{{Short description|American singer-songwriter and producer}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Dan Auerbach | image = Dan Auerbach performing with the Black Keys.jpg | image_size = | landscape = yes | caption = Auerbach playing with The Black Keys in 2012 | birth_name = Daniel Quine Auerbach | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1979|5|14}} | birth_place = Wooster, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | spouse = {{unbulleted list|{{marriage|Stephanie Gonis|2008|2013|reason=divorced}}|{{marriage|Jen Goodall|2015|2019|reason=divorced}}}} | children = 2 | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | occupation = {{flatlist| *Musician *singer *songwriter }} | instrument = {{flatlist| *Vocals *guitar *bass *piano *keyboards }} | genre = {{flatlist| *Indie rock *alternative rock *blues rock *garage rock *psychedelic rock *soul }} | years_active = 1999–present | label = {{flatlist| *Alive *Fat Possum *Nonesuch *V2 *Easy Eye Sound }} | current_member_of = {{flatlist| *The Black Keys *The Arcs }} | past_member_of = {{flatlist| *The Barnburners }} | website = {{url|easyeyesound.com}} }} }}
'''Daniel Quine Auerbach''' ({{IPAc-en|'|aʊər|b|ɑː|k}}; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, an indie rock band from Akron, Ohio.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quine.org/quine.html |title=Quine Genealogy 10 Generations by Douglas Boynton Quine |website=Quine.org |access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref> As a member of the group, Auerbach has recorded and co-produced thirteen studio albums with his bandmate Patrick Carney. Auerbach has also released two solo albums, ''Keep It Hid'' (2009) and ''Waiting on a Song'' (2017), and formed a side project, the Arcs, which released the albums ''Yours, Dreamily,'' (2015) and ''Electrophonic Chronic'' (2023).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2015/08/26/434119857/first-listen-the-arcs-yours-dreamily|title=First Listen: The Arcs, 'Yours, Dreamily'|publisher=NPR|date=August 26, 2015|access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/dan-auerbachs-band-the-arcs-announce-first-album-in-eight-years-3327927|title=Dan Auerbach's band The Arcs announce first album in eight years, 'Electrophonic Chronic'|last=Skinner|first=Tom|date=October 13, 2022|website=NME|access-date=January 7, 2023}}</ref>
Auerbach owns the Easy Eye Sound recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as a record label of the same name. He has produced records by artists such as Cage the Elephant, Dr. John, Lana Del Rey, Miles Kane, Ray LaMontagne, CeeLo Green, Hank Williams Jr and the Pretenders. 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 and was nominated again for the award in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2026.
==Childhood and early life== 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.<ref name=grdu>{{cite news|author=Dave Simpson|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/dec/01/black-keys-interview|title='We've put in more hours than anyone': The Black Keys interviewed | Music|newspaper=The Guardian|date=December 1, 2011|access-date=May 23, 2012|location=London}}</ref> His father is of Polish Jewish descent<ref name=grdu/> and his mother is of part Manx descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.quine.org/quine.html|title=Quine Genealogy 10 Generations by Douglas Boynton Quine|website=Quine.org|access-date=May 23, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Nate|last=Bloom|author-link=Nate Bloom|date=February 5, 2013|title=Interfaith Celebrities: Lifetime's Movie and the Grammys |url=http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Lifetimes_Movie_and_the_Grammys.shtml|website=InterfaithFamily|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220125631/http://www.interfaithfamily.com/arts_and_entertainment/popular_culture/Interfaith_Celebrities_Lifetimes_Movie_and_the_Grammys.shtml| archive-date=December 20, 2016|quote=Auerbach is the son of a Jewish father and a non-Jewish mother, of British descent. Auerbach, so far as I know, as never spoke about any religious upbringing. }}</ref> 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, Ohio. His second concert was a Grateful Dead show with his father at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield, Ohio.<ref>{{cite web|work=Corus Radio|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou6nBmp7qlk |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/Ou6nBmp7qlk| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=ExploreMusic sits down with The Black Keys pt1.|date=November 8, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Uhelszki, Jaan (July_August 2014). "Chart Topping Blues" ''Relix Magazine'' '''257''':46.</ref><ref name="Majesty">{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/the-black-keys/Nov-03/1580|title=Electric & Acoustic Guitar Gear, Lessons, News, Blogs, Video, Tabs & Chords|website=GuitarPlayer.com|access-date=June 14, 2014|archive-date=May 27, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527191100/http://www.guitarplayer.com/article/the-black-keys/Nov-03/1580|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was influenced early on by his mother's side of the family, notably his uncles who played bluegrass music.
Auerbach described himself as a normal teenager in high school who smoked marijuana and captained the soccer team at Firestone High School.<ref>Usinger, Mike. (May 5, 2011) [http://archives.nodepression.com/2006/09/modern-primitives/ The Black Keys – Modern Primitives « Americana and Roots Music – No Depression] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117160724/http://archives.nodepression.com/2006/09/modern-primitives/ |date=January 17, 2010 }}. Archives.nodepression.com. Retrieved on May 10, 2011.</ref> He attended University of Akron. During college Auerbach was heavily influenced by Junior Kimbrough, eventually resulting in his dropping out to pursue the guitar more seriously. "I've listened to him so much, it's just how I hear it... I studied him so much... Getting F's in college, when I should've been studying, I was listening to Junior Kimbrough's music instead".<ref>[http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/black-keys-050202.shtml] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061216123829/http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/black-keys-050202.shtml|date=December 16, 2006}}</ref> Other major influences include Robert Johnson, R.L. Burnside, Clarence White, Robert Nighthawk, T-Model Ford, Hound Dog Taylor, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Kokomo Arnold, Son House, and the RZA of Wu-Tang Clan.
