Patrick Carney's mother, Mary Stormer, is the traffic and parking supervisor for the Akron Municipal Clerk of Courts and is a former member of the Akron Board of Education.
13 Facts About Patrick Carney
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Patrick Carney has three brothers, William, who is an Amtrak supervisor; Michael, a graphic artist who created the art for each of the Black Keys' albums until he handed over the reigns for Dropout Boogie; and Barry Stormer Jr.
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Patrick Carney's uncle, Ralph Patrick Carney, was a professional saxophone player, and played with Tom Waits, Marc Ribot and the B-52's among others.
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Patrick Carney stated in an interview with Modern Drummer that he never took drum lessons as a kid, but learned by mimicking friends that were drummers, using a $150 drumset that he bought with money earned from a job as a teenager.
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Patrick Carney currently produces and writes music out of his Nashville, Tennessee-based recording studio, Audio Eagle.
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Patrick Carney has produced a range of artists from various musical backgrounds including the Black Keys, Michelle Branch, Calvin Johnson, Tennis, the Sheepdogs, Beaten Awake, Houseguest, Churchbuilder, Jessy Wilson, Kramies and *repeat repeat.
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In 2009, while fellow Black Keys member Dan Auerbach was on his solo tour, Patrick Carney formed a new band called Drummer in which he played bass guitar.
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Patrick Carney is the drummer on the Rentals' 2014 album Lost in Alphaville.
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Patrick Carney contributed the main title theme to the 2014 Netflix show BoJack Horseman, and, in 2017, music to its soundtrack.
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Patrick Carney married Emily Ward, whom he had met while living in New York City, on September 15,2012, in the backyard of their Nashville home.
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In 2015, Patrick Carney met Michelle Branch at a Grammy party, and the two started dating during the production of Branch's album Hopeless Romantic, which Patrick Carney produced.
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On February 11,2018, Branch announced that she and Patrick Carney were expecting their first child.
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Patrick Carney was arrested on a charge of domestic assault due to slapping Carney after accusing him of infidelity.