The Blue Series: The Story Behind the Color

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* Over 100,000 copies of Blue Series 7" vinyl singles have been sold with digital streams and downloads combined actual consumption is over 1 million

* Artists include best sellers such as Beck, Dwight Yoakam, Kate Pierson (B52s), Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), Insane Clown Posse, Tom Jones, First Aid Kit, Courtney Barnett, Stephen Colbert, Chris Thile, Wanda Jackson, Brittany Howard (Alabama Shakes).

* Grammy winning and multi-platinum musician Jack White produced every session.

* Includes extensive interview with White covering the span of the Series, musicians involved, recording techniques, and the direct influence of the Series on his own career.

* Interviewees include Colbert, Yoakam, Barnett, Pierson, Jackson, ICP, Dex Romweber, Lillie Mae, Ruby Amanfu and twenty-two more Blue Series artists.

* In these exclusive interviews, artists describe their Blue Series recording experience in a behind-the-scenes look at their own creative process and the creative process of producer Jack White. The immediacy of the recordings and unusual circumstances create stories rife with insight and interesting moments.

* Features unseen photos of the artists, including Jack White, plus an interview with principle photographer Jo McCaughey.

* A sample playlist of the Blue Series curated by editor Ben Blackwell will be included via download card.

* Features an exclusive, new Blue Series 7 vinyl single of unreleased tracks.

* Foreword written by David Fricke, who is one of the most recognizable names in music journalism. Mr. Fricke witnessed the Dungen Blue Series session and is the only journalist who has been in the studio during one of the recordings.

* Preface by TMR co-founder Ben Blackwell. The book also features contributions from TMR co-founder, Consigliere Ben Swank, long-time TMR Queen of Hearts Bonnie Bowden, and TMB editor Chet Weise.

* The multi-media Box Set will be designed by Third Man Records Grammy winning design team.

Author Bio

Ben Blackwell is a drummer, journalist and record label executive. Originally from Detroit, Blackwell has been a member of the Dirtbombs since 1999, playing hundreds of live shows and on dozens of recordings. Blackwell's writing has been featured in numerous books and publications and won him the 2004 Rolling Stone college journalism award. As an executive at Third Man Records in Nashville, he's directly overseen the release of over 400 different titles and the pressing of over three million pieces of vinyl. Jack White is an American musician, singer, songwriter, record producer and actor. Music journalist David Fricke is a senior writer at and former editor of Rolling Stone. Jo McCaughey is a British born Photographer and film maker, based out of Nashville, Tennessee. Her work has been published in multiple publications such as Rolling Stone, Vogue, The New Yorker, The Guardian and Vice. She is predominantly best known for her music photography, of both portrait and journalist nature. She has worked for all major record labels and has documented and shot many varying artists such as Neil Young, Jack White, The Kings Of Leon, Willie Nelson, The Avett brothers, The Kills, to name but a few. She has had several solo exhibits in London and is currently in production of a movie called Horrors We Love. Ben Swank was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio and has a life of toil behind him in the rock n roll salt mines. Formerly of Soledad Brothers now in residence composing panic beats and sweeping the floors at Third Man Records in Nashville, Tennessee. Bonnie Bowden is originally from Glendora, California and served as a high-level executive in the Betsey Johnson company for over ten years before making the transition to the record business when joining Third Man in 2012. She lives in Nashville with her husband Dean and their daughter Era.