Dan Auerbach
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Auerbach playing with The Black Keys in Tulsa, 2012.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Daniel Quine Auerbach |
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May 14, 1979 Akron, Ohio, United States |
| Genres | Blues rock, garage rock, psychedelic rock, soul, blues |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, drums, lap steel |
| Years active | 1999–present |
| Labels | Alive Records, Fat Possum Records, Nonesuch Records, V2 Records |
| Associated acts | The Black Keys, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Blakroc, The Barnburners, Dr. John, Lana Del Rey, Cage the Elephant, St. Vincent, Bombino, Hanni El Khatib, The Arcs, The Growlers, The Pretenders |
| Website | theblackkeys |
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Harmony H78 Fender Telecaster Supro Val Trol Harmony Stratotone Guild Thunderbird |
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Daniel Quine "Dan" Auerbach (born May 14, 1979) is an American musician and record producer best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the band, Auerbach has recorded and co-produced seven studio albums with his bandmate Patrick Carney. In 2009, Auerbach released a solo album entitled Keep It Hid. In addition to winning several Grammy Awards as a member of the Black Keys, Auerbach received the 2013 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical for co-producing his band's 2011 album, El Camino, and for producing records by Dr. John (Locked Down) and Hacienda.
In early 2015, Auerbach announced a new side-project, the Arcs. The group released their debut album, Yours, Dreamily, on September 4, 2015, via Nonesuch Records. Alongside with Action Bronson and Mark Ronson, Auerbach created the track "Standing In The Rain", featured in the 2016 movie Suicide Squad. In December 2016, Auerbach announced his second album, scheduled for an early 2017 release.
Auerbach was born in 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. His father is of Polish Jewish descent and his mother is of part Manx descent. His maternal cousin, twice removed, was philosopher and logician Willard Van Orman Quine, and his second cousin once removed was the late guitarist Robert Quine. Auerbach grew up in a family with musical roots. 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. His second concert was a Grateful Dead show with his father at the Richfield Coliseum in Cleveland. He was influenced early-on by his mother's side of the family, notably his uncles who played bluegrass music.
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