Dan Auerbach

Dan Auerbach is, for me, the sound of grit turned into craft. Coming out of Akron's rust-belt landscape, he built The Black Keys with Patrick Carney into a global force using little more than fuzzed-out blues, two stubborn musicians and thirteen albums of conviction. I admire how he refused to chase trends, letting the dirt stay in the tone. His work as a producer is just as telling, drawing out other artists' best instincts. He strikes me as a true journeyman in the best sense, someone who treats music as a trade and keeps quietly mastering it.

Name (English)

Dan Auerbach

Name (Japanese)

ダン・オーバック

Reading

だん・おーばっく

Born

May 14, 1979 (age 47)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Taurus / Goat

Origin

Akron, Ohio, United States

Occupation

singer / guitarist / composer / record producer / musician

High school

Firestone High School

University

University of Akron

• Official sitehttps://www.theblackkeys.com
• Xhttps://x.com/danauerbach
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Auerbach
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2418836

Tags

• Ohio
• singer
• guitarist
• composer

Last updated

2026-06-19

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