==The Black Keys== {{main|The Black Keys}} Auerbach is best known for his work with The Black Keys. Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney first met when they were eight or nine years old while living in the same neighborhood of Akron, Ohio.<ref name="nymag">{{cite web|url=http://www.vulture.com/2010/06/black_keys_drummer_patrick_car.html|title=Hilarious Black Keys Drummer Patrick Carney on Not Growing a Beard, Damon Dash, and Danger Mouse|work=Vulture|publisher=New York Media LLC|first=Nishan|last=Gopalan|date=June 3, 2010|access-date=January 22, 2013}}</ref> Carney is the nephew of saxophonist Ralph Carney, who performed on several Tom Waits albums.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2014/08/25/the-black-keys-pat-carney-wrote-the-theme-to-netflixs-bojack-horseman-with-his-uncle|title=The Black Keys' Pat Carney Wrote the Theme to Netflix's 'BoJack Horseman' With His Uncle|last=Sandy|first=Eric|newspaper=Cleveland Scene|access-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref> While attending Firestone High School, Carney and Auerbach became friends,<ref name="nymag"/> though they were part of different crowds.<ref name="am song">{{cite web|url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2011/11/the-black-keys-brothers-in-arms/|title=The Black Keys: Brothers In Arms|work=American Songwriter|first=Andrew|last=Leahey|date=November 1, 2011 |access-date= December 8, 2011}}</ref> Auerbach was captain of the high school soccer team, while Carney was a social outcast.<ref name="rs-rising">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rise-of-the-black-keys-20120119|title=Black Keys Rising|magazine=Rolling Stone|first=Brian|last=Hiatt|pages=38–41, 66|issue=1148|date=January 19, 2012|access-date=February 17, 2012|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620040646/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rise-of-the-black-keys-20120119|url-status=dead}}</ref> Encouraged by their brothers, the duo began jamming together in 1996, as Auerbach was learning guitar at the time and Carney owned a four-track recorder and a drum set.<ref name="nor">{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2011/01/31/133276978/the-fresh-air-interview-the-black-keys|title=The Fresh Air Interview: The Black Keys|work=NPR Music|publisher=NPR|date=January 31, 2011|access-date=February 2, 2012}}</ref><ref name="fuzz freak">{{cite journal|title=Fuzz freak: the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach on the majesty of muck|journal=Guitar Player|first=Jimmy|last=Leslie|date=November 1, 2003}}</ref>
In an interview with ''Rolling Stone'', the duo revealed that their big start came from a demo-recording session in Carney's basement. Auerbach initially went to record a demo with his band at the time but no one showed up. He and Carney then decided that they would just play instead. What came out of that session was ultimately sent out to several labels to try to secure a record deal.<ref>{{Citation|last=Rolling Stone|title=The Big Come Up: The Black Keys Relive Their Accidental Start|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hd6XcOw8Ag |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/7hd6XcOw8Ag| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|access-date=December 11, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
While attending university, Auerbach met and began regularly playing guitar with fellow Ohio blues musician Patrick Sweany while continuing to work on material for The Black Keys with Carney. 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. Auerbach spent 18 months playing in Sweany's band, mainly playing baritone guitar. Sweany told Guitar.com that one night after a gig, Auerbach played Sweany the mixes for the Black Keys debut album, and he knew that his time in the band was over, stating, "Man, this is really interesting... so um, can you help me train your replacement!?"<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-08-29|title=Interview: Patrick Sweany - Ancient Wisdom|url=https://guitar.com/features/patrick-sweany/|access-date=2021-04-16|website=Guitar.com {{!}} All Things Guitar|language=en-GB}}</ref>
After signing with indie label Alive, they released their debut album, ''The Big Come Up'', in 2002, which earned them a new deal with jazz/rock label Fat Possum Records. Their third album, ''Rubber Factory'', was released in 2004 and received critical acclaim; it boosted the band's profile, eventually leading to a record deal with major label Nonesuch Records in 2006. After self-producing and recording their first four records in makeshift studios, in 2008 the duo completed ''Attack & Release'' in a professional studio and hired producer Danger Mouse, a frequent collaborator with the band.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}}
The group's commercial breakthrough came in 2010 with ''Brothers'', which along with its popular single "Tighten Up", won three Grammy Awards including Best Alternative Album of the Year. Their 2011 follow-up, ''El Camino'', received strong reviews and reached number two on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart, leading to the first arena concert tour of the band's career, the El Camino Tour. The album and its hit single "Lonely Boy" won three Grammy Awards. In 2014, they released their eighth album, ''Turn Blue'', their first number-one record in the US, Canada, and Australia.
In 2011, the Black Keys became one of only a couple of bands in Saturday Night Live's history to appear as the musical guest twice in one year. They played the January 8 episode as well as the December 3 episode.
