This came out in 2003 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
MEMBERS: Singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney.
HOME BASE: Akron, Ohio — though their musical home is the bandstand of a rib house in the Mississippi Delta.
MUSICAL GENRE: Foot-stomping, hip-shaking, beer-guzzling hoodoo Southern blues-punk. Auerbach’s clumpy riffs are as gritty and greasy as the deep-fryer down at the juke joint and his manly vocals are a tangy, raspy blend of Gregg Allman and Paul Rodgers; meanwhile, the hard-grooving Carney plays so far in the pocket his beats sound covered in lint. When they work it all together, you’d almost swear these two white boys from the North were two old black guys from the South.
PERFECT ALBUM FOR: Drivin’ down the highway in your truck shooting at mailboxes.
