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| Jack White performs with The Raconteurs at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday, Nov. 13, 2011. Visit my Raconteurs photo gallery. © Andrew Wardlow Photography |
I was one of the lucky few who got to photograph the first three songs
The Raconteurs performed in Atlanta last weekend. I applied for a photo pass months ago, but only found out I could photograph the show the day before. Needless to say, I was excited when I got the news. When the time came to shoot the performance, I was escorted to a location behind the soundboard. There was no pit access that night. (Maybe because the show was sold out?) By the time we got in there it was pretty cramped. I wound up having to shoot through heads and hands....it made for a real challenge. The first three songs went really fast and before I knew it I was being escorted out of the building. I took my real camera back to the car and came back in to find my wife who had saved me a seat on the upper balcony.
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| The Raconteurs take a bow after their performance at the Tabernacle on Sunday. © Andrew Wardlow Photography |
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After the show we left down the outside staircase and saw the tour buses and a small crowd gathered near them. We decided to go check it out. After meeting some people and chatting for a bit we figured that we would stick around to see if The Raconteurs would come out and say hi. Well....two hours later they did. A gentleman came out and told the crowd of 40-50 people waiting that there would be no time for photographs, but the band would sign autographs. My wife & I had not planned on this and had nothing for them to sign. A nice lady offered to give us a diaper to let them sign, but she could not find it and gave us her ticket stub instead.
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| Jack White signs a ticket stub for Kendra after the Raconteurs show at the Tabernacle. © Andrew Wardlow Photography |
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Kendra met all of the band members and got their autographs. (I didn't get to meet Jack White or Brendan Benson because I was shooting photos) I met drummer Patrick Keeler and bassist Jack Lawrence. Both of them took time to talk. My wife & I wound up having a great night together. We were on cloud nine until we got back to the car to find a boot on it. I'll save that story for another time. Click
here to view a photo gallery from the show.
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| The Raconteurs autographed this ticket stub for Kendra Sunday in Atlanta. © Andrew Wardlow Photogaphy |
