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| ], musician and founder of ], discovered Jean after receiving a demo of her recordings at a ] show in Detroit. In 2009, Jean was invited to record at Third Man in Nashville, Tennessee. | |||
| At 19 years old in 2009, after hearing that Jack White's supergroup, The Dead Weather, was going to be playing a show in Detroit, Jean headed to the venue and laid a path of her demos from the band's tour bus to the side door they used to enter the venue.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aggeler |first=Madeleine |date=2022-07-08 |title=What Happens When a Rock Star Proposes Onstage? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/style/olivia-jean-jack-white.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A couple of weeks later, after listening to the demo, Jack White called Jean and invited her to his Nashville studio, Third Man Records, to record her songs with him.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Aggeler |first=Madeleine |date=2022-07-08 |title=What Happens When a Rock Star Proposes Onstage? |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/08/style/olivia-jean-jack-white.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Jean dropped out of graphic design school, moved to Nashville and became a part of the Third Man Records family where she has contributed to many Third Man artists and projects. | |||
| Jean appears in The Dead Weather's 2009 music video for ''I Cut Like a Buffalo.'' | |||
| Jean played bass on two tracks for Jack White's then wife, Karen Elson's debut album, ''The Ghost Who Walks.'' | |||
| === The Black Belles === | === The Black Belles === | ||
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American musician| Olivia Jean | |
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 Jean performing at Women's Music Festival in 2020 | |
| Born | Olivia Jean Markel (1990-02-23) February 23, 1990 (age 34) Metro Detroit, Michigan |
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| Years active | 2009–present |
| Spouse |
Jack White (m. 2022) |
| Musical career | |
| Origin | Nashville, Tennessee |
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| Labels | Third Man |
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Olivia Jean Markel White (born February 23, 1990) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. She is known as the lead singer and guitarist of the all-female "garage goth" rock band the Black Belles.
Early life
Olivia Jean Markel was born on February 23, 1990 to Brent O. Markel and Julie V. (Philippo) Markel. She has an older sister, Sarah, a younger brother, Brent, and a younger sister, Katlyn who passed away in 2019. Her paternal grandmother, Patricia (Berdon) Markel is of Filipino decent. Jean was raised in St. Clair Shores, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. Inspired by the Detroit garage rock music scene, Jean began writing and recording music at an early age. Jean received her first guitar at age seven, and began playing multiple instruments in order to record her music. Jean's early recordings consisted mainly of surf-instrumental songs inspired by artist such as Link Wray and Dick Dale.
Career
Third Man Records: Session Work & Various Contributions (2009-Present)
At 19 years old in 2009, after hearing that Jack White's supergroup, The Dead Weather, was going to be playing a show in Detroit, Jean headed to the venue and laid a path of her demos from the band's tour bus to the side door they used to enter the venue. A couple of weeks later, after listening to the demo, Jack White called Jean and invited her to his Nashville studio, Third Man Records, to record her songs with him. Jean dropped out of graphic design school, moved to Nashville and became a part of the Third Man Records family where she has contributed to many Third Man artists and projects.
Jean appears in The Dead Weather's 2009 music video for I Cut Like a Buffalo.
Jean played bass on two tracks for Jack White's then wife, Karen Elson's debut album, The Ghost Who Walks.
The Black Belles
Because Jean did not have a band to record with in Nashville, Jack White introduced her to several musicians including Shelby Lynne and Ruby Rogers. The group went into the studio and recorded some original songs including Jean's "What Can I Do?", later released as the first single by the Black Belles. After their success in the studio, the group decided to become a band. Regarding her first recording session in Nashville, Jean stated in an interview, "Once we all met, we kind of collaborated together and shared ideas, threw all those ideas together and we had a lot of material to work with." Jack White signed the Black Belles to Third Man Records and produced a handful of singles, as well as the bands debut self-titled album The Black Belles, released on October 8, 2011. The band saw moderate success with touring; however, in 2012 the band was put on hiatus.
Solo career
The success of the Black Belles led to Jean's career as a solo artist. Her debut solo album, Bathtub Love Killings, was released in 2014 by Third Man. Jean's second solo album, Night Owl was released on August 30, 2019, also on Third Man. Her third album, Raving Ghost, was announced March 2, 2023, with a release date of May 5 by Third Man.
Jean has also performed and recorded with artists as Jack White, Wanda Jackson, and among others.
Personal life
On April 8, 2022, White proposed to Jean near the end of a Supply Chain Issues Tour concert performance at Detroit's Masonic Temple, while "Hotel Yorba" was being played. Jean and White were married shortly afterward by White's business partner Ben Swank, who officiated on stage and was joined by family members.
Discography
Solo
Studio albums
- Bathtub Love Killings (2014)
- Night Owl (2019)
- Raving Ghost (2023)
EPs
- Palladium with April March (2020)
with the Black Belles
- Studio albums
- The Black Belles (2011)
References
- ^ "Jack White proposes, gets married during show at Masonic Temple". wxyz.com. April 8, 2022. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
- ^ "Olivia Jean Flies Solo: Slay Belle Rings, Are You Listening?". HuffPost. February 8, 2015. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- Aggeler, Madeleine (2022-07-08). "What Happens When a Rock Star Proposes Onstage?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- Aggeler, Madeleine (2022-07-08). "What Happens When a Rock Star Proposes Onstage?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-24.
- "The Black Belles Ring True". Interview Magazine. 2012-06-15. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- Minsker, Evan (March 2, 2023). "Olivia Jean Announces New Album Raving Ghost, Shares New Song "Trouble"". Pitchfork. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
- 1990 births
- American blues guitarists
- Alternative rock guitarists
- American women singers
- American rock guitarists
- American rock singers
- 21st-century American guitarists
- Living people
- Lead guitarists
- One-man bands
- 21st-century American singers
- Third Man Records artists
- American women drummers
- Guitarists from Detroit
- 21st-century American drummers
- 21st-century American women guitarists