“WE CUT THIS RECORD IN A DAY”

For The Black Keys’ 10th studio release, Delta Kream, guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer Patrick Carney went to the source of Mississippi Hill Country blues, recording songs by late cult heroes R.L. Burnside and Junior Kimbrough with help from musicians who performed with them on classic albums and throughout their heyday.

It’s fair to say The Black Keys wouldn’t exist without the songs on . The music of Burnside, Kimbrough and Fred McDowell was the inspiration for the grimy Rust Belt blues the duo recorded on early albums [2002] and [2003]. But whereas they paid homage to Burnside and, there is an added depth to , on which Auerbach and Carney were joined by two of R.L. Burnside’s right-hand men, guitarist Kenny Brown and bassist Eric Deaton.