Twin Temple is caught in the middle between country singer Charley Crockett and rock god Jack White, and they probably wouldn't want it any other way. Good press is good press, and in the case of White, he is on the right side of the Twin Temple argument.
The issue stems from Crockett deciding not to have Twin Temple on his tour (how that came to be in the first place is anyone's guess, but only goes to show that many tours aren't set up by the artists themselves), and after the cancelation, White offered the Satanic doo-wop duo a slot on his tour.
Where Crockett's reasoning goes awry is that he stated in an Instagram post (more on that in a minute) that White was seemingly adding Twin Temple to sell tickets. That is facrical. Jack White doesn't need help selling tickets to his shows, and he wouldn't get a huge boon from adding the little-known Twin Temple.
Charley Crockett takes the low road in Jack White and Twin Temple fiasco
Crockett, according to Consequence, wrote on IG, "(White) used (adding Twin Temple to his tour) to sell tickets too, and I lost a lot of respect for him...wasn’t so outspoken back when he was in the White Stripes 20-something years ago. They purposely avoided political issues. Maybe he was worried about losing audience back when it was all on the line, and he needed all the help he could get."
That is, of course, silly. White has never been afraid to speak his mind, and songs such as "The Big Three Killed My Baby" and "Icky Thump" are examples of that. The former was on the White Stripes' debut album, which was released in 1999, and is a protest song against how the automobile industry allegedly handles safety protocols.
Still, Crockett doesn't see the irony in dumping a band that was initially part of his tour plans because they didn't seem to fit an all-ages show and then complaining about White when he adds the group. Maybe the country singer realized how his move might make him look bad.
In fact, he seems so insecure about his accusations of Jack White that he deleted the Instagram post when he made them. Crockett should have known that what is posted on social media never truly goes away.
White responded to Crockett with his own IG post that included the lyrics to a ditty called "Rappin' Duke," a 1984 bon mot from Shawn Brown about John Wayne. White also said, "I never said nothing about this young buck before, but since he’s trying to drag me into this here rodeo again."
Ultimately, Charley Crockett removed Twin Temple from his tour (unaware that the Satanic part of the duo wouldn't fit his shows anyway and that what Twin Temple does is the same kind of elite shtick that Ghost does), complained when Jack White tried to help the duo out, and then Crockett backed down from his stance by removing his Instagram post. Someone needs to hire a new PR team.
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