After the touring for ''Turn Blue'' concluded, Auerbach and Carney took a break from The Black Keys. Both Auerbach and Carney have been on record talking about needing a break from the constant working process. Carney said, "I love making music with Dan and I'm excited for when we do that next, and we will do it. But both of us have PTSD from being on the road constantly".<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/update-black-keys/|title=An Update on the Black Keys|date=October 16, 2017|website=A Journal of Musical Things|language=en-US|access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref> Auerbach added, "You can't just keep doing it, because it'll suck your brain dry".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/10-things-we-learned-hanging-out-with-dan-auerbach-122977/|title=10 Things We Learned Hanging Out With Dan Auerbach|last1=Hudak|first1=Joseph|date=January 3, 2017|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref>
After their hiatus, The Black Keys returned in 2019 with the album ''Let's Rock'' produced by [The Black Keys] with the chart-topping single "Lo/Hi".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/the-black-keys-top-all-4-rock-airplay-charts-simultaneously-lo-hi/|title=The Black Keys Are First Act to Rule All Four Rock Airplay Charts Simultaneously, With 'Lo/Hi'|magazine=Billboard.com|first=Kevin|last=Rutherford|date=May 14, 2019|access-date=May 16, 2019}}</ref> This was followed by 2021's ''Delta Kream'', which consisted of blues covers performed with guitarist Kenny Brown and bassist Eric Deaton.
In 2022, The Black Keys announced ''Dropout Boogie''.
==Other performances and bands== ===The Barnburners=== Auerbach was a member of a band called The Barnburners before forming The Black Keys in 2001.<ref name="theblackkeysfanlounge.com">{{cite web|url=http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com/2010/01/meet-me-in-the-city-junior-kimbrough-vs-the-barnburners-vs-the-black-keys/|title=Meet Me in the City: Junior Kimbrough vs The Barnburners vs The Black Keys|publisher=The Black Keys Fan Lounge|date=January 7, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714214124/http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com/2010/01/meet-me-in-the-city-junior-kimbrough-vs-the-barnburners-vs-the-black-keys/|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> The Barnburners included Auerbach, Jason Edwards and Kip Amore.<ref name="theblackkeysfanlounge.com"/> The Barnburners were a blues-based band that performed in Northeast Ohio clubs and released a 6-track album called ''The Rawboogie EP''.<ref name="theblackkeysfanlounge.com"/> The album includes the Junior Kimbrough song "Meet Me in the City", which Auerbach later covered with The Black Keys on their ''Chulahoma'' tribute studio album.<ref name="theblackkeysfanlounge.com"/>
thumb|Dan Auerbach and the Fast Five playing the Beachland Ballroom in Cleveland, Ohio on March 5, 2009.
===The Fast Five=== The band Fast Five toured with Auerbach in 2009. The Fast Five's other members drew from the band Hacienda and percussionist Patrick Hallahan from My Morning Jacket.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122765682|title=Out Of The Garage With Hacienda|website=NPR.org|access-date=June 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002TDV73K|title=Fast Five concert poster|website=Amazon.com|access-date=June 14, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=The Fast Five|first=Dan Auerbach|title= Dan Auerbach and the Fast Five @ Boogie Festival, Tallarook|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlmgzz7Inek |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/hlmgzz7Inek| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|work=Concert video|publisher=YouTube|date=April 11, 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Oliphint|first=Joel|title=Auerbach goes solo—with five other guys|url=http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2009/11/11/music/doc4afb45391fd58994411517.txt|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120918020621/http://www.theotherpaper.com/articles/2009/11/11/music/doc4afb45391fd58994411517.txt|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 18, 2012|access-date=July 19, 2010|newspaper=The Other Paper|date=November 11, 2009}}</ref> The original percussionist, Bob Cesare, was unable to perform with the Fast Five because of a death in his family.<ref>{{cite web|date=February 27, 2009|access-date=June 14, 2014|url=http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/02/my_morning_jack_15.html|title=My Morning Jacket drummer Patrick Hallahan is playing w/ Dan Auerbach who is playing SXSW (and other places)|website=Brooklynvegan.com}}</ref>
Auerbach and fellow Black Keys member Patrick Carney first met the members of Hacienda at Emo's, a club in Austin, Texas, while watching a band during the Austin City Limits Music Festival.<ref name="theblackkeysfanlounge.com2">{{cite web|url=http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com/2010/08/the-black-keys-and-hacienda-a-love-story/|title=The Black Keys and Hacienda: A Love Story|publisher=The Black Keys Fan Lounge|date=August 10, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723113848/http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com/2010/08/the-black-keys-and-hacienda-a-love-story/|archive-date=July 23, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Upon seeing one of the Hacienda band members hit on an intoxicated woman, Carney walked over and leaned in saying, "Dude, trust me, that's a bad idea."<ref name="theblackkeysfanlounge.com2"/> After becoming acquainted with each other, Auerbach e-mailed Hacienda a month later asking for more demos, which eventually led them to being asked to open for The Black Keys and Dr. Dog at a show in Austin, Texas.<ref name="theblackkeysfanlounge.com2"/> Afterward, Auerbach asked Hacienda to travel to Akron, Ohio where they would be his "guinea pigs" while recording ''Keep It Hid''.<ref name="theblackkeysfanlounge.com2"/>
===Blakroc=== ''Blakroc'' was a studio album and collaboration by Auerbach and Carney of the Black Keys and Damon Dash, co-founder and former co-owner of Roc-A-Fella Records, who oversaw the project. The album featured a plethora of guest appearances from several indie and popular hip hop and R&B acts, namely Mos Def; Nicole Wray; Pharoahe Monch; Ludacris, Billy Danze of M.O.P.; Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest; Jim Jones; and NOE of ByrdGang; as well as Raekwon, RZA, and the late Ol' Dirty Bastard of Wu-Tang Clan.<ref name="Blakroc">{{cite web |url=http://blakroc.com/index_artists.html |title=Welcome to BLAKROC |website=Blakroc.com |access-date=December 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708013002/http://blakroc.com/index_artists.html |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
===The Arcs=== In 2015, Auerbach announced the formation of a new musical group known as The Arcs. Auerbach said about the band: "I just wanted to do my thing and get extra weird. I wanted everything to flow [and] be cohesive. It's basically everything I love about music all wrapped up into one record".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/59397-the-black-keys-dan-auerbach-launches-new-project-the-arcs-with-mayweatherpacquiao-inspired-single/|title=The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach Launches New Project the Arcs With Mayweather/Pacquiao-Inspired Single|website=Pitchfork|date=April 24, 2015 |language=en|access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref>
The debut album, ''Yours, Dreamily,'' was released later in the summer of 2015.
