Patrick filling in on Dan Auerbach's Tour

[NoVa_NoLa]

Black Keys guitarist and vocalist Dan Auerbach has recently released a killer solo disc, Keep It Hid, and he's just days away from embarking on a 10-city solo tour!

Backing Auerbach during his sets is the awesome Texas band Hacienda (who will also open the shows), who we introduced you to a few months ago.

The bummer is that, due to a death in his family, drummer Bob Cesare won't be making the trek with Auerbach. In his place, though, will be My Morning Jacket monster Patrick Hallahan. (The last time we saw Patrick he was ecstatically spinning around in circles at the Silent Disco at Bonnaroo, but we're sure he's recovered from that!)


Feb. 28 - Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
Mar. 01 - Boston, MA - Paradise Club
Mar. 02 - Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
Mar. 03 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
Mar. 05 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
Mar. 06 - Chicago, IL - Metro
Mar. 07 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
Mar. 10 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox
Mar. 11 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
Mar. 13 - San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's
Mar. 14 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theatre

[BH]

Nice!   (Damn, no STL date...)

[NoVa_NoLa]

Nice little surprise  :)  I was supposed to see Franti tomorrow nite in Baltimore, but given how much closer the 9:30 Club is...I may have to change my plans.

[BH]

I guess that pretty much guarantees no MMJ shows thru the middle of March.   ;D

[BH]

I wouldn't be at all shocked if Jim was in the house on March 3rd.

[Sassbox]

I think I might have to go to DC tomorrow night.

[ALady]

Hell yes.  I just picked up an extra ticket for the Chicago date for my friend last night.  I was excited for it anyway, but now I'm ecstatic!  Do you think he's in for the SXSW date, too?

Thanks for posting, Nova!   :)

[Penny Lane]

i just posted on the other thread. i can't wait till TUES. i'm so stoked about this!!!

[lasvegas]

d00ds, holy shit!!

not only will my pants be off, but if JJ shows up my drawers will be off too!!

rAwk N r0ll!!

[TheBigChicken]

d00ds, holy shit!!

not only will my pants be off, but if JJ shows up my drawers will be off too!!

rAwk N r0ll!!

chunk em' onstage...but only if they're clean :D ;D

[NoVa_NoLa]

Just getting in from night 1 of this tour.   :)  Now, I am a Black Keys fan, so your mileage may vary, but if you can, go see this show.  I haven't gotten out too much so far in '09, but tonight's show is definitely the best  that I've heard so far.  And, that's with the myriad of sounds issues that they had tonight.

Great show.  A little short, I thought, but I tend to be greedy.  There's something about Dan Auerbach's voice...man, it's just sooo right for what he's doing.  The backing band was great as well.   Their set was good, but also suffered with sound issues which to my ear threw off all of the harmonies.  All in all, still a great show.

P.S. Patrick played the largest triangle that I've ever seen!   :o  :)

[weeniebeenie]

Just getting in from night 1 of this tour.   :)  Now, I am a Black Keys fan, so your mileage may vary, but if you can, go see this show.  I haven't gotten out too much so far in '09, but tonight's show is definitely the best  that I've heard so far.  And, that's with the myriad of sounds issues that they had tonight.

Great show.  A little short, I thought, but I tend to be greedy.  There's something about Dan Auerbach's voice...man, it's just sooo right for what he's doing.  The backing band was great as well.   Their set was good, but also suffered with sound issues which to my ear threw off all of the harmonies.  All in all, still a great show.

P.S. Patrick played the largest triangle that I've ever seen!   :o  :)

Sounds like you had an awesome time!
Pat played triangle?????

[Penny Lane]

Just getting in from night 1 of this tour.   :)  Now, I am a Black Keys fan, so your mileage may vary, but if you can, go see this show.  I haven't gotten out too much so far in '09, but tonight's show is definitely the best  that I've heard so far.  And, that's with the myriad of sounds issues that they had tonight.

Great show.  A little short, I thought, but I tend to be greedy.  There's something about Dan Auerbach's voice...man, it's just sooo right for what he's doing.  The backing band was great as well.   Their set was good, but also suffered with sound issues which to my ear threw off all of the harmonies.  All in all, still a great show.

P.S. Patrick played the largest triangle that I've ever seen!   :o  :)

how were the openers?

[NoVa_NoLa]

Just getting in from night 1 of this tour.   :)  Now, I am a Black Keys fan, so your mileage may vary, but if you can, go see this show.  I haven't gotten out too much so far in '09, but tonight's show is definitely the best  that I've heard so far.  And, that's with the myriad of sounds issues that they had tonight.

Great show.  A little short, I thought, but I tend to be greedy.  There's something about Dan Auerbach's voice...man, it's just sooo right for what he's doing.  The backing band was great as well.   Their set was good, but also suffered with sound issues which to my ear threw off all of the harmonies.  All in all, still a great show.

P.S. Patrick played the largest triangle that I've ever seen!   :o  :)

how were the openers?

I got in near the end of the Darlins' set.  They weren't my cup of tea, so I didn't stick around.

Hacienda was good...very entertaining.  Beatle-y style songs--sort of if the Beatles had dabbled a little in punk rock is what I kept thinking.  The bass player was excellent!  A couple of their tunes sounded really familair.  One was a revamped "Hey Good Lookin' Whatcha Got Cookin'" and I forget what the other one sounded like.  

The sound was a problem.  They started the set with no sound coming from the vocal mics.  It took almost half of the 1st tune to get everyone's mics working and I don't think they ever got the mix right.  The harmonies at some spots were just painful.  I couldn't help but think that the guitar player couldn't sing, until....

He came back out with Hacienda and Dan Auerbach + Patrick.  Totally different.  The guy can sing.  The sound/audio for Hacienda's set was just plain bad.  The sound guy kept throwing his arms up in that tale-tell "I give up motion".

I would definitely check them out again and will probably get their CD as well.

[ms. yvon]

P.S. Patrick played the largest triangle that I've ever seen!   :o  :)

strobes in use?

thanks for the good word, nova!

dan's here in los angeles in a couple weeks.  woo!

[Penny Lane]

JIM JAMES SIGHTING!! laughing and smiling at Dan's show tonight. YAY YAY YAY!! see other post in 'other music' thread

[lasvegas]

awesome show last night. absolutely incredible. go see this tour if you get a chance!!

and yes, jesus was in the house.

got to talk to him for a few. he closed down the bar with us downstairs at bowery at 2am.

took a pic with him and a couple of my buddies.

direct quote from JJ as we prepared to take pic, "hmm what can we do? i got it, lets all pretend we are in public enemy!!"

cue gangster leans with crossed arms. dude is pure genius.

[Penny Lane]

wow, i knew we should have gone upstairs afterwards. i'm very jealous..congrats!

[Sassbox]

Oh pennylane!

[sweetheartlover]

Does Patrick play with Hacienda during their opening set or does he just play with them when Dan plays?