Why didn't I get the memo?
The Black Keys have been around since 2001, and I never noticed them until last week when I happened to buy the current issue of
American Songwriter Magazine with them on the cover. Two guys from Akron who make a whole lot of great music with basically drums, guitar, and vocals. I previewed and bought the two most recent albums,
Brothers (2010) and
El Camino (released this month). Damn, these guys are good. They definitely have a strong blues persuasion but they bend the blues every which way in their infectious (in a good way), hard-driving songs. Great writing, great playing. Sometimes they remind me of Cream (a sixties favorite), but their sound is definitely their own. Check out the videos for "
Lonely Boy" (imagine the huge investment in making
this video!) and the action-packed and hilarious "
Howlin' For You" (truly a big budget video). Great stuff! Man, I gotta write me some new blues-rock songs (trying to get in the mood there).
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