The Black Keys will be playing a benefit show the day after Thanksgiving at their hometown’s best music club, Musica.
Even though the Akron duo have been doing their separate things for most of 2009 — singer-guitarist Dan Auerbach released a solo album at the beginning of the year, and drummer Patrick Carney started Drummer with a bunch of local musicians — they’ll get together to play a tribute show for Alfred McMoore, a friend who passed away last month.
Auerbach and Carney are calling the November 27 show the Wild World of Alfred McMoore: A Multimedia Retrospective to Benefit Community Support Services — a tribute to McMoore’s artwork, which will also be on display that night.
McMoore had some mental illnesses and was supported by Community Services. The Black Keys’ show will benefit the organization.
Tickets for the concert go on sale Saturday here. There will also be more expensive tickets available that include a signed CD, a T-shirt and a meet-and-greet with the band.
You can find more info about the concert here. —Michael Gallucci
This article appears in Oct 28 – Nov 3, 2009.
alfred is responsible for naming the black keys. the show is not to benefit musica! it’s to benefit CSS and to pay tribute to alfred and his artowork. nice reporting…
Hey, nicewriting. Did you even read the post? Here, let me give you the cliffnotes version, since your lightning bolt of an attention span didn’t let you get through the rest of the post:
“McMoore had some mental illnesses and was supported by Community Services. The Black Keys’ show will benefit the organization. “
Nice writing.