The Black Keys release relaxing single 'Going Down South' and atmospheric music video
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"Going Down South" is a single by the American duo The Black Keys from the album Delta Kream filled with blues covers... By the way: the 11-track compilation was their first release since their ninth studio album Let's Rock in 2019! On the official YouTube channel of The Black Keys, the video for the track was published on May 3: in a few days it managed to gain more than 200 thousand views and a lot of rave reviews ... What, in fact, is this song about? And what exactly are we seeing in the "Going Down South" music video? First things first…
A little about the band: who are The Black Keys?
The Black Keys are an Ohio duo consisting of Dan Auerbach (vocals, guitar) and Patrick Carney (drums). Their music is mainly based on the genres of blues-rock, garage- and indie-rock ... During its existence (since 2001), this small musical team has achieved some success: for example, their circulation of records in the United States is more than two million copies. … Pretty good!
For the first time Dan and Patrick met as children! Both lived in the same area and went to the same school... No wonder the boys became friends very quickly! Their fiery love for music flared up in high school when the guys started hosting homemade jams. The most interesting thing is that no matter how hard Patrick tried, he could not master the guitar ... Although he even took playing lessons! But Dan made great friends with the instrument! Patrick, in turn, began to play the drum set. Later, friends entered the same University, but ... were expelled. Then Dan began to earn a living by playing in bars. But soon the guy realized that without a demo he might not dream of a big stage ... Soon he and Patrick began to rehearse in the basement of the latter, found musicians, but ... soon they became a duet. So, they recorded their first demo, which included six tracks - blues classics mixed with hastily written lyrics ... The record brought them a contract with an indie label from Los Angeles and served as the start of their career.
About the track "Going Down South"
The track "Going Down South", which follows "Crawling Kingsnake" released earlier in April 2021, shows the duo's unique take on the original track by bluesman Robert Lee Burnside.
"That was one of R.L. Burnside's hits!" Dan said about the song. “We deviated a little from the original in our version with falsetto and percussion, but we liked how the song sounded at the time. She became one of my favorites on the album…”
In addition to Dan and Patrick, "Going Down South" features Kenny Brown and Eric Deaton, who previously played with The Black Keys. This is the second single from their tenth album, which celebrates the band's roots and includes eleven Mississippi country blues tracks... There are covers of hits not only by R. L. Burnside, but also by Junior Kimbrough, an American bluesman.
Music video
The music video directed by Ryan Nadzam attracted a lot of attention to the song. We can see a band of musicians playing at Jimmy Duck Holmes' Blue Front Café, which is the oldest operating music club in America...
The clip also features other notable north Mississippi blues attractions, including Blues Alley in Holly Springs (Junior Kimbrough's hometown), the community of Chulahoma, Burnside Palace, and the Aikei Pro record store.
Lastly
It might be added that the entire Delta Kream album is a tribute to the Mississippi blues artists who have inspired Dan and Patrick all these years! The album includes covers of Mississippi hill country blues songs, originally recorded by R-L Burnside, Junior Kimbrough and other blues artists... As The Black Keys members themselves stated, the record was inspired by the music that eventually brought them together:
“We made this record in honor of the blues tradition of Mississippi mountain country that influenced us from the very beginning…These songs are as important to us today as they were the first day Pat and I started playing together and picked up our tools,” said Dan.
By the way: this is not the first time the band pays tribute to their musical heroes. Covers of Burnside's "Busted" and Kimbrough's "Do the Romp" appeared on their 2002 debut album The Big Come Up.
