Smothered by the indulgence of his rock star ranking, Jack White steps into the eccentricities of the supergroup, and at first glance this seems to be a band where White’s imposing presence could overshadow the rest. Not the case with these Raconteurs. Teaming with fellow Detroit songwriter Brendan Benson, along with Jack Lawrence on bass guitar and Patrick Keeler on drums, formaly the rhythm section from the Cincinnati band the Greenhornes, White exhales a bit, deferring enough to his mates to make Broken Boy Soldiers play like a team effort. Following the Benson blueprint, “Steady as She Goes,” which opens as a slice of 1960’s radio pop, the record is anything but predictable or formulaic. http://www.amazon.com/Broken-Boy-Soldiers-Raconteurs