Keep It Hid
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Keep It Hid is the debut solo album by the American blues-rock
musician Dan Auerbach
of The Black Keys
, released in 2009 on Nonesuch Records
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Tracks 4 and 7 recorded and engineered by Mark Neill for Soil of the South Productions
Blues-rock
Blues rock is a hybrid musical genre combining bluesy improvisations over the 12-bar blues and extended boogie jams with rock and roll styles. The core of the blues rock sound is created by the electric guitar, piano, bass guitar and drum kit, with the electric guitar usually amplified through a...
musician Dan Auerbach
Dan Auerbach
Daniel Quine Auerbach is an American musician. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known as the guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. He is married to Stephanie Gonis, with whom he has a daughter, Sadie Little Auerbach, born in 2008.- Childhood and early...
of The Black Keys
The Black Keys
The Black Keys are an American rock duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Dan Auerbach and drummer/producer Patrick Carney. The band was formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. As of October 2011, the band has sold over 2 million albums in the U.S....
, released in 2009 on Nonesuch Records
Nonesuch Records
Nonesuch Records is an American record label, owned by Warner Music Group and distributed by Warner Bros. Records.-Company history:Nonesuch was founded in 1964 by Jac Holzman to produce "fine records at the same price as a trade paperback", which would be half the price of a normal LP...
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Track listing
All songs written by Dan Auerbach, except where noted.- "Trouble Weighs a Ton" – 2:19
- "I Want Some More" (Wayne Carson Thompson) – 3:49
- "Heartbroken, in Disrepair" – 3:21
- "Because I Should" (D. Auerbach, Mark Neill) – 0:53
- "Whispered Words (Pretty Lies)" (Charles Auerbach) – 4:06
- "Real Desire" – 4:26
- "When the Night Comes" (D. Auerbach, C. Auerbach) – 4:11
- "Mean Monsoon" – 3:47
- "The Prowl" – 3:18
- "Keep It Hid" – 3:41
- "My Last Mistake" – 3:14
- "When I Left the Room" – 4:02
- "Street Walkin'" – 4:39
- "Goin' Home" – 4:57
Personnel
- Dan Auerbach - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals, producerRecord producerA record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music... - Bob Cesare - drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
on tracks (2, 3, 5, 8-13), rhythm guitar on "Goin' Home - Dave Huddleston - upright bass on "Whispered Words"
- Rob "Thorny" Thorsen - upright bass on "Mean Monsoon"
- James Quine - electric rhythm guitar on "Mean Monsoon" and "Street Walkin'",
harmony vocals on "Trouble Weighs A Ton" and "Heartbroken, in Disrepair" - Jessica Lea MayfieldJessica Lea MayfieldJessica Lea Mayfield is an American singer-songwriter, actor, from Kent, Ohio. She is known for writing dark, sad songs, with a plaintive minimalist style that draws on both country and rock music.-Early years:...
- harmony vocals on "When the Night Comes" - Mark Neill - maracasMaracásMaracás is a town and municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.-References:...
on "Heartbroken, In Disrepair"
- James Quine - photographyPhotographyPhotography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
- Amy Burrows - album cover design
- Bob Cesare - assistant engineer
- Mark Neill - mixer
- Jim Demain - mastering
Tracks 4 and 7 recorded and engineered by Mark Neill for Soil of the South Productions