Dan Auerbach

Article summary

Daniel Quine Auerbach ( ; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, an indie rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has recorded and co-produced thirteen studio albums with his bandmate Patrick Carney. Auerbach has also released two solo albums, Keep It Hid (2009) and Waiting on a Song (2017), and formed a side project, the Arcs, which released the albums Yours, Dreamily, (2015) and Electrophonic Chronic (2023). Auerbach owns the Easy Eye Sound recording studio in Nashville, Tennessee, as well as a record label of the same name. He has produced records by artists such as Cage the Elephant, Dr. John, Lana Del Rey, Miles Kane, Ray LaMontagne, CeeLo Green, Hank Williams Jr and the Pretenders. In addition to winning several Grammy Awards as a member of the Black Keys, Auerbach received the 2013 Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical and was nominated again for the award in 2020, 2021, 2023 and 2026.

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1. date of birth: 1979-05-14 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of birth: 2008 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of birth: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. release date: 2002 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
6. release date: 2004 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
7. release date: 2015 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
8. release date: 2023 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
9. release date: 2017-12-08 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
10. release date: 2021-05-21 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

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1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of birth is "1979-05-14". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of birth is "2008". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of birth is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the release date is "2002". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. The record states that the release date is "2004". What evidence would count against this claim?
8. The record states that the release date is "2015". What evidence would count against this claim?
9. The record states that the release date is "2023". What evidence would count against this claim?
10. The record states that the release date is "2017-12-08". What evidence would count against this claim?
11. The record states that the release date is "2021-05-21". What evidence would count against this claim?
12. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
13. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378624266