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 Auerbach playing with The Black Keys in 2012 | |
| Born | Daniel Quine Auerbach May 14, 1979 Wooster, Ohio, U.S. |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
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| Website | easyeyesound |
Daniel Quine Auerbach (/ˈaʊərbɑːk/; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio.[1] As a member of the group, Auerbach has recorded and co-produced twelve 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).[2][3]
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, 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 and 2023.
- ^ "Quine Genealogy 10 Generations by Douglas Boynton Quine". Quine.org. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
- ^ "First Listen: The Arcs, 'Yours, Dreamily'". NPR. August 26, 2015. Retrieved August 27, 2015.
- ^ Skinner, Tom (October 13, 2022). "Dan Auerbach's band The Arcs announce first album in eight years, 'Electrophonic Chronic'". NME. Retrieved January 7, 2023.