During the Bataclan Theatre massacre, Auerbach and his band The Arcs were performing at the similarly sized nearby venue Le Trianon. Auerbach subsequently stated, "I know people that were there last night. I know people who are like, ‘What am I gonna do – see the Arcs or the Eagles of Death Metal?' And I've woken up feeling very out of sorts. What do you call it, survivor's remorse? Why the hell did it happen there and not where we were playing? I'm just so brokenhearted about all those people."<ref name="paris">{{cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6762526/dan-auerbach-the-black-keys-the-arcs-paris-attacks-bataclan|title=Dan Auerbach Feels 'Survivor's Remorse' Following Tragedy at Le Bataclan in Paris|website=Billboard.com|access-date=November 15, 2015}}</ref>
On July 3, 2018, Richard Swift, the multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter who was a member of the Arcs, died at the age of 41. Swift and Auerbach were very close friends, with Auerbach describing Swift as "one of the most talented musicians I know".<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/richard-swift-black-keys-arcs-dies-41-8463946/|title=Richard Swift, Songwriter, Member of Black Keys, Shins & The Arcs, Dies at 41|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref>
The Arcs released their second album, ''Electrophonic Chronic'', in January 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/the-arcs-announce-first-album-in-8-years-share-video-for-new-song-watch/|title=The Arcs Announce First Album in 8 Years, Share Video for New Song: Watch|last=Bloom|first=Madison|date=October 13, 2022|website=Pitchfork|access-date=October 13, 2022}}</ref>
===Robert Finley=== In 2017, blues musician Robert Finley got connected with Auerbach, and the pair released an original soundtrack for the graphic novel ''Murder Ballads'', published by z2 Comics.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Blistein|first1=Jon|title=Hear Dan Auerbach, Robert Finley's Grisly New Outlaw Tune 'Bang Bang'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/hear-dan-auerbach-robert-finleys-new-song-bang-bang-w492796|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=July 20, 2017|access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> Shortly after the release of the ''Murder Ballads'' soundtrack, ''Billboard'' announced that Finley would be releasing a full-length album produced and co-written by Auerbach.
The album, ''Goin' Platinum!'', was released on Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound (Nonesuch Records) on December 8, 2017.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Stubblebine|first1=Allison|title=Dan Auerbach's 63 Year-Old Protégé Robert Finley Shares Soulful Video 'Medicine Woman': Interview|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/robert-finley-dan-auerbach-protege-medicine-woman-video-interview-7981948/|magazine=Billboard|access-date=10 October 2017}}</ref> The following year Finley joined Auerbach's Easy Eye Sound Revue tour.<ref name= "auerbach">{{cite news |last=Zaleski |first=Annie |url= https://clevelandmagazine.com/entertainment/music/articles/dan-auerbach-brings-all-star-session-musicians-to-town |title=Dan Auerbach Brings All-Star Session Musicians To Town |work=Cleveland Magazine |date=March 28, 2018 |access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref>
In 2021, Finley announced the album ''Sharecropper's Son'', to be released May 21, 2021 on Easy Eye Sound. The album is autobiographical in nature, and centers on Finley's upbringing on a crop share in Louisiana, and was produced by Auerbach.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last1=Bernstein|first1=Jonathan|date=2021-03-04|title=Robert Finley Previews New Dan Auerbach-Produced Album With 'Souled Out on You'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/robert-finley-new-album-sharecroppers-son-1135909/|access-date=2021-03-10|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}</ref>
==Easy Eye Sound== In addition to his work as a performer, Auerbach founded Easy Eye Sound, a Nashville-based recording studio and record label that was developed during a period when the Black Keys were on hiatus. The studio operates with a philosophy emphasizing live recording with minimal overdubbing, drawing inspiration from mid-20th-century recording practices. Auerbach has described the studio as a place where artists are invited to write and record intensively over short periods, encouraging an approach to songwriting that prioritizes collective over individual authorship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/world-cafe/2019/03/19/703821513/dan-auerbach-reflects-on-the-sounds-of-easy-eye-sound-studio |title=Dan Auerbach Reflects On The Sounds Of Easy Eye Sound Studios |work=NPR |date=March 19, 2019 |access-date=December 27, 2025 |author=Hight, Jewly}}</ref>
==Awards and honors== The Black Keys' 2010 album, ''Brothers'', won three Grammy awards. At the 2013 Grammy Awards, Auerbach won the award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical, for work on The Black Keys album El Camino, as well as those of Dr. John and Hacienda.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2013/02/10/dan-auerbach-steals-grammy-from-pop-super-producer-diplo/|title= Dan Auerbach Steals GRAMMY From Pop Super-Producer Diplo|website= Kroq.cbslocal.com|access-date= February 11, 2013|archive-date= February 13, 2013|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130213220136/http://kroq.cbslocal.com/2013/02/10/dan-auerbach-steals-grammy-from-pop-super-producer-diplo/|url-status= dead}}</ref> Auerbach was nominated three further times in 2020, 2021 and 2023.
