RON SWARNER: MEMORABLE IN MEMORIAL >>>
Two young white dudes from Akron, Ohio laid down dome high-energy Mississippi Delta blues as refracted through a gritty garage-rock, lo-fi lens and their parents’ dusty LP collection last night at Bumbershoot. More amazing than the songs themselves is the fact that the duo of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals, beard) and Patrick Carney (drums) are, in fact, two young white dudes. Close your eyes and you’d think you were hearing a quartet completely holding the Memorial Stadium crowd’s attention.
The cranked out “Set You Free†early in their set followed by “Same Old Thing,†“Strange Times,†“I Got Mine,†“Your Touch†and many more.