Daniel Quine Auerbach is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio.
25 Facts About Dan Auerbach
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Dan Auerbach has released two solo albums, Keep It Hid and Waiting on a Song, and formed a side project, the Arcs, which released the albums Yours, Dreamily, and Electrophonic Chronic.
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Dan Auerbach owns the Easy Eye Sound recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as a record label of the same name.
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Dan Auerbach has produced records by artists such as Cage the Elephant, Dr John, Lana Del Rey, Ray LaMontagne, CeeLo Green, Hank Williams Jr and the Pretenders.
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Dan Auerbach's father is of Polish Jewish descent and his mother is of part Manx descent.
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Dan Auerbach became infatuated with blues after listening to his father's old vinyl records during his childhood, his first concert was Whitney Houston with his mother at the Blossom Music Center in Cuyahoga Falls, OH.
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Dan Auerbach's second concert was a Grateful Dead show with his father at the Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland.
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Dan Auerbach was influenced early on by his mother's side of the family, notably his uncles who played bluegrass music.
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Dan Auerbach described himself as a normal teenager in high school who smoked marijuana and captained the soccer team at Firestone High School.
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Dan Auerbach is best known for his work with The Black Keys.
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Dan Auerbach was captain of the high school soccer team, while Carney was a social outcast.
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Dan Auerbach initially went to record a demo with his band at the time but no one showed up.
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Sweany was a friend of Auerbach's father, but the younger Auerbach was recommended by a mutual friend, who was impressed by Dan's authenticity when playing the likes of RL Burnside and Junior Kimbrough.
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Dan Auerbach spent 18 months playing in Sweany's band, mainly playing baritone guitar.
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Dan Auerbach added, "You can't just keep doing it, because it'll suck your brain dry".
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Dan Auerbach was a member of a band called The Barnburners before forming The Black Keys in 2001.
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The album includes the Junior Kimbrough song "Meet Me in the City", which Dan Auerbach later covered with The Black Keys on their Chulahoma tribute studio album.
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In 2015, Dan Auerbach announced the formation of a new musical group known as The Arcs.
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Swift and Dan Auerbach were very close friends, with Dan Auerbach describing Swift as "one of the most talented musicians I know".
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At the 2013 Grammy Awards, Dan Auerbach won the award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical.
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Also at the 2013 Grammy Awards, Dan Auerbach won the award for Best Rock Song for his song "Lonely Boy", Best Rock Performance for "Lonely Boy", and Best Rock Album for El Camino.
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Dan Auerbach first married Stephanie Gonis, with whom he has a daughter, Sadie Little Dan Auerbach, born in 2008.
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In 2010, Dan Auerbach moved from Akron, Ohio to Nashville, Tennessee.
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Dan Auerbach moved his record label Easy Eye Sound and bought a studio as soon as he moved into town.
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Dan Auerbach has described Nashville as not just being "a little tourist music spot" but much more.