Jim White (guitarist)

After publishing work in various periodicals over his 20-year musical career, White's debut novel Incidental Contact was released in 2022.

White's 2020 album Misfit's Jubilee marked a departure from his more solemn introspective previous work, featuring and upbeat collaboration with Belgian recording artists Geert Hellings and Nicolas Rombouts. White's longtime drummer Marlon Patton played drums on Misfit's Jubilee, as he did on White's previous four solo records.

In 2017 White's album Waffles, Triangles & Jesus came out via the PIAPTK label in the US and Loose in the UK. White was joined by musical group Hog Eyed Man, Holly Golightly, and Cicada Rhythm.

Continuing his pattern of alternating between solo projects and collaborations, in 2014 White teamed up with the Packway Handle Band to release the bluegrass hybrid Take It Like A Man, which peaked at #3 on the Billboard bluegrass chart.

In 2013 White's story "The Bottom" was published in the literary journal Radio Silence, and in 2014, it was awarded the prestigious Pushcart Prize for Short Fiction.

White's 2012 album Where It Hits You marked his first effort after an amicable parting of ways with Byrne's Luaka Bop. The record features guest appearances by members the roots group Olabelle, Terri Binion and Shak Nasty. Where It Hits You was released on the Yep Roc label.

In 2010 White created Sounds of the Americans, an experimental collaboration with guitarist Dan Nettles based on the soundtrack they composed for a Juilliard Music School theater production.

"Superwhite! / Wild-Eyed Tree", The Douglas Hyde Gallery, 2009. In conjunction with art exhibit. "Includes autobiographical text, Superwhite (Another True Story), and previously unreleased lyrics by Jim White. Also included are images of the exhibition and photographs by Jim White."

In 2006, Jim White collaborated with Johnny Dowd and Willie B and formed a group called Hellwood; in 2006, the band toured throughout Europe to promote the album Chainsaw of Life. White served as producer and songwriter on a collaboration alongside Tucker Martine and blues singer Linda Delgado on a project titled Mama Lucky. Mama Lucky's first release Permanent Stranger was released February 2009.

In 2003 White appeared as defacto tour guide in the documentary film Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus, exploring oral and song traditions of the poor white US south. White appeared alongside writer Harry Crews and musicians Johnny Dowd, The Handsome Family and David Eugene Edwards. Before achieving cult status, the film was featured in festivals around the world, winning Best Documentary at the Seattle Film Festival.

Michael Davis Pratt (born March 10, 1957), known professionally as Jim White, is an American singer-songwriter, visual artist and author.