Also at the 2013 Grammy Awards, 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''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.grammy.com/awards/55th-annual-grammy-awards|title=55th Annual GRAMMY Awards|date=November 28, 2017|work=GRAMMY.com|access-date=November 5, 2018|language=en}}</ref> He also produced the 2015 Cage the Elephant album ''Tell Me I'm Pretty'' which won Best Rock Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards on February 12, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-12 |title=Cage the Elephant Win Best Rock Album at the 59th Grammy Awards |url=https://loudwire.com/cage-the-elephant-tell-me-im-pretty-best-rock-album-59th-annual-grammy-awards/ |access-date=2026-02-25 |website=Loudwire |language=en}}</ref>
In 2010, he joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to assist independent musicians' careers.
==Personal life== Auerbach first married Stephanie Gonis, with whom he has a daughter, Sadie Little Auerbach, born in 2008.<ref name="US">{{cite web|url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/dan-auerbach-black-keys-frontman-splits-with-wife-stephanie-gonis-2013112/|title=Dan Auerbach, Black Keys Frontman, Splits With Wife Stephanie Gonis|date=February 11, 2013|website=usmagazine.com|access-date=March 3, 2019}}</ref> In 2013, they were divorced.
Auerbach, Patrick Carney, and Jack White have been involved in several public feuds. The roots of the conflict date back to 2012, when White banned Auerbach from his Nashville studio. They have since made amends and are now on good terms.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rise-of-the-black-keys-20120119|title=The Rise of the Black Keys|website=Rollingstone.com|date=January 19, 2012|access-date=June 5, 2017|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620040646/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rise-of-the-black-keys-20120119|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/jack-white-vs-the-black-keys-a-beef-history-20150914/august-1st-2013-white-slams-dan-auerbach-in-leaked-divorce-emails-20150914|title=Jack White vs. the Black Keys: A Beef History|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 14, 2015|access-date=January 5, 2017|archive-date=January 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103093900/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/jack-white-vs-the-black-keys-a-beef-history-20150914/august-1st-2013-white-slams-dan-auerbach-in-leaked-divorce-emails-20150914|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newsweek.com/jack-white-feud-black-keys-372144|title=A Comprehensive Guide to Jack White's Feud With the Black Keys|date=September 14, 2015|newspaper=Newsweek|access-date=January 5, 2017}}</ref>
In 2010, Auerbach moved from Akron, Ohio to Nashville, Tennessee. He moved his record label Easy Eye Sound and bought a studio as soon as he moved into town. Auerbach has described Nashville as not just being "a little tourist music spot" but much more. As Auerbach grew older he realized Nashville was "the spot I wanted to go to. There's the most music that I felt a connection to".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tapeop.com/interviews/127/dan-auerbach/|title=Dan Auerbach|website=tapeop.com|language=en|access-date=December 11, 2018}}</ref>
==Discography== thumb|Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys playing at Music Midtown in 2011 {{mainlist|The Black Keys discography }} ;Solo albums *''Keep It Hid'' (2009) *''Waiting on a Song'' (2017)
;Solo singles * "I Want Some More" (2009) * "Heartbroken, In Disrepair" (2009) * "Shine on Me" (2017) * "Waiting on a Song" (12", Ltd, Bar / 2017) * "Stand by My Girl" (2017) * "King of a One Horse Town" (Digital / 2017)
;with The Black Keys *''The Big Come Up'' (2002) *''Thickfreakness'' (2003) *''Rubber Factory'' (2004) *''Chulahoma'' (2006) *''Magic Potion'' (2006) *''Attack & Release'' (2008) *''Brothers'' (2010) *''El Camino'' (2011) *''Turn Blue'' (2014) *''Let's Rock'' (2019) *''Delta Kream'' (2021) *''Dropout Boogie'' (2022) *''Ohio Players'' (2024) *''No Rain, No Flowers'' (2025)
;with Blakroc *''Blakroc'' (2009)
;with The Arcs *''Yours, Dreamily,'' (2015) *''The Arcs vs. The Inventors Vol. I'' (2015) *''Electrophonic Chronic'' (2023)
