The White Stripes frontman sought out Matt Grant after seeing his Go Fund Me, then bought him his dream guitar.(musicradar)
In a random act of kindness to warm the coldest of hearts, Jack White bought an Edinburgh-based busker a new Fender Custom Shop Stratocaster upon learning that a drunk woman had accosted the street performer and smashed his acoustic guitar.
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Matt Grant was playing on the Scottish capital's Princes Street when the incident occurred, and documented it on his Instagram page. Launching a Go Fund Me appeal, Grant had raised a remarkable £4,000 and closed the page. Thinking that was the matter closed.
But White had already seen Grant's Go Fund Me appeal and instructed his manager to contact Grant and buy a guitar of his choosing. His manager got ahold of Grant at Guitar Guitar Edinburgh, where he had already purchased a Sigma cutaway acoustic, and yet insisted that White buy him a guitar.
Grant, who is originally from Bradford, West Yorkshire, told the MailOnline of his gratitude. White's manager simply wouldn't take no for an answer.
I was like a kid in a sweetie shop, going around trying out all the guitars until I picked the one I wanted
Matt Grant
"I said I already had one now because I had been in and bought my new acoustic one and he said, 'Keep that one and get another one. Jack really wants to help.' I was like a kid in a sweetie shop, going around trying out all the guitars until I picked the one I wanted."
"I wanted to thank Jack directly but I found out he doesn't actually have a phone so his manager said to send an email and that should get to him."
