White Spirit  From the GQ archive: Jack White has just announced
his debut solo album, 'Blunderbuss', which will be released on
23 April. To mark the occasion, GQ.com is revisiting this
classic White Stripes interview from Nashville in July 2007. The
band were on the verge of the releasing their last album Icky
Thump, the record which dragged them into the mainstream -
whether they liked it or not.  As the locals put it, Nashville
is a drinking town with a music problem. It's a balmy spring
night and on the touristy thoroughfare Broadway, sad-eyed
cowboys sing Garth Brooks songs and half-heartedly hustle. "If
you're dyslexic, please don't spit in the tips cup," mumbles a
balladeer at Legends Corner. Mechanical bulls buck drunk jocks
from their saddles, kids buy "Beat a drum, bang a drummer"
T-shirts and elderly folk shop for "I'm a Little Redneck" romper
suits. But as with most American cities, two blocks can make a
hell of a difference.  Situated on the more cultivated 6th
Avenue, the Hermitage Hotel is a gr