The Black Keys: 'It's ridiculous to say that we play the blues'
Andrew Purcell, Guardian, The, 9 July 2010
FOR EIGHT MONTHS NOW, since the end of a relationship, the Black Keys drummer Pat Carney has been living in New York's Lower East Side. He likes being able to buy freshly squeezed orange juice and have conversations with people he's never met before. "I'm much happier here, for the most part," he says.
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