Black Keys get 2 Woodie nominations

Add two mtvU Woodie Awards nominations to the Black Keys' credits. Pat Carney and Dan Auerbach form the Black Keys. Carney's dad is Beacon Journal reporter Jim Carney; BJ reporter Katie Byard is Pat's stepmom. The article on News.Yahoo.com:

NEW YORK – The Black Keys have hit the right note with the mtvU Woodie Awards.

The Keys are the only act nominated for two awards for the college network's awards show.

They are up for Woodie of the Year, which goes to the top artist. Their competition includes B.o.B and Arcade Fire. B.o.B called the nomination "an honor and a pleasure."

The Black Keys also are up for best video for "Tighten Up." Others nominated in that category include Duck Sauce for "Barbra Streisand" and Vampire Weekend for "Giving Up the Gun."

Other Woodie nominees include LCD Soundsystem, Kanye West and Das Racist.

The Woodies will be March 16 from the South by Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas. They will be aired live on mtvU as well as MTV and MTV2.

The Black Keys also have received six Grammy nominations. Pat and Dan live in Nashville. They were classmates at Firestone High when they lived around the corner from each other.

Pat's brother, Michael, also got a Grammy nomination for his artwork on one of the Black Keys' six albums. Michael is a Firestone High grad who is a graphic designer for American Eagle Outfitter in NYC. He lives in Brooklyn.

Jim's oldest son, Will, 33, lives in Peninsula and is Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railway superintendent.

Click on the headline to hear the Black Keys' interview on National Public Radio's "Fresh Air," hosted by Terry Gross. Thanks for the tip, Ken Krause (see Comments).