If you ever want to be totally disillusioned by any of your favorite artists, always take a look at their concert rider. Sure, on the outside they may appear to be one of the people, a regular Joe like you and me who has set out to change the world with only three chords and the truth, but a peek into their backstage requests will always open up the eyes of even the most worshipful fan.
From Van Halen’s legendary brown M&Ms fiasco to Britney Spears’ request that a framed photo of Princess Diana be in her dressing room at all times, you really got to wonder how much of these requests are necessary and how many of them are just power-tripping dares from overpaid and overrated pendejos who forgot where they came from.
Jack White’s concert rider for his performance tonight in Norman seems to tread that line very finely.
As reported by the Oklahoma Daily, White’s rider calls for the mundane (six-pack of Coke Zero, a dozen chicken wings) to the outright inane (“We don’t want to see bananas anywhere in the building,” reads one clause.) But what has perhaps garnered the most attention is the confoundingly specific request for that South of the Border favorite, guacamole, insultingly followed by a precise recipe.