''Locked Down'' is a 2012 album by

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R&B artist

Dr. John Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. (November 20, 1941 – June 6, 2019), better known by his stage name Dr. John, was an American singer and songwriter. His music encompassed New Orleans blues, jazz, funk, and R&B. Active as a session musician from ...

. It was well received by critics and features

the Black Keys The Black Keys are an American rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio, in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, vocals) and Patrick Carney (drums). The duo began as an independent act, recording music in basements and self-producing their ...

guitarist and singer

Dan Auerbach Daniel Quine Auerbach (; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has ...

as guitarist, background vocalist and producer, and Max Weissenfeldt of

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on drums.

Critical reception

The album was listed at number 15 on ''

Rolling Stone ''Rolling Stone'' is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture. It was founded in San Francisco, San Francisco, California, in 1967 by Jann Wenner, and the music critic Ralph J. Gleason. It was first kno ...

''s list of the top 50 albums of 2012; the magazine wrote, "With production and corrugated guitar by Black Keys mastermind Dan Auerbach, the 72-year-old mixes rock, funk and even Afrobeat to describe a soggy wasteland where honest men have equal fear of the KKK and the CIA." At the

2013 Grammy Awards The 55th Annual Grammy Awards were held on February 10, 2013, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012. The show was broadcast on CBS at 8 p.m. E ...

, ''Locked Down'' won the

Grammy Award for Best Blues Album The Grammy Award for Best Blues Album was an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for releasing albums in the blues genre. Honors in severa ...

."Dr. John Wins Grammy Award for Best Blues Album"
, NOLA.com, February 10, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2015.

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

- composer, keyboards, primary artist, vocals *

- composer, guitar, mixing, percussion, producer, vocals (background) *Max Weissenfeldt - composer, drums, percussion, vocals (background) *

Leon Michels Leon Marcus Michels is an American music producer, record executive, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist best known as the leader of the eclectic soul project El Michels Affair and co-founder of Truth & Soul Records and Big Crown Records. H ...

- composer, keyboards, percussion, vocals (background), woodwind * Nick Movshon - bass (electric), bass (upright), composer, percussion, vocals (background) *Richard Windmann - bass (electric), composer *Brian Olive - composer, guitar, percussion, vocals (background), woodwind *

The McCrary Sisters The McCrary Sisters are an American gospel music quartet from Nashville, Tennessee, formed in 2010 by sisters Ann McCrary, Deborah McCrary, Regina McCrary, and Alfreda McCrary. They have released four studio albums and one live album: ''Our Journ ...

(Regina, Ann & Alfreda) - background vocals

Technical

*Produced by Dan Auerbach *Recorded and mixed at

Easy Eye Sound Daniel Quine Auerbach (; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has ...

, Nashville, TN *Engineered by Collin Dupuis *Mixed by Dan Auerbach and Collin Dupuis *Studio assistance by Danny Tomczak *Mastered by Brian Lucey at Magic Garden Mastering *Art direction and photo coloring by Michael Carney *Dr. John photographs by Joshua Black Wilkins *Studio photographs by Alysse Gafkjen *Album notes by Gabe Soria

References

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