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Patrick Keeler
Playing with The Raconteurs at the Reading Festival, August 2008.
Background information
Birth name	James Patrick Keeler
Born	October 6, 1975
Origin	West Harrison, Indiana
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Drums, percussion, clarinet, harmonica, backing vocals
Associated acts	The Greenhornes, The Raconteurs, Soledad Brothers, Loretta Lynn, The Dirtbombs, Brendan Benson, Holly Golightly
Notable instruments
Ludwig drums Paiste cymbals

Patrick Keeler is an American rock music drummer from Cincinnati, who best known for playing in The Greenhornes and The Raconteurs. He plays with both traditional and matched grips.

Recording career[link]

Keeler has played with garage rock band The Greenhornes along with vocalist Craig Fox and Jack Lawrence, since 1996. Besides drums, he also plays clavinet, meat flute, and harmonica. The Greenhornes have released five albums to date, 'The Greenhornes', 'Gun For You', 'Dual Mono', 'East Grand Blues EP' and '★★★★'. Their song 'There Is An End', featuring Holly Golightly, was used in the Jim Jarmusch film 'Broken Flowers', starring Bill Murray.

In 2004, Keeler played drums on the Loretta Lynn album Van Lear Rose in the band that album producer Jack White put together. The band called themselves The Do Whaters, and also featured Lawrence on bass and Dave Feeny on pedal steel guitar. Despite containing three future Raconteurs, The Do Whaters share little in terms of musical styling. The Raconteurs are a band formed with long-time friends Brendan Benson, Jack White of The White Stripes and "Little" Jack Lawrence. They released their debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers, in April 2006 and its follow-up Consolers of the Lonely in March 2008.

Keeler also played two shows with fellow garage rockers The Dirtbombs in 2004. At one point, Keeler could have been a candidate as the drummer of Wolfmother, but the band's record company asked guitarist/vocalist Andrew Stockdale to hold auditions.

Musical equipment[link]

Keeler plays Ludwig drums and uses Paiste Giant Beat cymbals. He also uses DW stands and pedals.

Ludwig drums in Gold Sparkle finish (2006)

12" rack tom

16" floor tom

28" bass drum

18x14" bass drum

Ludwig Black Beauty snare drum

Ludwig Stainless Steel Reissue Drum Kit (2008)

26x14" bass drum

8x12" rack tom

16x16" and 16x18" floor toms

Ludwig Black Beauty 6.5x14 reissue snare w/tube lugs

Ludwig 6.5x14 Supra-Phonic reissue snare

Paiste Giant Beat Cymbals

15" hi-hats

18" crash

24" ride

20" crash

DW hardware - DW 6000 series stands

Ludwig standard kick drum pedal (not a Speed King)

Remo heads (either Ambassadors or Emperors on all drums)

Vater Studio sticks/stick holders

Ludwig Green Vistalite Drum Kit (2011) Ludwig released a signature Patrick Keeler kit from their Vistalite line.

Selected discography[link]

• The Greenhornes - Gun For You (1999)
• The Greenhornes - The Greenhornes (2001)
• The Greenhornes - Dual Mono (2002)
• Loretta Lynn - Van Lear Rose (2004)
• The Greenhornes - East Grand Blues EP (2005)
• The Dirtbombs - If You Don't Already Have a Look (2005)
• The Greenhornes - Sewed Soles (2005)
• The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)
• The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely (2008)
• The Greenhornes - ★★★★ (2010)
• Jack White - Blunderbuss (2012)

References[link]

• Patrick Keeler profile Allmusic.com Retrieved: 2009-10-08
• Patrick Berkery Patrick Keeler - Steady as she goes moderndrummer.com Retrieved: 2009-10-08
• Paiste artist - Patrick Keeler paiste.com Retrieved: 2009-10-08
• Ludwig artists ludwig-drums.com Retrieved: 2009-10-08
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External links[link]

