Last Wednesday my buddies Buzzard, Cuz, Nazz and I went to see The Black Keys at Rogers Place in Edmonton. The Black Keys are currently on the road promoting their newest album Peaches!. We got tickets for $30 on the Ticketmaster summer ticket sale, so we figured at that price, why not!
Opening the show was Jeremie Albino a musician from Toronto who is a singer/songwriter that plays a roots rock style of music. I had never heard of him before but after learning he was the opening act for this show I checked out some of music on a streaming service. His latest album Our Time In The Sun was actually produced by Dan Auerbach who is the guitarist and singer of The Black Keys, so I can see how Jeremie got the opening slot. I thought his album was alright but nothing overly special. But still wanted to check him out. And have to say that I am glad I got there early to see him. Jeremie Albino and his band were great, they rocked the hell out with a great groove and energy. I'd be very interest in seeing him in a club setting. I see he is actually playing the Edmonton Folk Music Festival this August here in Edmonton. I'd recommend seeing him live.
Next up was Akron, Ohio's The Black Keys, this would be my third time seeing them in concert. I was hesitant about seeing them again as I haven't cared for their last few albums. But after listening to their newest album Peaches! their fourteenth album which is an all covers album of old blues songs, which sees the band getting back to their roots, I was in. I really like the new album, and the price of the tickets helped too.
The Black Keys started as a duo back in 2001 led by Dan Auerbach on guitar and vocals and Patrick Carney on drums who were in good form all evening. They now tour with a full band and have for a while now. Their stage set up was pretty basic with The Black Keys lighting up the back of the stage with a full screen with psychedelics going through out the show. They opened with the song "I Got Mine" from their 2008 album Attack & Release and we were off to a good start. With a vast catalog of music they played songs from their whole discography, with a good selection from their 2010 album Brothers "Howlin' For You", "Next Girl" and "She's Long Gone" and a couple of others I believe. The second song of the night was from what was one of their most popular albums El Camino playing the song "Gold On The Ceiling". I was happy to hear "Just Couldn't Tie Me Down" from the 2004 album Rubber Factory. They did do some old blues covers such as "Where There's Smoke, There's Fire" an old Willie Griffin song, "She Does It Right" an old Dr. Feelgood song and "You Got To Lose" by Earl Hooker all songs from the Peaches! album. I thought they did a great job on all these songs. Cool choices for covers, old blues songs that you don't hear too often.
For the encore they did two songs from the El Camino album "Little Black Submarines" and their biggest song "Lonely Boy". All and all I thought it was a great show, a small appreciative audience of I'd say around 5-6,000 seemed to enjoy it as well. Good times!!!
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