“There’s no keyboards, no other musicians, no outside producers, just the two of us. “We got together in the studio and it was like it was already agreed upon, but we hadn’t even spoken about it: It was just going to be a guitar and drums record,” Auerbach explained. Surrender to the Air Trey Anastasio Trey Anastasio Band Vida Blue Discography Studio albums.
You know, we just kind of taught ourselves how to make records together.” But it soon became apparent that Dan was my only friend that wanted to come over and play music, and he was a much better guitar player, so I got moved to the drums. The bonus track 'Last Night' on the CD reissue is a duet with Richard. (The CD reissue adds a bonus track, 'Last Night,' which is a traditional 12-bar blues song credited to Clapton.)- William Ruhlmann, All-Music Guide. I had this drum set at my house that I bought from washing dishes, so that I could have a friend play drums, and I would play guitar. As a result, the album is a good purchase for fans of Bob Dylan and the Band, but not necessarily for those of Eric Clapton. “We learned to play music together, basically,” Carney told NPR. The blues-tinged rock duo of drummer Patrick Carney and guitarist and frontman Dan Auerbach of The Black Keys evolved quite a bit over time, but eventually they went back to their original formula: Just the two of them and zero outside help for their most recent record, Let’s Rock. Also note that there are a lot of solo artists and musical groups who did phenomenal work and helped create rock’s sound as we know it, but didn’t fit into the “band” category if they specialized in just one aspect or instrument of their production: Think Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, Janis Joplin, Tina Turner, the Jackson Five, Gladys Knight and the Pips, The Bee Gees, The Drifters, Sam Cooke, Leadbelly, Ray Charles and Eric Clapton, to name just a few! Not everything wonderful sells, and not everything that sells is great. What makes the greatest rock bands ever? For Parade, it came down to sound, influence on the genre and cultural impact. That’s OK! At its core, rock n’ roll is about rebellion, going against the grain and doing your own thing-and doing it loudly and with abandon. Because of this, there are going to be bands here not everyone agrees with, and there may be bands missing that may shock some. It was extremely difficult to narrow down the best rock bands of all time, thanks to the volume of artists and the smorgasbord of sub-genres (alternative, rock, psychedelic, punk, new wave, grunge, metal, just to name a few-and all of the sub-sub-genres within those).