Dylan Recruits Jack White For Hank Williams Tribute
Songwriting legend puts together star studded project
Gibson reports that former White Stripe Jack White has contributed to a new project spearheaded by Bob Dylan that pays tribute to Hank Williams.
A few years ago, Dylan was given a folder of Williams' lyrics that were never put to music. And now the songwriting legend has brought in a number of artists to finish off the old Williams compositions, according to ClashMusic.com (similar to Billy Bragg's Woody Guthrie project more than a decade ago).
"I did a project with Bob Dylan," says White. "He put together 20 or 25 people to finish writing Hank Williams songs that only had lyrics and didn't have music ... I had to write music for Hank Williams' lyrics. I looked through all the piles of lyrics, and one of 'em just kept speaking to me. Sometimes you think it's gonna be really hard to find my spot, and then it picks it for you. You don't even have to choose it; it just picks it for you."
White said the album might come out this year, but Dylan has yet to announce the full list of artists who have contributed to the project.
"He Dylan did one, asked Willie Nelson to do one, asked me to do one, and I think Lucinda Williams and Alan Jackson are on it too," he said.