I started playing bluegrass with my family, so there were the G, C and D chords. I was playing a Martin acoustic because that’s what Carter Stanley of the Stanley Brothers played. Then I got into the really raw blues of Hound Dog Taylor and started on electric guitar.
My mom bought me a white Strat, but that wasn’t what I wanted, so I went to a guitar store in Cleveland and -- the guy told me it was a really good deal -- made an even swap for a blue Teisco Del Ray. I loved that guitar and used it a bunch. I got into open D tuning, like Hound Dog. Since then I’ve gotten into other people’s styles, but I’ve never tried to master them.-Dan Auerbach (The Black Keys)
Read the rest of the interview at Guitar World.
Mr. Auerbach is a purveyor of raw tone and so was the Dog man...So, it doesn't come as a huge surprise that Dan is in to the Taylor vibe.
We will hope that Auerbach's fascination doesn't carry over in to drunken straight razor amputation.
