As if he wasn't busy enough with the White Stripes and the Raconteurs, Jack White is launching a third band he's branded the Dead Weather. The group's debut CD, 'Horehound,' will be released in June via his Third Man imprint, and the band will tour sometime this year.

White announced the band and plans for the disc yesterday in Nashville, where he hosted a private party. Attendees -- including White Stripes drummer Meg White, Sheryl Crow and Martina McBride -- were among the 150 guests invited to hear the new disc and witness a performance by the new foursome, which also includes Alison Mosshart of the Kills, Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and Jack Lawrence of the Greenhornes. Fertita and Lawrence also perform with White in the Raconteurs.

White told reporters that the group began as friends getting together to make music. "The idea was to do a 7-inch single and be done with it, but we started writing songs and something happened," the prolific rocker explained.

Just remember to take some naps, Jack.