Blanche - "What This Town Needs"

Blanche are an alt-country/folk/gothic band from Detroit led by Dan John Miller and his wife Tracee Mae along with Dave Feeny, Lisa "Jaybird" Jannon and "Little" Jack Lawrence. Dan John Miller was formerly in '2 Star Tabernacle' with Jack White before White started 'The White Stripes'. Banjo/autoharp player Jack Lawrence is also a member of The Greenhornes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather... and the list of the contributions to other projects, by all members, goes on and on. In fact, Blanche were also the backing band for Loretta Lynn's 'Van Lear Rose' album produced by Jack White. "What This Town Needs" is from their second album 'Little Amber Bottles' and it features Dan and Tracee on vocals in a "Nancy and Lee go country gothic" kind of way. There is even a Johnny and June subtlety to it... maybe it's the vintage dresses that Tracee Mae wears. The best of the new Detroit alt-country combined with the ghosts of country's past.