When I learned to play music, I was listening to blues music. And all the blues music I liked was super simple and stripped down. And then all the hip hop I liked was super simple and stripped down and we always heard that connection.
Dan AuerbachMy mum's family would all get together, with guitars, harmonica, mandolins and upright bass and play old blues and folk songs. That was normal to me.
Dan AuerbachI'm definitely a guitar player, but it's the last thing I listen to in a song, after the singer and the drums.
Dan Auerbach