In addition to headlining festivals in North American, South America, Australia, and Europe, the duo has won six Grammy Awards.īut they almost didn’t actually go to the ceremony that first time. “As soon as we got our record deal, we both fully committed, and that became our full-time life.”Īnd what a life it’s been. Maybe in the back of our minds it gave us more confidence than we otherwise would have normally had. “We had this like weird, current musical connection. We just got together and made mixtapes.”Īt the time, Carney’s uncle played with Tom Waits on the B-52s’ records, and Auerbach’s cousin played with Lou Reed.
“Pat had a cassette 4 track, and I’d never seen one before. “There were all kinds of influences swirling around,” he says. And Auerbach says they grew up in a time when hip hop was pop music. When Auerbach and Carney first got together, although Dan was into blues, Pat was more into indie rock. Just like some really good raw stuff, and I loved it,” says Auerbach. He has great taste in blues records: Johnny “Guitar” Watson, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Guitar Slim. Every couple of weeks, he played harmonica and guitar in like a soul and blues band. My mom’s family all played bluegrass, then my uncle played in a band. “My dad played a lot of ‘60s rock and soul and blues music. He got the musical gene from his dad’s side as well. But I never learned to play piano,” says Auerbach. We knew each other, but we had never spoken.”Īuerbach started playing guitar when he was 14 because he wanted to be able to play music with his mom’s family, including his aunts and uncles. “We didn’t know the other one played music. We never really talked until we were in high school when our brothers introduced as two people who played music,” he says. Some of our earliest memories-Pat and his brothers always lived down the street. “I just say rock and roll.”Īlthough The Black Keys officially formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001, Auerbach says, “Pat and I have known each other since like as early as we can remember. “I don’t really give a shit,” says Auerbach, referring to the different descriptions of their music.
Likewise, their musical style has been described as everything from indie rock to garage band rock to punk blues and blues rock.
In previous years, they’ve been nominated and/or won in various categories: Best Rock Instrumental Performance, Best Alternative Music Album, and Best Pop Duo, to name a few. In 2021, The Black Keys received their 14th Grammy nomination for Best Contemporary Blues Album for Delta Kream, which features 11 Mississippi hill country blues songs by artists such as Junior Kimbrough and R.L.
“We’re doing the Delta Kream set in there, and we’ll have songs from Dropout Boogie that we’ve never played before. We’ve never toured with them, so that’s a first,” says Auerbach. So, Ceramic Animal, the Velveteers, Early James-depending on what city you’re in, one of those acts go on first. “We’re bringing some artists out with us. They’re in the midst of their Dropout Boogie tour (the name of their latest album), and will be cranking out some tunes live for audiences for the first time. While he may be laid back during an interview, Auerbach says that he’s excited to be touring again with Patrick Carney, the other member of this Grammy Award-winning duo. That’s the best word to use to describe Dan Auerbach, the singer/guitarist of The Black Keys.
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