Meg White To Marry

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Meg White is set to marry Jackson Smith, son of rock icons Patti Smith and Fred (Sonic) Smith, the Free Press has learned.

The rock 'n' roll power couple will tie the knot at a May 22 ceremony in Nashville, sources said.

He’s a guitarist who has played with Detroit bands like Back in Spades. She’s the drummer for the White Stripes, the internationally renowned band she formed a decade ago with ex-husband Jack White.

Smith’s late father was a guitarist with the MC5, the group that helped cast the mold for heavy Detroit rock. His mother, a celebrated figure on the 1970s New York punk scene, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007.

Smith, who grew up in St. Clair Shores, was 12 when his father died in 1994. He moved with his mother two years later to New York City, returning to Michigan after high school and impressing local music fans with his intuitive guitar talent.

White and Smith, who became close last summer, are known around town as private but personable figures. They live together in White's Detroit home, and got engaged several weeks ago.

Privacy was a consideration when opting for a wedding in Nashville, a music-industry town accustomed to celebrity comings and goings.

“They don’t want it to be a circus,” said a source acquainted with the couple. “They want it to be about the two of them.”

The couple is planning to hold a reception in Detroit soon after the wedding weekend.

This is the first marriage for Smith and the second for White, who wed Jack White in 1996. The Whites divorced in 2000, just as their band was blossoming on the Detroit scene.

At 34, White is several years senior to Smith, who has also played guitar in his mom’s touring band.

The White Stripes are on break as Jack White revs up for an album and tour with his new band, the Dead Weather. He now lives in Nashville, and is expected to attend the wedding.