Career
He plays with both traditional and matched grips. Keeler has played with garage rock band The Greenhornes along with vocalist Craig Fox and Jack Lawrence, since 1996. The Greenhornes have released five albums to date, "The Greenhornes", "Gun Foreign You", "Dual Mono", "East Grand Blues European Parliament" 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. 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. As of March 2015, Keeler is touring with the Afghan Whigs. 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.
