CHRIS THILE & MICHAEL DAVES THIRD MAN SINGLE OUT MAY 24

Pre-Sale To Begin May 10

White Stripes Vault Package Still Available To Third Man Vault Members Registering By End Of April At www.thirdmanrecords.com

Third Man Records is proud to announce the May 24 release of a single by mandolin virtuoso Chris Thile and guitarist Michael Daves, “Man In The Middle”/”Blue Night.”

Pre-sale for the single will begin May 10, the same day Thile and Daves’ Sleep With One Eye Open will be released on Nonesuch Records. Sleep With One Eye Open was recorded over four days of sessions at Third Man’s Nashville studio, and is the first album recorded there that Third Man founder and proprietor Jack White did not produce.

In other Third Man news, a few days of April remain for potential Vault members to register at www.thirdmanrecords.com to qualify for the previously announced White Stripes package. The exclusive package consists of Live in Mississippi, a 180-gram double LP document of the band’s final show from July 31st, 2007 in Southaven, Mississippi, a 7-inch comprised of covers of Love’s “Signed DC” and Otis Redding’s “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” and the Under Moorhead Lights All Fargo Night DVD, recorded in Moorhead, Minnesota on June 13th, 2000, capturing the band immediately following the release of sophomore album De Stijl.

For further information regarding Jack White and Third Man, contact: laura@nastylittleman.com

For further information regarding Chris Thile & Michael Daves, contact: melissa.cusick@nonesuch.com

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