INDIO >> Jack White didn’t shy away from sharing his thoughts on supporting local musicians, during a guitar-heavy performance where he took a stance on transgender equality and bringing Appalachian rock to the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival.

The nearly hour-and 40-minute set on the Coachella stage featured a rock-heavy version of “Icky Thump,” to start off the show and included “Steady as she Goes,” from his side band project The Raconteurs.

Prior to “Hotel Yorba,” White dedicated the show to transgender people.

“That’s a true story. Aren’t they all?” says White after the song.

Following a rousing version of “Love Interruption” Jack White asked if everybody was feeling good.

“It’s good to be in the desert,” he said.

He slowed things down, but only momentarily for “We’re Going to Be Friends” from The White Stripes.

As the band performed into “Steady, As She Goes” from The Raconteurs, White stood up on a speaker and emphatically clapped with the crowd.

In the middle of the song, Jack asked the crowd for a favor — to sing back to him. They happily obliged singing back part of the chorus “are you steady now.”

The set also included “Sixteen saltines” and “Would You Fight for My Love?”

During “Seven Nation Army,” White stressed the importance of music.

“I hope you all realize for a few seconds everyday that music is scared. Music is sacred,” he said.

White also gave a shutout to fellow musicians playing at the fest including St. Vincent, Tyler the Creator, FKA Twigs and Run the Jewels.

“Support your local artists, please. It’s time to do that now,” he said.