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'{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Patrick Carney | background = non_vocal_instrumentalist | image = Patrick Carney Concert for Valor 11-11-14.jpg | image_size = 250 | landscape = Yes | caption = Carney performing in 2014 | birth_name = Patrick James Carney | alias = The Salesman, Chilli con Carney | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|4|15|mf=yes}} |birth_place =[[Akron, Ohio|Akron]], [[Ohio]], [[United States|U.S.]] | death_date = | genre = [[Blues rock]], [[garage rock]], [[alternative rock]] | occupation = | instrument = [[Drum kit|Drums]], [[guitar]], [[bass guitar]], [[keyboard instrument|keyboard]] | years_active = 2000–present | label = | associated_acts = [[The Black Keys]], [[Blakroc]], [[Drummer (band)|Drummer]], [[The Sheepdogs]], [[The Rentals]], [[Dan Auerbach]], [[Michelle Branch]] | website = {{URL|http://www.theblackkeys.com}} }} '''Patrick James Carney''' (born April 15, 1980) is an American musician and producer. Carney serves as the drummer for [[The Black Keys]], a [[blues rock]] band from [[Akron, Ohio]]. He also has a side-project rock band called [[Drummer (band)|Drummer]]. ==Early life== Carney's father, Jim, is a retired longtime reporter for the ''[[Akron Beacon Journal]]'' and a music lover whom Carney credits with introducing him to various genres. His mother, Mary Stormer, is Civil Accounts Supervisor for Akron Municipal Clerk of Court and is a former member of the Akron Board of Education. His stepmother, Katie Byard Carney, is a longtime reporter for the Akron Beacon Journal. His stepfather, Barry Stormer, owns B. A. Stormer Construction Services. Carney has three brothers, William, who is an Amtrak supervisor, and Michael, a graphic artist who has created the art for each of the Black Keys albums and in 2017 launched the Central High Tshirt line. Barry Stormer Jr., Capital Markets analyst for Keycorp. Carney's uncle, [[Ralph Carney]], was a professional sax player, and played with [[Tom Waits]], among others. Ralph died in December, 2017, after falling down steps in his Portland, Oregon, home. After Carney's parents divorced when he was 6, he lived part of the time with his mother, Mary Stormer, and part of the time with his father, Jim Carney, who had moved to a different neighborhood in West Akron, Ohio. [[Dan Auerbach]] lived around the block in this neighborhood, and the two met and played tag football with Auerbach's friends, although Patrick and Auerbach did not become friends until high school. Carney stated in an interview with [[Modern Drummer]] that he never took drum lessons as a kid, but learned by mimicking friends that were also drummers, using a $150 drumset that he bought using money earned from a job washing dishes at the Mustard Seed grocery and cafe in an Akron suburb, Bath Township.<ref>[http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy2.library.arizona.edu/iimp/docview/859517387/441B2BD801984383PQ/1?accountid=8360]</ref> As a teenager, Carney was musically influenced by bands such as [[Pavement (band)|Pavement]], [[Captain Beefheart]] and fellow Akron band [[Devo]].<ref>[http://www.hotfeeder.com/entertainment/hilarious_black_keys_drummer_patrick_carney_on_not_growing_a_beard_damon_dash_and_danger_mouse_2560508 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110227083607/http://www.hotfeeder.com/entertainment/hilarious_black_keys_drummer_patrick_carney_on_not_growing_a_beard_damon_dash_and_danger_mouse_2560508 |date=February 27, 2011 }}</ref> ==Music career== [[File:Patrick Carney Central Park Summerstage 2010.jpg|thumb|Carney playing with The Black Keys in 2010]] In 2001 Carney and Auerbach, lead singer and guitarist, formed [[The Black Keys]], releasing their debut album ''[[The Big Come Up]]'' less than a year later. This was followed by ''[[Thickfreakness]]'' in 2003 and ''[[Rubber Factory]]'' in 2004. The band's fourth album ''[[Magic Potion (album)|Magic Potion]]'' was released in 2006. ''[[Attack & Release]]'', their critically acclaimed fifth album was released in 2008, with a follow up in 2010 titled ''[[Brothers (The Black Keys album)|Brothers]]''. In 2011, the band released the album ''[[El Camino (The Black Keys album)|El Camino]]''. The band's latest album is ''[[Turn Blue (album)|Turn Blue]]'', released in 2014. Both Carney and Auerbach record with [[Nonesuch Records]]. In 2009, Carney joined the 9th annual Independent Music Awards judging panel to support independent musicians' careers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2010.asp |title=9th Annual Judges |publisher=Independent Music Awards |date= |accessdate=2011-10-09 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001005627/http://www.independentmusicawards.com/ima_new/imajudges2010.asp |archivedate=October 1, 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://miccontrolblog.com/2009/05/27/the-independent-music-awards-announces-judges-for-9th-annual-imas/ MicControl] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090626231446/http://miccontrolblog.com/2009/05/27/the-independent-music-awards-announces-judges-for-9th-annual-imas/ |date=June 26, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://top40-charts.com/news/Charts-Awards/She-&-Him-The-Black-Keys-Mark-Hoppus-Aimee-Mann-And-Bettye-LaVette-Join-Judging-Panel-For-The-9th-Annual-Independent-Music-Awards/48785.html |title=Top40-Charts.com |publisher=Top40-Charts.com |date= |accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> Carney has produced records for Beaten Awake, [[Houseguest (band)|Houseguest]], Churchbuilder, and The Black Keys. He is the founder of [[Audio Eagle Records]]. ===Music Producer=== Carney currently produces and writes music out of his Nashville based recording studio. He has produced a wide range of artists including The Black Keys, Michelle Branch, Calvin Johnson, Tennis, The Sheepdogs, and Jessy Wilson. ===Audio Eagle Records=== In 2005, Carney created [[Audio Eagle Records]], an independent [[record label]]. It signed acts such as [[Houseguest (band)|Houseguest]], [[Royal Bangs]] and Carney's own side-project [[Drummer (band)|Drummer]]. Carney shut the label down in 2010. ===Audio Eagle Studio=== Audio Eagle Studio is a recording studio opened in 2001 by musician Patrick Carney. The studio was located in Akron, Ohio and consisted mostly of a digital 12-track recorder. It went through many incarnations and configurations and was mainly used to record the first four The Black Keys albums. In 2010, the studio was relocated to Nashville, Tennessee. ===Serious Boredom on Sirius XMU=== Carney hosts a monthly radio show on Sirius XMU called Serious Boredom with Patrick Carney. ===Vice News Tonight=== Carney had a segment on HBO's news show, "Vice News Tonight", titled "Patrick Carney's High Standards Music Corner" where he listens to and judges new songs. ===Other Musical Ventures=== In 2009, while fellow Black Keys member Dan Auerbach was on his solo tour, Carney formed a new band called Drummer in which he played bass. Each of the band's members had played drums in another band. They released Feel Good Together, their debut album in the same year. Carney is the drummer on [[The Rentals|The Rentals']] 2014 album ''[[Lost in Alphaville]]''.<ref name="rollingstone12-5-2013">{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/the-rentals-sign-to-polyvinyl-for-first-album-in-15-years-20131205 |work=[[Rolling Stone]] |publisher=[[Jann Wenner|Wenner Media LLC]] |title=The Rentals Sign to Polyvinyl for First Album in 15 Years |date=December 5, 2013 |accessdate=September 18, 2014}}</ref> Carney also contributed the main title music to the 2014 Netflix show ''[[BoJack Horseman]]''. In 2017, Carney contributed music to the soundtrack of TV-show BoJack Horseman.[6] ==Personal life== [[File:Patrick Carney at the H.O.B. in New Orleans, LA - Sept. 21, 2010.JPG|thumb|Patrick Carney, playing at the House of Blues in New Orleans, LA, on September 21, 2010.]] Carney, living in Akron, Oh., married writer Denise Grollmus, in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/03/03/grollmus_divorce_from_black_keys/|title=Snapshots from a rock ‘n’ roll marriage|first=Denise|last=Grollmus|publisher=}}</ref> The two had dated for several years, since Grollmus was a student at Oberlin College in Ohio and Carney and Dan Auerbach launched the Black Keys. The couple divorced in 2009. Both talked about the messy breakup in the media, Patrick in ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'}}s May 27, 2010, issue and Grollmus in an essay - "Snapshots From a Rock 'N' Roll Marriage", published in ''[[Salon (website)|Salon]]'' on March 3, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2011/03/03/grollmus_divorce_from_black_keys/singleton/ |title=Snapshots of a Rock n' Roll Marriage |publisher=Salon |date=2011-03-03 |accessdate=2012-05-15}}</ref> In 2010, Carney and his bandmate, [[Dan Auerbach]], moved from [[Akron]], OH, and purchased homes in [[Nashville]], TN.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/entertainment/music/headlines/20101230-black-keys-make-a-move-to-nashville-from-akron.ece|title=Music - GuideLive|publisher=}}</ref> They recorded their [[El Camino (The Black Keys album)|''El Camino'']] album at Auerbach's newly completed Nashville studio, Easy Eye Sound Studio. Carney married Emily Ward, whom he had met while living in New York City, on September 15, 2012, in the backyard of their Nashville home.