1. Beginnings

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1. How did you get involved with The White Stripes?

My good friend John Baker brought The White Stripes to New Zealand for the first time in 2000. I remember picking Jack and Meg up from the airport and taking them for burgers. I worked on the Auckland shows – doing the door and driving the band around. I organized a not-so-secret show at Pizza Pizza. The place had a legal capacity of 60 but we let in 180 people that night. Jack played a solo set before he and Meg went on. It was amazing.