• The Raconteurs official site
• The Greenhornes official site

The Raconteurs
Performing at T in the Park, July 2008. Left to right: Patrick Keeler, Brendan Benson, Jack White, and Jack Lawrence.
Background information
Also known as	The Saboteurs (Australia only)
Origin	Detroit, Michigan
Genres	Alternative rock, blues rock, garage rock, folk rock
Years active	2005–present
Labels	Third Man, Warner Bros., XL
Associated acts	The White Stripes, The Greenhornes, The Dead Weather, Goober & the Peas, Blanche, Jape[1]
Website	theraconteurs.com
Members
Jack White Brendan Benson Jack Lawrence Patrick Keeler

The Raconteurs /ˌrækɒnˈtɜrz/ (also known as The Saboteurs in Australia) is an American rock band that was formed in Detroit, Michigan, featuring four members known for other musical projects: Jack White (of The White Stripes and The Dead Weather), Brendan Benson (solo), Jack Lawrence (of The Greenhornes, Blanche and The Dead Weather), and Patrick Keeler (also of The Greenhornes).

Biography[link]

Formation[link]

The band is based in Nashville, Tennessee. According to the band's official website, "The seed was sown in an attic in the middle of a hot summer when friends Jack White and Brendan Benson got together and wrote a song that truly inspired them. This song was 'Steady, As She Goes' and the inspiration led to the creation of a full band with the addition of Lawrence and Keeler." The band came together in Detroit during 2005 and recorded when time allowed for the remainder of the year. Due to the various members' success in other bands, they were quickly dubbed a supergroup. The band, however, asserted they were not, saying that the term implies something pre-planned or temporary, whereas they are actually "a new band made up of old friends."^[2]

The band has played a number of music festivals in Europe, Asia, and North America (including Oxegen in Ireland; Reading Festival, Leeds Festival, Glastonbury Festival, and T in the Park in the United Kingdom; Heineken Open'er Festival in Poland; Vegoose in Las Vegas; Lollapalooza in Chicago; Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tennessee; Austin City Limits Music Festival in Austin, Texas; Coachella in Indio, California; and Orlando Calling in Orlando, Florida), headlining many.

The Saboteurs[link]

The Raconteurs were renamed as "The Saboteurs" for the Australian market when it was discovered that a Queensland band was already using the name "Raconteurs". The Queensland band refused to give up their name for the amount of money they were offered, and instead asked for a higher price from The Raconteurs' record company, who refused to pay the greater amount.^[3] A member of the Queensland band said that they had not been informed of who was trying to buy their name and asked for the larger sum of money to see what would happen.^[4]

[edit] Broken Boy Soldiers

The Raconteurs' full-length debut, Broken Boy Soldiers, was recorded at Brendan Benson's in-home studio located in Detroit. The first single was "Steady, As She Goes/Store Bought Bones" and was released as a limited-edition 7-inch, 45 rpm vinyl record in Europe on January 30, 2006,^[5] and in North America on March 7, 2006. A CD version of "Steady, As She Goes" was released on April 24, 2006, with the B-side "Bane Rendition".

Brendan Benson and Jack White, of the Raconteurs in Stockholm, 2006

The Raconteurs first performed live at the Academy in Liverpool, UK, on March 20, 2006, launching a short British tour. Their first American date was the following month, on April 20 at New York City's Irving Plaza. Nearly nonstop touring followed, bringing the band to audiences around North America and Europe. The high profile of Jack White meant that even though the band was new, they were able to sell out mid-size venues—a rarity for a band's first tour.

Broken Boy Soldiers was released on May 15, 2006, in the UK on Third Man Recordings/XL Recordings and May 16 in the U.S. on Third Man Recordings/V2 Records. It entered the UK charts at #2 and the U.S. charts at #7.

Jack White, 2008

In November 2006, the Raconteurs played eight dates as the opening act for Bob Dylan on the north-eastern leg of his U.S. tour. On November 3, 2006, the Raconteurs performed the song "Store Bought Bones" and the title track, "Broken Boy Soldier" on Later with Jools Holland. According to Planet Sound (who had reporters in attendance), during "Store Bought Bones" White's guitar malfunctioned and they had to re-play the song. This eventually happened four times, with the band breaking up in laughter by the fourth take. The TV airing used edited pieces from all four performances and cut out any laughter. The band's cover of "Teenage Kicks" by The Undertones appeared on a 40-year anniversary of the BBC live compilation. They played it live on a John Peel tribute.

