Dan Auerbach Summons the Ghosts of Mississippi Blues
Dan Auerbach poses with the gem he used to record much of
Delta Kream: a Kawai Kingston S4T once owned by raw blues slide master Hound Dog Taylor. Note Taylor s name on the headstock, courtesy of the Dog himself, via a plastic-label punch.
Photo by Joshua Black Wilkins
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Delta Kream, the Black Keys and veteran slide master Kenny Brown dig deep to honor R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbroughâ two of the most important American musicians that ever were.
There s no more biblicalâNew Testament, of courseâintroduction to the raucous, bouncing, mesmeric sound of North Mississippi hill country blues than the new Black Keys album,