Sunday Morning: 25 Facts You Didn’t Know About The Black Keys [Video]
With its latest album, 'Turn Blue,' out last week, it's time to take an inside look at The Black Keys and share some facts you probably didn't know about the bluesy Akron, Ohio, duo.
- 1. Sleater-Kinney drummer Janet Weiss was one of the first supporters of the Black Keys.
- 2. Soon after they got the thumbs up from Weiss, they were soon taken on as Sleater-Kinney's opening band for their 2004 tour.
- 3. Their second album 'Thickfreakness' was recorded in a 14-hour straight session in drummer Patrick Carney's basement because the band spent their advance from their label on rent.
- 4. In the band's early days, the Black Keys were given only $5 a day for meals. Auerbach preferred Chinese takeout, drummer Patrick Carney revealed on the Travel Channel's 'No Reservations.'
- 5. Being Polish-Jewish, guitarist and singer Dan Auerbach's great-uncle survived the Holocaust while his grandmother managed to escape before the Nazis closed the borders.
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