The band has performed a number of covers during live shows. For instance, the set list usually includes renditions of "Bang Bang (My Baby Shot Me Down)" (a song written by Sonny Bono and popularized by both Cher and Nancy Sinatra) and "Headin' for the Texas Border" by The Flamin' Groovies. Other songs the band has covered include Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy", Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love?", Ron Davies' "It Ain´t Easy", Love's "A House Is Not a Motel", and Charley Jordan's "Keep It Clean". The band has also covered the song "Floating" by the Irish band Jape, and "Send Me a Postcard", by Dutch band Shocking Blue.

In December 2006, the band's debut album, Broken Boy Soldiers, was awarded the title Album of the Year by Britain's Mojo magazine. In 2007, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album. The Raconteurs were nominated for two awards at the 49th Annual Grammys: one for Best Rock Album for Broken Boy Soldiers, and another for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal for "Steady, As She Goes".^[6]

[edit] Consolers of the Lonely

The Raconteurs released their second album, Consolers of the Lonely on March 25, 2008. The first single, "Salute Your Solution", was released the same day.

The band also played tour dates including: Coachella on April 25, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on May 4, Bonnaroo on June 13,^[7] T in the Park in Scotland on July 12, Oxegen festival in Ireland on July 13 and The Open'er Festival in Poland on July 4. They played at "The Pyramid Stage" at the Glastonbury Festival 2008 on June 28, the Montreux Jazz festival on July 7, at Lollapalooza on August 1, and on the main stage of Reading and Leeds Festival 2008 on August 23 and August 24, also at Austin City Limits Music Festival September 26–28, 2008. They played "The Eden Sessions" at the Eden Project in Cornwall on June 29. The band also toured the U.S. during summer 2008.

Future directions[link]

In an interview in February 2010 Brendan Benson stated that the future of The Raconteurs was ambiguous, stating "I think we're all just really focused on other things." He went on to add that "it will come around and we'll get together again and hang out and maybe make a record or maybe not."^[8] On April 17, 2010, Benson and Keeler performed Raconteurs songs as The Raconteurs at Jack White's Third Man Records venue to coincide with a repressing of Broken Boy Soldiers on copper-colored vinyl.^[9] The pair was accompanied by Mark Watrous and Andrew Higley. The band played at the MI Fest on September 17, 2011, as well as September 15 at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. On November 12, 2011 the band played the inaugural Orlando Calling festival in Orlando, Fl. The Raconteurs announced an additional American show to play at The Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia on November 13, 2011. In April 2012, Third Man Records released two songs that were supposed to appear on Consolers of the Lonely; 'Open Your Eyes' and 'You Make a Fool Out of Me'. Jack White said '’Open Your Eyes’ sounds like a hit. Seems like it could’ve been released as a single and I can’t remember why it didn’t make the album'. The songs are to be re-recorded for Brendan Benson's next solo album.^[10]

Members[link]

• Jack White – vocals, guitar, keyboards, stylophone, mandolin
• Brendan Benson – vocals, guitar, keyboards
• Jack Lawrence – bass guitar, banjo, backing vocals
• Patrick Keeler – drums, percussion

Touring members and guest musicians

• Dean Fertita (2006, 2011) – keyboards, percussion, guitar
• Mark Watrous (2008) – keyboards, fiddle, percussion, violin, vocals
• Alison Mosshart (2008) – lead vocals during the Memphis show 29 September
• Meg White (2008)- drummer during an encore in a 2008 show

Discography[link]

Studio albums[link]

Singles[link]

Other contributions[link]

Audio sample[link]

	"Steady, As She Goes" noicon 25-second clip of the chorus of "Steady, As She Goes" by The Raconteurs
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References[link]

External links[link]

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