==Musical collaborations== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- !Artist !Album !Role !Year |- | align=left|SSM || ''EP1'' || Recorded, Engineered || 2006 |- | align=left|SSM || ''SSM'' || Recorded, Engineered || 2006 |- | align=left|Patrick Sweany || ''C'mon C'mere'' || Guitar on "One More Time" || 2006 |- | align=left|Brimstone Howl || ''Guts of Steel'' || Producer, engineer, mixer || 2007 |- | align=left|John Doe||''A Year in the Wilderness'' || Guitar || 2007 |- | align=left|Nathaniel Mayer || ''Why Don't You Give It To Me'' || Co-producer, co-mixer, Guitar, Drums, Vocals|| 2007 |- | align=left|Radio Moscow || ''Radio Moscow'' || Producer, engineer, mixer, Acoustic Guitar || 2007 |- | align=left|Patrick Sweany || ''Every Hour Is a Dollar Gone'' || Producer, engineer, mixer || 2007 |- | align=left|Black Diamond Heavies || ''A Touch of Someone Else's Class'' || Producer, engineer, mixer || 2008 |- | align=left|Buffalo Killers || ''Let It Ride'' || Producer, engineer, mixer || 2008 |- | align=left|Hacienda || ''Loud Is The Night'' || Producer, engineer, mixer, BG Vocals, Guitar || 2008 |- | align=left|Jessica Lea Mayfield || ''With Blasphemy So Heartfelt'' || Producer, engineer, Mixer, arranger, Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Bass, Drums, BG Vocals, Piano, Synthesizer, Hammond Organ, Toy Piano, Lap Steel, Percussion || 2008 |- | align=left|The Ettes || ''Danger Is EP'' || Producer, engineer, mixer || 2009 |- | align=left|The Ettes || ''Do You Want Power'' || Producer, engineer, mixer, Piano on "No Home" || 2009 |- | align=left|Nathaniel Mayer || ''Why Won't You Let Me Be Black?'' || Co-producer, co-mixer, Guitar, Vocals || 2009 |- | align=left|Hacienda || ''Big Red & Barbacoa'' || Producer, engineer, mixer || 2010 |- | align=left|Cadillac Sky || ''Letters in the Deep'' || Producer, engineer, mixer, Waterphone, Vocals || 2010 |- | align=left|Parting Gifts || ''Strychnine Dandelion'' || Guitar || 2010 |- | align=left|Shivering Timbers|| ''We All Started in the Same Place'' || Producer, engineer, Drums, mixer || 2010 |- | align=left|Jessica Lea Mayfield || ''Tell Me'' || Drum Loop, engineer, Guitar (Acoustic), Moog Synthesizer, producer, composer, Vocals || 2011 |- | align=left|Brian Olive || ''Two of Everything'' || Engineer, Mixing, producer, BG Vocals || 2011 |- | align=left|Reigning Sound || ''Abdication... For Your Love'' || Producer|| 2011 |- | align=left|Dr. John || ''Locked Down'' || Producer, Guitar, Percussion & Background Vocals || 2012 |- | align=left|Hacienda || ''Shakedown'' || Producer || 2012 |- | align=left|JEFF the Brotherhood || ''Hypnotic Nights'' || Mixing, producer, BG Vocals || 2012 |- | align=left|Grace Potter & the Nocturnals || ''The Lion the Beast the Beat'' || Composer, Handclapping, producer, Vocals || 2012 |- | align=left|The Growlers || ''Hung at Heart'' || Producer || 2013 |- | align=left|Hanni El Khatib || ''Head in the Dirt'' || Producer, Bass, Guitar, Background Vocals, Percussion|| 2013 |- | align=left|Bombino || ''Nomad'' || Producer|| 2013 |- | align=left|Connie Britton || ''The Music of Nashville: Season 1 Volume 2'' || Producer, guitar and vocals on "Bitter Memory"|| 2013 |- | align=left|Valerie June || ''Pushin' Against a Stone'' || Co-producer, guitar and vocals on "Wanna Be On Your Mind"|| 2013 |- | align=left|Ray LaMontagne || ''Supernova'' || Producer|| 2014 |- | align=left|Lana Del Rey || ''Ultraviolence'' || Producer, handclaps, shaker, electric guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, synthesizer|| 2014 |- | align=left|Nikki Lane || ''All or Nothin'' || Producer|| 2014 |- | align=left|Lee Fields || ''Emma Jean'' || Guitar, vocals|| 2014 |- | align=left|Cage the Elephant || ''Tell Me I'm Pretty'' || Producer and co-writer on "Trouble" || 2015 |- | align=left|A$AP Rocky || ''At. Long. Last. ASAP'' || Guitar|| 2015 |- | align=left|The Pretenders || ''Alone'' || Producer, writer, guitar|| 2016 |- | align=left|Robert Finley || ''Goin' Platinum'' || Producer, composer, guitar|| 2017 |- | align=left|Jake Bugg || ''Hearts That Strain'' || Composer, guitar|| 2017 |- | align=left|Shannon and the Clams || ''Onion'' || Producer|| 2018 |- | align=left|Sonny Smith || ''Rod for Your Love'' || Producer|| 2018 |- | align=left|La Luz || ''Floating Features'' || Producer|| 2018 |- | align=left|Shannon Shaw|| ''Shannon in Nashville'' || Producer, composer, guitar|| 2018 |- | align=left|Gibson Brothers || ''Mockingbird'' || Producer|| 2018 |- | align=left|Chuck Auerbach || ''Remember Me'' || Guitar, producer || 2018 |- | align=left|Night Beats || ''Myth of a Man'' || Producer|| 2019 |- | align=left|Dee White || ''Southern Gentleman'' || Producer, composer, guitar || 2019 |- | align=left|Yola || ''Walk Through Fire'' || Producer, Musician|| 2019 |- | align=left|Leo Bud Welch|| ''The Angels in Heaven Done Signed My Name'' || Producer|| 2019 |- | align=left|Kendell Marvel || ''Solid Gold Sounds'' || Producer|| 2019 |- | align=left|Jimmy "Duck" Holmes || ''Cypress Grove'' || Producer, composer, guitar|| 