The best thing that has happened so far to Patrick Carney and Dan Auerbach, as far as I'm concerned, is their collaboration with Brian "Danger Mouse" Burton (who produced El Camino and also had a hand in the writing).
If you need to get rid of the post-holiday-season blahs and clear the cobwebs from your brain and ears, then give El Camino a try.
A mean, gritty sax riding a sweaty organ groove is R&B at its best. That’s the tenor sax sound Joe Stanley pioneered and perfected in the ’50s, leading his hit-making Bill Black Combo (Elvis’ backup band) for over a decade. For this CD, he leads an all-star sextet: two bluesdrenched electric guitars, muscular bari sax, and soul-steeped Hammond organ up front, backed by the formidable John Previti’s bass and rocksteady drummer Big Joe Maher. Doubling the excitement, the band’s recorded with one-barstool-away sound. The icing is Joe’s bourbon-fortified vocals on classics like “Jambalaya” and “Rambunctious.
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