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/black-keys-patrick-carney-gets-engaged-20110215 |title=Black Keys' Patrick Carney Gets Engaged &#124; Music News |publisher=Rolling Stone |date=2011-02-15 |accessdate=2011-10-09}}</ref> The wedding ceremony was officiated by actor [[Will Forte]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/news/black-day-for-auerbach/story-fnejlvvj-1226576417835|title=Black day for Auerbach|work=news.com.au|publisher=[[News Limited]]|date=2013-02-12|accessdate=2013-02-12}}</ref> [[Karen Elson]], a singer and ex-wife of [[Jack White]] of [[the White Stripes]] and a Nashville resident who was friends with Carney and Ward, sang at the wedding. The wedding party included Ward's siblings Danielle Shuster and Henry Ward, Carney's brothers Will Carney, Michael Carney, and step-brother Barry Stormer, and the couple's Irish wolfhound, Charlotte. Wearing [[Carolina Herrera (fashion designer)|Carolina Herrera]], Ward walked down the aisle to ''[[Crimson and Clover]]'' by [[Tommy James and the Shondells]]. Carney and Ward invited 350 guests, including bandmate [[Dan Auerbach]] and professional snowboarder [[Shaun White]], who was later arrested and charged with vandalism and public intoxication at a hotel in Nashville after the wedding reception.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20631815,00.html|title=The Black Keys Wedding: Patrick Carney Marries Emily Ward|date=20 September 2012|publisher=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/entertainment/2012/09/shaun-white-arrested-charged-with-vandalism-and-public-intoxication/|title=Olympian Shaun White Arrested|first=ABC|last=News|publisher=}}</ref> Carney and Ward divorced in January 2016. Ward, a California native, had moved to Los Angeles by that time. In 2015, Carney met [[Michelle Branch]] at a Grammy party, and the two started dating during the production of Branch's album ''[[Hopeless Romantic (Michelle Branch album)|Hopeless Romantic]]'', which Carney produced.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/magazine-feature/7735720/michelle-branch-patrick-carney-hopeless-romantic|title=Michelle Branch & New Boyfriend Patrick Carney Made an Excellent Pop-Rock Album: 'It Was Us Against The World'|work=Billboard|access-date=2017-03-27}}</ref> On Michelle's birthday, July 2, 2017, he proposed and Branch accepted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BWF-sJSgGix/ |title=Michelle Branch Gets Engaged to Patrick Carney |date= 3 July 2017}}</ref> On February 11, 2018, Michelle Branch announced that she and Carney are expecting their first child. The baby was born in August 2018, named Rhys James Carney.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8473034/michelle-branch-patrick-carney-baby-boy-rhys|title=Michelle Branch & Patrick Carney Welcome Baby Boy|work=Billboard|access-date=2018-08-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://people.com/parents/michelle-branch-patrick-carney-welcome-son-rhys-james/|title=All She Wanted! Michelle Branch and Patrick Carney Welcome Son Rhys James - See His First Photo|work=PEOPLE.com|access-date=2018-08-31|language=en}}</ref> Carney and Michelle live in Nashville with their children and two Irish wolfhounds, the aforementioned Charlotte, and Darla. ==Discography== {{mainlist|The Black Keys discography}} ;The Black Keys * ''[[The Big Come Up]]'' (2002) * ''[[Thickfreakness]]'' (2003) * ''[[Rubber Factory]]'' (2004) * ''[[Magic Potion (album)|Magic Potion]]'' (2006) * ''[[Attack & Release]]'' (2008) * ''[[Brothers (The Black Keys album)|Brothers]]'' (2010) * ''[[El Camino (The Black Keys album)|El Camino]]'' (2011) * ''[[Turn Blue (album)|Turn Blue]]'' (2014) ;Drummer * ''[[Feel Good Together]]'' (2009) ;The Rentals * ''[[Lost in Alphaville]]'' (2014) ===Producer=== * ''[[The Sheepdogs (album)|The Sheepdogs]]'' (2012) * ''[[Young & Old]]'' (2012) * ''[[Underneath the Rainbow (album)|Underneath the Rainbow]]'' (2014) * ''[[Ritual in Repeat]]'' (2014) * ''[[Goon (Tobias Jesso Jr. album)|Goon]]'' (2015) * ''[[Hopeless Romantic (Michelle Branch album)|Hopeless Romantic]]'' (2017) * ''[[Double Roses]]''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/70816-karen-elson-enlists-father-john-misty-black-keys-patrick-carney-for-new-album/|title=Karen Elson Enlists Father John Misty, Black Keys’ Patrick Carney for New Album {{!}} Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-06}}</ref> (2017) ==References== {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Patrick Carney}} *[http://theblackkeys.com The Black Keys official website] *[http://www.myspace.com/theblackkeys The Black Keys official Myspace page] *[http://theblackkeysfanlounge.com The Black Keys Fan Lounge] {{The Black Keys}} {{The Rentals}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Carney, Patrick}} [[Category:1980 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American rock drummers]] [[Category:Grammy Award winners]] [[Category:Musicians from Akron, Ohio]] [[Category:University of Akron alumni]] [[Category:American rock bass guitarists]] [[Category:American male bass guitarists]] [[Category:The Black Keys members]] [[Category:The Rentals members]] [[Category:Guitarists from Ohio]] [[Category:21st-century American drummers]] [[Category:21st-century American bass guitarists]] [[Category:21st-century male musicians]]'