2019 |- | align=left|Purple Mountains || ''Purple Mountains'' || Co-writer on "Maybe I'm the Only One for Me"|| 2019 |- |align=left|The Cactus Blossoms ||''Easy Way'' || Co-writer on "Got a Lotta Love" and "Blue as the Ocean" || 2019 |- | align=left|Marcus King || ''El Dorado'' || Producer|| 2020 |- | align=left|Early James || ''Singing for My Supper'' || Producer|| 2020 |- | align=left|John Anderson || ''Years'' || Producer|| 2020 |- | align=left|CeeLo Green || ''CeeLo Green Is Thomas Callaway'' || Producer|| 2020 |- | align=left|Zella Day || ''Where Does the Devil Hide'' || Producer|| 2020 |- | align=left|Aaron Frazer || ''Introducing...'' || Producer, backing vocals, guitar|| 2021 |- | align=left|Tony Joe White || ''Smoke From the Chimney'' || Producer, percussion, guitar|| 2021 |- | align=left|Robert Finley || ''Sharecropper's Son'' || Producer, composer, guitar || 2021 |- | align=left|Yola || ''Stand for Myself'' || Producer, composer, percussion, guitar || 2021 |- | align=left|Shannon and the Clams || ''Year of the Spider'' || Producer|| 2021 |- | align=left|The Velveteers|| ''Nightmare Daydream'' || Producer, composer, guitar, percussion|| 2021 |- | align=left|Ceramic Animal|| ''Sweet Unknown'' || Producer, composer, guitar|| 2022 |- | align=left|Son House || ''Forever on my Mind'' || Producer|| 2022 |- | align=left|Hank Williams Jr. || ''Rich White Honky Blues'' || Producer, backing vocals, percussion, guitar, slide guitar|| 2022 |- | align=left|Various Artists || ''Something Borrowed, Something New: A Tribute to John Anderson'' || Producer|| 2022 |- | align=left|Early James || ''Strange Time To Be Alive'' || Producer, composer|| 2022 |- | align=left|Marcus King || ''Young Blood'' || Producer, composer, guitar|| 2022 |- | align=left|Hermanos Gutiérrez|| ''El Bueno y el Malo'' || Producer, mixing|| 2022 |- | align=left|Robert Finley|| ''Black Bayou'' || Producer, handclaps, composer, percussion, guitar|| 2023 |- | align=left|Nat Myers || ''Yellow Peril '' || Producer || 2023 |- | align=left|Various Artists || ''Tell Everybody! (21st Century Juke Joint Blues) '' || Producer || 2023 |- | align=left|Shannon and the Clams || ''The Moon is in the Wrong Place'' || Producer || 2024 |- | alight=left|Hermanos Gutiérrez|| ''Sonido Cosmico'' || Producer, mixing || 2024 |- | alight=left|Britti|| ''Hello, I'm Britti'' || Producer, mixing || 2024 |- | alight=left|Jon Muq|| ''Flying Away'' || Producer, mixing || 2024 |- | alight=left|Jeremie Albino|| ''Our Time In The Sun'' || Producer || 2024 |- | alight=left|Early James|| ''Medium Raw'' || Producer, mixing || 2025 |- | alight=left|The Velveteers|| ''A Million Knives'' || Producer, mixing || 2025 |- | alight=left|Moonrisers|| ''Harsh & Exciting'' || Producer, mixing || 2025 |- | alight=left|Robert Finley|| ''Hallelujah! Don't Let The Devil Fool Ya'' || Producer, mixing || 2025 |- | alight=left|Miles Kane|| ''Sunlight in the Shadows'' || Producer, mixing || 2025 |- | alight=left|Leah Blevins|| ''All Dressed Up'' || Producer, mixing || 2026 |- | alight=left|Gnarls Barkley|| ''Atlanta'' || bass, guitar on <i>"I Amnesia"</i> || 2026 |- | alight=left|Fai Laci|| ''Elephant in the Room'' || Producer, mixing || 2026 |}
==Musical equipment== ===Guitars=== [[File:Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys at MSG 3-22-12.jpg|thumb|upright|Auerbach at Madison Square Garden in 2012]] *Fender Jerry Donahue Telecaster<ref name=fretbase/> *Harmony Stratotone H47<ref name=fretbase/> *Harmony H78 Hollowbody<ref name=fretbase/> *Harmony Heath TG-46<ref name="premierguitar.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2012/Apr/Rig_Rundown_The_Black_Keys_Dan_Auerbach.aspx|title=Rig Rundown: The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach|work=Premier Guitar|publisher=Gearhead Communications, LLC|first=Chris|last=Kies|date=April 9, 2012|access-date=August 27, 2012|archive-date=September 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120924080601/http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2012/Apr/Rig_Rundown_The_Black_Keys_Dan_Auerbach.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Harmony Rocket<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> *Höfner 176 Galaxie <ref>{{Cite web |title=Dan Auerbach's Höfner 176 Galaxie |url=https://whatgear.com/pro/dan-auerbach/hofner-176-galaxie |access-date=2022-12-10 |website=WhatGear}}</ref>
