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Infobox musical artist | name = Dan Auerbach| image = Black Keys at MOG.jpg| caption = Auerbach playing with The Black Keys at SXSW 2010| background = solo_singer| birth_name = Daniel Quine Auerbach| alias =| birth_date = Birth date and age|1979|5|14|df=yes|birth_place = Akron, Ohio|Akron , Ohio , United States | death_date =| instrument = Singing|Vocals , guitar , bass guitar , Keyboard instrument|keyboard , drum kit|drums | genre = Blues-rock , garage rock | occupation = Musician , songwriter , record producer|producer | years_active = 2000–present| label = Alive Records , Fat Possum Records , Nonesuch Records , V2 Records | associated_acts = The Black Keys , Jessica Lea Mayfield , Blakroc , The Barnburners , Dr. John | website = http://theblackkeys.com Official website| notable_instruments = Harmony Company|Harmony H78 Fender Telecaster Valco|Supro Val Trol Harmony Company|Harmony Stratotone Guild Guitar Company|Guild Thunderbird Daniel Quine "Dan" Auerbach (born May 14, 1979) is an American musician. A multi-instrumentalist , he is best known as the guitarist and singing|vocalist for The Black Keys , a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio . He is married to Stephanie Gonis, with whom he has a daughter, Sadie Little Auerbach, born in 2008. http://www.quine.org/quine.html Quine Genealogy 10 Generations by Douglas Boynton Quine. Quine.org. Retrieved on 2011-05-10.
Childhood and early life
Auerbach was born in Akron, Ohio, and is the son of Mary Little (née Quine; b. about 1948), a teacher of French, and Charles Auerbach (b. about 1950), an antique dealer.cite web|author=Dave Simpson |url= http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2011/dec/01/black-keys-interview |title='We've put in more hours than anyone': The Black Keys interviewed & #124; Music |publisher=The Guardian |date= |accessdate=2012-05-23 His father is Jewish and his mother is of part Isle of Man descent.cite web|url= http://www.quine.org/quine.html |title=Quine Genealogy 10 Generations by Douglas Boynton Quine |publisher=Quine.org |date= |accessdate=2012-05-23 Auerbach grew up in a family with musical roots. His second cousin once removed was the late guitarist Robert Quine . Auerbach became infatuated with Blues (music)|blues music after listening to his father's old vinyl recording|vinyl records during his childhood. http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/the-black-keys/Nov-03/1580 The Black Keys’ Guitar Player – Dan Auerbach on the Majesty of Muck He was influenced early-on by his mother's side of the family, notably his uncles who played bluegrass music . Auerbach described himself as a normal teenager in high school who smoked marijuana and captained his Firestone High School|high school soccer team.Usinger, Mike. (2011-05-05) http://archives.nodepression.com/2006/09/modern-primitives/ The Black Keys – Modern Primitives « Americana and Roots Music – No Depression. Archives.nodepression.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-10. He was heavily influenced by Junior Kimbrough in college, eventually resulting in him dropping out to pursue the guitar more seriously. "I've listened to him so much, it's just how I hear it... I studied him so much... Getting F's in college, when I should've been studying, I was listening to Junior Kimbrough's music instead". http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/black-keys-050202.shtml PopMatters Music Interview – Cold Steel in the Midnight Hour: An Interview with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys Other major influences include: Robert Johnson (musician)|Robert Johnson , R.L. Burnside , Clarence White , Robert Nighthawk , T-Model Ford , Hound Dog Taylor , Mississippi Fred McDowell , Kokomo Arnold , Son House and RZA of the Wu Tang Clan .
Performances and bands
The Barnburners
Auerbach was a member of a band called The Barnburners before forming The Black Keys in 2001. http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com/2010/01/meet-me-in-the-city-junior-kimbrough-vs-the-barnburners-vs-the-black-keys/ Meet Me In The City: Junior Kimbrough vs The Barnburners vs The Black Keys. Retrieved on 2011-05-12. The Barnburners included Auerbach, Jason Edwards and Kip Amore. The Barnburners were a blues -based band that performed in Greater Cleveland|Northeast Ohio clubs and released a 6 track album called The Rawboogie EP. The album includes the Junior Kimbrough song "Meet Me in the City", which Auerbach later covered with The Black Keys on their Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough|Chulahoma studio album.
