Dan Auerbach

Dan Auerbach's gruffy, soulful vocals and cavernous electric blues will strike a chord with Black Keys fans -- he is, after all, the band's frontman. The multitalented musician wrote, produced and played nearly every instrument on his solo debut while promoting Attack & Release, the Keys' most experimental release to date. It's appropriate then that he chose to go back to the basics here, mixing sparse, bluesy folk with '70s classic rock. "I Want Some More," "Heartbroken, In Disrepair" and the Van Morrison-ish "When the Night Comes" all contend with the Keys' best.

On his first solo album, Black Keys guitarist Dan Auerbach leaves behind the electric blues
sludge of his main band and flirts with Sixties British folk and Delta balladry. "Real Desire"
echoes Tommy James and the Shondells' "Crimson and Clover," complete with droning bass
and billowing organs. On "Heartbroken, In Disrepair," Auerbach sounds like Robert
Johnson at the crossroads: "God may forgive me, but that's not enough," he croo... More >