*Gibson Firebird VII<ref name="fretbase" /> *70's Gibson Les Paul Deluxe<ref name="fretbase" /> *60's Gibson SG Junior<ref name="fretbase" /> *Guild Thunderbird (S-200 T-Bird) *Supro Martinique<ref name="premierguitar.com" /> *Silvertone U1<ref name="premierguitar.com" /> *Silvertone 1454<ref>{{cite web|url=http://effectslounge.com/blog/black-keys-slinky-fuzzed-out-tones|title=The Black Keys Slinky Fuzzed Out Tones | youphonic|website=Effectslounge.com|access-date=November 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816031054/http://www.effectslounge.com/blog/black-keys-slinky-fuzzed-out-tones|archive-date=August 16, 2011|url-status=usurped}}</ref> *Rickenbacker 360<ref name="premierguitar.com" /> *Ibanez SG copy<ref name="premierguitar.com" /> *Ibanez Rocket Roll[flying v copy]<ref name="premierguitar.com" /> *National Map<ref name="premierguitar.com" /> *Teisco Del Rey SS-4L<ref name="premierguitar.com" /> *Reverend Flatroc
===Amplification=== *Fender Quad Reverb<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> * Marshall JTM45 and vintage Marshall 8x10 cab<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> * Fender '65 Twin Reverb Reissue<ref name=fretbase/> * Fender Musicmaster Bass<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> * Fender Super Reverb<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fretbase.com/artists/2853-dan-auerbach |title=Dan Auerbach: Guitars, Reviews, Tabs, Gear on |website=Fretbase.com |access-date=November 7, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820224728/http://www.fretbase.com/artists/2853-dan-auerbach |archive-date=August 20, 2012}}</ref> * Victoria Double Deluxe<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAt70OcyTN4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/aAt70OcyTN4 |archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live |title=Rig Rundown – The Black Keys' Dan Auerbach |publisher=YouTube |date=2012-04-07 |access-date=November 7, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>Dan Auerbach |Guitars, Reviews, Tabs, Gear on. Fretbase.com. Retrieved on May 10, 2011.</ref> * 1960s Fender blackface Princeton * 1963 Fender Vibroverb
===Effects=== *Ibanez Standard Fuzz<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Aug/Future_Blues_The_Black_Keys_Dan_Auerbach.aspx?Page=2|title=''Future Blues: The Black Keys'' Dan Auerbach|website=Premierguitar.com|date=July 20, 2010|access-date=June 14, 2014|archive-date=June 4, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604162310/http://www.premierguitar.com/Magazine/Issue/2010/Aug/Future_Blues_The_Black_Keys_Dan_Auerbach.aspx?Page=2|url-status=dead}}</ref> *Sovtek Big Muff<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> *Earthquaker Devices Hoof Fuzz<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.effectsbay.com/2015/01/dan-auerbach-the-black-keys-pedalboard-break-down/|title=Dan Auerbach – The Black Keys – Pedalboard Break Down – Effects Bay|date=January 5, 2015|website=Effectsbay.com|access-date=July 7, 2017}}</ref> *Gibson Maestro Fuzz Tone<ref name=fretbase>{{cite web|url=http://www.fretbase.com/blog/2008/08/dan-auerbachs-g/|title=Dan Auerbach's Gear (Some of it…)|website=Fretbase.com|date=August 20, 2008|access-date=June 14, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714190146/http://www.fretbase.com/blog/2008/08/dan-auerbachs-g/|archive-date=July 14, 2014}}</ref> *Tubeplex tape delay<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> *Fulltone Tape Echo<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> *Boss TR-2 Tremolo<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> *Analogman Sunface<ref name="premierguitar.com"/> *Boss Super Shifter *Boss Super Octave *Nu Wah Fuzz Wah
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{discogs artist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061216123829/http://www.popmatters.com/music/interviews/black-keys-050202.shtml Cold Steel in the Midnight Hour: An Interview with Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys] *[http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/webpages/blackkeysinterviewx16x07x03 The Black Keys – Interview] *[http://thatotherpaper.com/austin/interview_with_the_black_keys_dan_auerbach Pentatonic for the soul: Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201129065132/http://www.thatotherpaper.com/austin/interview_with_the_black_keys_dan_auerbach |date=November 29, 2020 }} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101219043231/http://stereosubversion.com/reviews/album-reviews/dan-auerbach-keep-it-hid-02-03-2009/ Keep It Hid Review] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20090311043956/http://citizendick.org/2009/03/07/those-darlins-hacienda-and-dan-auerbach-live-at-the-beachland-march5/ Dan Auerbach live review on Citizen Dick] *[http://obscuresound.com/?p=2679 Dan Auerbach on Obscure Sound]
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