Jack White stepped in at the last minute this week to perform on the NBC institution ‘Saturday Night Live’ when country singer Morgan Waller broke the show’s COVID-19 protocols by partying like there is not a pandemic going on. White provided two separate numbers on the show hosted by stand up comedy champion Bill Burr. He performed a medley of the White Stripes deep cut

“Ball and Biscuit,” with the reimagined take on the Elephant track to feature both a slice of his Beyoncé Lemonade duet “Don’t Hurt Yourself” as well as “Jesus Is Coming Soon,” a traditional gospel song that was written during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. He followed this up later by tearing it down with ‘Lazeretto’.

White shared on Instagram that the guitar he used in the performance was designed by the legendary Eddie Van Halen, who passed away earlier this week.

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i thought it could be a nice gesture for me to use this blue eddie van halen model guitar for one of the songs tonight on SNL. the guitar was designed by eddie (with a few customizations i had added). eddie was very kind to me and saw to it that this guitar was made for me to my specs. i wont even insult the man’s talent by trying to play one of his songs tonight. thanks again eddie for this guitar and rest in peace sir.

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