Singing the Lieber/Stoller track "Three Cool Cats" with Dave Foster and Paul Perry. 

Three Cool Cats

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Dave Keener’s new album Like An Animal is 8 tracks of singer-songwriter/power pop that may remind some listeners of artists like Marshall Crenshaw and Nick Lowe.  Keener’s songs are often playful—romantic with a touch of irony, funny without snark. He brings his lyrics and stories to life life with an intimate vocal style that is both youthful and knowing. Babe Magnet is about the dog he adopted in hopes of attracting women, only to find the animal drove them away. Ooh Ooh Ooh—to which Dave’s wife Jo Honig-Keener walked down the aisle— is a mid-tempo ballad with lush harmonies that tells the story of two Gen X’ers who were meant to be together but took decades to connect.

The song Who Told the Jukebox? tells the disco driven tale of a spurned lover who believes someone is playing sad songs on the barroom jukebox just to torment him. The music video takes the singer’s paranoia to an even higher level—depicting him on the streets of Brooklyn pursued by a mobile jukebox that only he can see.

Like An Animal is Keener’s third solo album in the past five years. The first of these was The Easy Way (“This one’s a winner” — Jeffrey Sisk, The Daily News (PA)). Keener followed up with Slugger (2013). This album was acclaimed for its “witty, white-collar storytelling” (Tris McCall, Newark Star-Ledger) and “instantly lovable guitar pop with infectious melodies” (LMNOP aka dONW7, BabySue.com). The album was also recognized by Absolute Powerpop as one of the top Power Pop albums of the year.

Keener hosts the songwriter showcase , Songwriter Deathmatch (“Not to be missed”—South Slope News”), in which he shares the stage with three or four other songwriters, each bringing their A game and their audience for a show that’s been called “A win-win concept” by Hans Werkmann of Here Comes the Flood.

As Them Keener Boys, Dave and his brother Tom (“Best Local Comedians” New York Press) recorded an eponymously titled full length music and comedy CD. Keener also wrote the song Mr. Johnson, which was recorded by the Shimmy-Disc band, King Missile.Russ Alderson: Bass 

James Morris: Drums 

Karen Dahlstrom: Vocals 

Mark Humble: Vocals + Vocal Arrangement on Babe Magnet 

Recorded and Mixed by Jon Altschuler at The Seaside Lounge, Brooklyn 

Cover Design by Elizabeth Connor 

All Songs © Dave Keener 2016

Anniversary

Who Told The Jukebox

Song About You

Babe Magnet

Ooh Ooh Ooh

Girls And Guitars

"Welcome Back" the theme from "Welcome Back, Kotter" by the great John Sebastian.

Welcome Back

Afterglow

In a Big Way (Live at Songwriter Deathmatch)

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