]], the [[Eisa (dance)\|''eisa'']] drum dance is performed instead.~~ The closing seconds of the track have been used to close "Saturday Live" on BBC Radio 4, generating a lot of interest as to what the song is. ~~== Celebrations outside Japan ==~~ ===''Broken ~~China~~Boy Soldiers''=== ~~The Chinese version of O-Bon, the [[Ghost Festival]] (盂蘭節), is held in the seventh month of the [[Chinese calendar]] instead of July.~~ The Raconteurs' full-length debut, titled ''[[Broken Boy Soldiers]]'', was released on [[May 15]], [[2006]] in the UK on Third Man Recordings/XL Recordings and May 16 in the US on Third Man Recordings/V2 Records. It entered the UK charts at #2 and the US charts at #7. The album was recorded at Brendan Benson's in-home studio located in Detroit. ~~=== Malaysia ===~~ On [[November 3]], [[2006]], the Raconteurs performed 'Broken Boy Soldier' and 'Store Bought Bones' on [[Later with Jools Holland]]. According to reporters from ''[[Planet Sound]]'' who attended the show taping, during 'Store Bought Bones' Jack White's guitar broke down and they had to re-play the song. This eventually happened four times, with the band breaking up in laughter by the 4th take. The TV airing used edited pieces from all four performances and cut out any laughter. A Bon Odori Festival is also celebrated every year at Esplanade, [[Penang]], as well as Matsushita Corp Stadium, Shah Alam at the central of attraction in Selangor State of Malaysia, which are the brain child of Japanese Expatriate & Immigrant's Society in Malaysia. The festival is celebrated on a much smaller scale in Penang and Selangor (Malaysia). It is associated less with Buddhism and more with Japanese culture including variety of food, art and dance, which local crowd whom keen on knowing more about the festival are encouraged to participate, these thus further infused the heat of the festivity. [http://www.pulaupinang.com/events/bonodori.shtml] In December 2006, Broken Boy Soldiers was awarded the title Album of the Year by Britain's Mojo magazine.[http://www.albumofthemonth.com/mojo2006.html] Recently, The Raconteurs have been nominated for two [[Grammy Awards]]: One for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Album\|Best Rock Album]] (for ''Broken Boy Soldiers''), and another for [[Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal\|Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal]] (for "Steady as She Goes").<ref> GRAMMY.COM - 49th Annual Grammy Awards Nominee List, http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/49th_Show/list.aspx</ref> ===Future Plans=== The band is currently recording songs for their next album at Blackbird Studios in [[Nashville, Tennessee]]. They have twelve songs written, and plan on releasing the album in 2008.<ref> Billboard.com "Raconteurs In The Thick Of Recording New Album",http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003575716</ref> The Raconteurs have also recorded a new song called "Footsteps" with [[The Hives]], probably slated to be on the new album. "5 on the 5," a song the band played live, is likely to be on the album. Along with those tracks, it's possible one of the many covers the band played live (or an entirely different one) will be on the album. Other possibilities would be one of the leaked Brendan Benson demos. One reason for this was that both "Call It A Day" and "Together" were supposed to be on a solo album of his, as well as "Store Bought Bones" which was supposed to be a [[Get Behind Me Satan]] song. If a demo of his appeared on the new album, it would be likely to be "Feel Like Taking You Home Now" since critics have pointed out a Raconteurs influence. Also, the title "Monkeys Have It Easy" was placed on the White Stripes site in the press release for [[Icky Thump]] with "discarded" after it. It's unlikely, but the song could be a new Raconteurs song now. The band recorded for a three week period before they prepared for individual releases with their other bands, though Jack said they might not finish by then. ==Discography== === Albums === <gallery> Image: Broken Boy Soldiers.jpg\|<center>'''''[[Broken Boy Soldiers]]'''''<br><center> [[May 15]], [[2006]]<br>[[V2 Records]]<br>US #7, UK #2<br><br><center> </gallery> They have also released live performance albums in limited quantities at their respective concerts. ===Singles=== {\| class="wikitable sortable" !align="center" valign="top" width="40"\|Year !align="left" valign="top"\|Song !align="center" valign="top" width="40"\|<small>[[Billboard Hot 100\|U.S. Hot 100]]<small> !align="center" valign="top" width="40"\|<small>[[Modern Rock Tracks chart\|U.S. Modern Rock]]<small> !align="center" valign="top" width="40"\|<small>[[UK singles chart]]<small> !align="center" valign="top" width="40"\|<small>[[UK Download Chart]]<small> !align="center" valign="top" width="40"\|<small>[[UK singles chart\|UK Indie Singles]]<small> !align="left" valign="top"\|Album \|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|2006 \|align="left" valign="top"\|"[[Steady, As She Goes]]" \|align="center" valign="top"\|55 \|align="center" valign="top"\|'''1''' \|align="center" valign="top"\|4 \|align="center" valign="top"\|5 \|align="center" valign="top"\|1 \|align="left" valign="top"\|''[[Broken Boy Soldiers]]'' \|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|2006 \|align="left" valign="top"\|"[[Hands (Raconteurs song)\|Hands]]" \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|29 \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|2 \|align="left" valign="top"\|''[[Broken Boy Soldiers]]'' \|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|2006 \|align="left" valign="top"\|"[[Broken Boy Soldier (Raconteurs song)\|Broken Boy Soldier]]" \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|22 \|align="center" valign="top"\|39 \|align="center" valign="top"\|2 \|align="left" valign="top"\|''[[Broken Boy Soldiers]]'' \|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|2007 \|align="left" valign="top"\|"[[Level (Raconteurs song)\|Level]]" \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|7 \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="center" valign="top"\|- \|align="left" valign="top"\|''[[Broken Boy Soldiers]]'' \|- \|} ==Live performances== The Raconteurs first performed live at the Academy in [[Liverpool]], [[United Kingdom\|U.K.]], on [[March 20]], [[2006]], launching a short British tour. Their first American date was the next month, on [[April 20]] at [[New York City\|New York]]'s [[Irving Plaza]]. Nearly nonstop touring followed, bringing the band to audiences around North America and Europe. The high profile of [[Jack White]] meant that even though the band was new, they were able to sell out mid-size venues — a rarity for a band's first tour. The band has played a number of music festivals in Europe, Asia, and North America (including Lollapalooza in Chicago, IL and [[Austin City Limits Music Festival]] in [[Austin, Texas]]), headlining many. In November [[2006]], the Raconteurs played eight dates as the opening act for [[Bob Dylan]] on the northeastern leg of his U.S. tour. The band has performed a number of covers during live shows. For instance, the set list usually includes renditions of "[[Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)]]" (a song written by [[Sonny Bono]] and popularized by both [[Cher]] and [[Nancy Sinatra]]) and "Headin' For the Texas Border" by [[The Flamin Groovies]]. Other songs the band has covered include [[Gnarls Barkley]]'s "[[Crazy (Gnarls Barkley song)\|Crazy]]", [[Bo Diddley]]'s "Who Do You Love?", [[The Undertones]]' "[[Teenage Kicks]]," [[David Bowie]]'s "[[It Ain't Easy (song)\|It Ain´t Easy]]", and [[Love (band)\|Love]]'s "A House Is Not A Motel". == The Saboteurs == The Raconteurs were forced to rename themselves as "The Saboteurs" for the Australian market when it was discovered that a [[Queensland]] band was already using the name "Raconteurs". The Queensland band refused to give up their name for the amount they were offered, and instead tried to extract a higher price from the Raconteurs' record company.<ref name="HeraldSunNameChange">[http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,18734967%255E28957,00.html Double-up forces switch], ''[[Herald Sun]]'', [[2006-04-07]]</ref> A member of the Queensland band has said that they hadn't been informed of who was trying to buy their name and asked for the larger sum of money to see what would happen.<ref name="TripleJNameChange">[http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/musicnews/s1613948.htm Saboteurs of Raconteurs], ''[[Triple J\|Triple J Music News]]'', [[2006-04-11]]</ref> ==Audio sample== {{Listen\|filename=Steady_as_she_goes.ogg\|title="Steady, As She Goes"\|description=25-second clip of the chorus of [[Steady, As She Goes]] by The Raconteurs\|format=[[Ogg]]}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== [http://www.theraconteurs.com/ TheRaconteurs.com], Official website ([[Adobe Flash\|Flash]] required) * [http://www.bonodori.net/E/index.html Bon Dance: Description of various Bon Dance styles and resources.] * [http://www.~~geocities~~candycanechildren.com/~~Tokyo/Island/6653/obon1~~ CandyCaneChildren.~~htm~~com] ~~Runker~~news, ~~Room~~message :board, ~~Japan~~chat ~~: Obon no koto]~~room [http://www.billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000944462 "White, Benson Make A Racket With Greenhornes"], from Billboard.com [http://www.brokenboysoldiers.net/"BrokenBoySoldiers.net"], Raconteurs tablatures and lyrics [http://stream.qtv.apple.com/qtv/v2music/steady_ref.mov "Steady as She Goes" video (.MOV)] [http://www.avclub.com/content/node/52559 The Onion A.V. Club's interview with The Raconteurs], September 7th, 2006 [http://www.theraconteursfans.com/ theRaconteursFans.com] - the Raconteurs fan site [http://www.videology-tv.com/viewclip.php?id=38#info Music Video for 'Broken Boy Soldier' + interview with director Floria Sigismondi] * [http://www.albumofthemonth.com/magazineindex.html British music magazine album of the year lists] [http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/07/20/weekend-rock-list-best-live-bands-playing-today/ One of Rolling Stones Best Bands to See Live] {{DEFAULTSORT:Raconteurs, The}} ~~==See also==~~ [[Japanese calendar]] [[Japanese culture]] [[Awa Dance Festival]] [[Category:~~Dances~~American ofrock ~~Japan~~music groups]] [[Category:~~Festivals~~Michigan inmusical ~~Japan~~groups]] [[Category:~~Buddhism in Japan~~Supergroups]] [[Category:American indie rock groups]] [[deda:~~Obon-Fest~~The Raconteurs]] [[esde:~~Bon~~The ~~Odori~~Raconteurs]] [[jaes:お盆The Raconteurs]] [[vifr:~~Vu-lan~~The Raconteurs]] [[it:The Raconteurs]] [[nl:The Raconteurs]] [[ja:ラカンターズ]] [[pl:The Raconteurs]] [[pt:The Raconteurs]] [[sv:The Raconteurs]] [[th:เดอะ รัคคอนเทอร์ส]]

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