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The Black Keys honour their Blues roots with Delta Kream covers album
Publish Date Sunday, 18 April 2021, 8:05AM
The Black Keys are paying homage to their blues roots with their 10th studio album Delta Kream a covers collection of Mississippi hill country blues standards, featuring songs by R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimbrough, and other artists who have deeply influenced the duo.
“We made this record to honor the Mississippi hill country blues tradition that influenced us starting out, guitarist/vocalist Dan Auerbach explained in a statement. These songs are still as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our instruments. It was a very inspiring session with Pat and me along with Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton in a circle, playing these songs. It felt so natural.”
Delta Kream, band s tenth studio album, is due out May 14
Sarah Grant | April 15, 2021 - 10:07 am
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The Black Keys are back with a new video for the single, “Crawling Kingsnake.” The song is a cover of the 1920s Delta blues song, “Crawling King Snake.” The blues song was famously covered by John Lee Hooker in 1949, who reimagined Big Joe Williams’ country-blues version from 1941.
“I first heard [John Lee] Hooker’s version in high school,” guitarist-singer Dan Auerbach said in a statement. “My uncle Tim would have given me that record. But our version is definitely Junior Kimbrough’s take on it. It’s almost a disco riff!”
The Black Keys Honor The Blues with ‘Delta Kream’
The Black Keys pay homage to the Delta Blues with their new album ‘Delta Kream’.
Dan Auerbach says, “We made this record to honor the Mississippi hill country blues tradition that influenced us starting out. These songs are still as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our instruments. It was a very inspiring session with Pat and me along with Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton in a circle, playing these songs. It felt so natural.”
On ‘Delta Kream’ the band performs the music of R.L. Burnside, Junior Kimborough, Mississippi Fred McDowell and others. The first taste of the album is a cover of John Lee Hooker’s ‘Crawling King Snake’.
The Black Keys Line Up May Release For Blues Covers Album Delta Kream Friday, 16 April 2021
The Black Keys have shared details of their 10th studio album. Delta Kream will arrive on May 14 via Nonesuch Records and feature 11 Mississippi hill country blues staples that inspired Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney, including songs by R. L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough, among others.
The pair recorded the LP at Auerbach s Easy Eye Sound studio in Nashville, where they were accompanied by Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, longtime musicians from bands of legendary blues acts. Auerbach said: We made this record to honor the Mississippi hill country blues tradition that influenced us starting out. These songs are still as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our instruments. It was a very inspiring session with Pat and me along with Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton in a circle, playing these songs. It felt so natural.