Album: The White Stripes (1999)
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  • "John the Revelator" is a reference to a traditional blues song of that name first recorded in 1930 by Blind Willie Johnson. "Cannon" uses a portion of the a cappella version by the American blues musician Son House. According to The Bible, St. John wrote the book of Revelation, which describes the apocalypse. He is "John the Revelator." >>>
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  • "Cannon" is part of the first (self-titled) White Stripes album, released in 1999 back when we thought the two members, Jack and Meg White, were brother and sister. They were actually a married couple but fibbed to the press for fun. A Detroit Free Press reporter figured it out in 2001 when he found their marriage license. When they got married in 1996, Jack took her last name, changing from Jack Gillis to Jack White. They got divorced in 2000 but kept making music together until The White Stripes broke up in 2011.

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  • Sean from Levittown, PaThis is actually a sample reference to a song by Blind Willie Johnson called John The Revelator. He played amazing slide guitar in the twenties. Jack White also plays with a slide.
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