The Fast Five
The band "Fast Five" toured with Auerbach in 2009. The Fast Five's other members drew from the band Hacienda and percussionist Patrick Hallahan from My Morning Jacket .cite news|title=Out of the Garage with Hacienda|url= http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php? storyId=122765682 http://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TDV73K Fast Five concert postercite web|last=The Fast Five|first=Dan Auerbach|title= Dan Auerbach and the Fast Five @ Boogie Festival, Tallarook |url= http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=hlmgzz7Inek|work=Concert video|publisher=YouTube|date=11 April 2009cite news|last=Oliphint|first=Joel|title=Auerbach goes solo—with five other guys|url= http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2009/11/11/music/doc4afb45391fd58994411517.txt|accessdate=19 July 2010|newspaper=The Other Paper|date=11 November 2009 The original percussionist, Bob Cesare, was unable to perform with the Fast Five due to a death in his family. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/02/my_morning_jack_15.html
Dan and Pat met the members of Hacienda at a club, Emo's , in Austin, Texas while watching a band during the Austin City Limits Music Festival . http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com/2010/08/the-black-keys-and-hacienda-a-love-story/The Black Keys Fan Lounge. Retrieved on 2011-05-12. Upon seeing one of the Hacienda band members hit on an intoxicated woman, Patrick Carney walked over and leaned in saying, "Dude, trust me, that's a bad idea." After becoming acquainted with each other, Dan emailed Hacienda a month later asking for more demos, which eventually led them to being asked to open for The Black Keys and Dr. Dog at a show in Austin, Texas. Afterwards, Auerbach asked Hacienda to travel to Akron, Ohio where they would be his "Guinea pigs" while recording Keep It Hid . Clear
Discography
mainlist|The Black Keys discography;Solo
Keep It Hid (2009)
;With The Black Keys
The Big Come Up (2002)
Thickfreakness (2003)
The Moan (2004)
Rubber Factory (2004)
Chulahoma: The Songs of Junior Kimbrough|Chulahoma (2006)
Magic Potion (album)|Magic Potion (2006)
Attack & Release (2008)
Brothers (The Black Keys album)|Brothers (2010)
El Camino (The Black Keys album)|El Camino (2011)
;Blakroc
Blakroc (2009)
Other projects
Jessica Lea Mayfield Jessica Lea Mayfield|With Blasphemy So Heartfelt – Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Arranger, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Bass, Drums, BG Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond Organ, Toy Piano, Lap Steel, Percussion
Shivering Timbers We All Started In The Same Place – Producer, Engineer, Drums, Mixer
Cadillac Sky Letters In The Deep – Producer, Engineer, Mixer
Hacienda Loud Is The Night – Producer, Engineer, Mixer, BG Vocals, Guitar
Hacienda Big Red & Barbacoa – Producer, Engineer, Mixer
Hacienda Shakedown (June 19, 2012) – Producer
Radio Moscow (band)|Radio Moscow Radio Moscow – Producer, Engineer, Mixer, Acoustic Guitar
Buffalo Killers Let It Ride – Producer, Engineer, Mixer
The Ettes Danger Is EP (2 songs) – Producer, Engineer, Mixer
The Ettes Do You Want Power (1 song- No Home) – Producer, Engineer, Mixer Piano
Nathaniel Mayer ''Why Don't You Give It To Me – Co-producer, co-mixer, Guitar, Drums, Vocals
Nathaniel Mayer ''Why Won't You Let Me Be Black? – Co-producer, co-mixer, Guitar, Vocals
Brimstone Howl Guts of Steel – Producer, Engineer, Mixer
Black Diamond Heavies ''A Touch of Someone Else's Class – Producer, Engineer, Mixer
Patrick Sweany Every Hour Is a Dollar Gone – Producer, Engineer, Mixer
Dan Auerbach | Guitars, Reviews, Tabs, Gear on. Fretbase.com. Retrieved on 2011-05-10.
Effects
Ibanez|Ibanez Standard Fuzz http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Aug/Future_Blues_The_Black_Keys_Dan_Auerbach.aspx? Page=2 Future Blues: The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach. Premier Guitar. Retrieved on 2011-05-10.
Sovtek Big Muff
Gibson Guitar Corporation|Gibson Maestro Fuzz Tone http://www.fretbase.com/blog/2008/08/dan-auerbachs-g/ Dan Auerbach’s Gear (Some of it…). Fretbase (2008-08-20). Retrieved on 2011-05-10.
Tubeplex tape delay
Fulltone Tape Echo
Boss Corporation|Boss TR-2 Tremolo
Analogman Sunface
Boss Corporation|Boss Super Shifter
References
Reflist
http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/content/article_5845.shtml Real Detroit Weekly – Dan Auerbach
External links
Commons category|Dan Auerbach
http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/black-keys-050202.shtml Cold Steel in the Midnight Hour: An Interview with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys
http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/blackkeysinterviewx16x07x03 The Black Keys – Interview
http://thatotherpaper.com/austin/interview_with_the_black_keys_dan_auerbach Pentatonic for the soul: Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys
http://www.stereosubversion.com/reviews/album-reviews/dan-auerbach-keep-it-hid-02-03-2009/ Keep It Hid Review
http://citizendick.org/2009/03/07/those-darlins-hacienda-and-dan-auerbach-live-at-the-beachland-march5/ Dan Auerbach live review on Citizen Dick
http://obscuresound.com/? p=2679 Dan Auerbach on Obscure Sound
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