Dan Auerbach on the Lasting Influence of Gregg Allman

About this episode

Dan Auerbach discusses the influence of Gregg Allman on his music and the emotional impact of his father's death on the new Black Keys album.

Dan Auerbach has called Gregg Allman “the foundation of what I do.” On the ninth anniversary of the Allman Brothers Band leader’s death, Auerbach joins Rolling Stone’s Nashville Now for a very special episode filmed at Auerbach’s Easy Eye Sound in Nashville. The Black Keys singer-guitarist goes deep into how Allman influenced him personally, as well as the music of the Black Keys, and opens up about the grief that informed the band’s new album Peaches!, which was recorded as Auerbach’s father was dying. It’s an emotional interview, steeped in music history and the legacy of Gregg Allman, only on Nashville Now. Country is Here… Nashville is Now. Check out our Hear Now playlist on Spotify, updated weekly. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Rolling Stone

Guest: Dan Auerbach

Topics covered

• Gregg Allman
• music influence
• personal grief
• Black Keys
• music history
• Nashville

Keywords

• Dan Auerbach
• Gregg Allman
• Black Keys
• music influence
• Peaches!
• Nashville Now
• Easy Eye Sound

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Black Keys

Books & works: Peaches!

Places: Nashville

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