Photos of Pat Carney performing in Kent in 1997

There’s a Kent Patch article involving Patrick Carney of the Grammy-winning Black Keys band when BJ reporter Jim Carney’s son was 17 and playing at such Kent spots as  Europe Gyro as part of the Christopher Whispers band of Firestone High students.

Pat Carney at Kent's Europe Gyro in 1997

There are 15 photos of Pat in 1997. Firestone High graduate Philip Swift, who now teaches filmmaking in New York City public schools, took the pictures. 

Firestone High grad Gabe Schray posted them on his Facebook page recently.

There’s also a really long, stream-of-consciousness article that even Fran Murphey would say was way more than anyone would read, by Firestone High grad Jason Prufer, who writes about being in The Deprogrammers band with Patrick long ago.

The Firestone High guys named above all worked at the Mustard Seed Market. Pat was hired when he was 15. The others joined him later.

If you want to see the 15 photos and/or have the stomach for the Prufer rambling, click on http://kent.patch.com/blog_posts/black-keys-member-patrick-carney-and-his-early-days-in-kents-music-scene