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A jazz pianist, bandleader, session man, Hammond B3 player, Auger has played or toured with artists such as Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Boy Williamson, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon and other legends. He has incorporated jazz, early British pop, R&B, soul and rock, and he has been nominated for a Grammy, Keyboard Magazine Organ Player of the Year, 3 million record sales. Roderick Stewart (born January 10, 1945) is a British singer who was a member of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces before embarking on a solo career. ... Tony Williams (December 12, 1945 – February 23, 1997) was an American jazz drummer. ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... There were 2 popular blues harmonica players that went by the name Sonny Boy Williamson Sonny Boy Williamson I, also known as John Lee Williamson was an American blues harmonica player, born in Jackson, Tennessee, whose first record Good Morning, School Girl was a hit in 1937. ... For the bands 1969 self-titled debut album, see Led Zeppelin (album) Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, and are one of the most successful such groups in popular music history. ... Eric Victor Burdon (born May 11, 1941, Walker-on-Tyne, Northumberland) was the lead singer of The Animals and later of War. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Keyboard Magazine Keyboard Magazine is a Music Magazine covering the Electronic Music Instrument commondly called the Keyboard. ...

Career

In 1965 Auger formed the group Steampacket along with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Rod Stewart. With Driscoll and the band Trinity he went on to produce several hit singles, notably a cover of David Ackles' Road to Cairo and Bob Dylan's This Wheel's on Fire. In the 1970s he formed Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, whose eight albums produced during that decade all hit the charts. The Oblivion Express served to cultivate several top musicians, including AWB drummers Robbie Mackintosh and Steve Ferrone, as well as guitarist Jim Mullen. In 1989, Brian Auger was Musical Director for the thirteen-part film retrospective series "Villa Fantastica", made for German TV. A live recording of the series, Super Jam (1990), features Brian Auger on piano, Pete York on drums, Dick Morrissey on tenor, Roy Williams on trombone, Harvey Weston on bass and singers Zoot Money and Maria Muldaur. 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... Steampacket was a British Blues band of the 1960s, notable mainly for the fact that so many of its members subsequently became famous. ... John William Baldry, popularly known as Long John Baldry (January 12, 1941 – July 21, 2005) was a pioneering British blues musician. ... Julie Driscoll (born June 8, 1947) is a British singer and actress, best known for her 1960s hit version of Wheels on Fire with the Brian Auger Trinity. ... Roderick Stewart (born January 10, 1945) is a British singer who was a member of the Jeff Beck Group and the Faces before embarking on a solo career. ... David Ackles, Subway to the Country (1970) David Ackles, born 27 February 1937, was a Californian singer/songwriter of the 1960s and 1970s. ... Bob Dylan (born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter, author, musician and poet who has been a major figure in popular music for five decades. ... This Wheels on Fire is a song written by Bob Dylan and Rick Danko. ... Steve Ferrone is a drummer, who has worked with such high-profile names as Eric Clapton, Anita Baker, Duran Duran, Jeffrey Osborne, George Benson and Chaka Khan. ... Jim Mullen (born November 26, 1945) is a Glasgow-born jazz guitarist with a distinctive style, picking with the thumb rather than a plectrum. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Zoot Money is a pianist, organist, and actor, born George Bruno Money on 17th June 1942, who appeared (playing a promotions man) in the film Breaking Glass with Hazel OConnor. ... Maria Muldaur (Born Maria DAmato on September 12, 1943 in New York) is a roots-folk singer best known for her song Midnight at the Oasis. ...

Auger toured with blues rocker Eric Burdon in the early 1990s, and recorded the album Access All Areas: Live with him in 1993. After several projects, including albums with family members, he reformed the Oblivion Express in the late 1990s, with a line-up that eventually featured his son and daughter. Eric Victor Burdon (born May 11, 1941, Walker-on-Tyne, Northumberland) was the lead singer of The Animals and later of War. ...

The newly revived Oblivion Express played at the 2006 Starwood Festival[1], featuring Brian's son Karma Auger on drums, his daughter Savannah Auger on vocals, and Derek Frank on bass. They are frequent performers at Nighttown in Cleveland, OH, the city where Brian Auger's Oblivion Express was launched. Logo from 1999 Starwood is a festival presented by the Association for Consciousness Exploration (ACE), along with many volunteers during a week in the month of July. ...

Discography

• 1965 - Don't Send Me No Flowers - Sonny Boy Williamson
• 1965-1969 - The Mod Years (Complete Singles, B-Sides, and rare tracks)
• 1967 - Open (Trinity's first album)
• 1968 - Definitely What (First Solo Album)
• 1969 - Streetnoise (Double Album)
• 1967/1970 - Befour (Last Brian Auger Trinity Album)
• 1970 - Oblivion Express (First Oblivion Express Album)
• 1971 - A Better Land (Oblivion Express)
• 1972 - Second Wind (Oblivion Express)
• 1973 - Closer To It (Oblivion Express)
• 1975 - Straight Ahead (Oblivion Express)
• 1975 - Live Oblivion Volume 1
• 1975 - Live Oblivion Volume 2
• 1975 - Reinforcements (Oblivion Express)
• 1976 - Best of Brian Auger (Double Album)
• 1975 - Happiness Heartaches (Oblivion Express)
• 1977 - Encore - Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts (Reunion Album)
• 1980 - Search Party
• 1982 - Here and Now
• 1987 - Keys to the Heart
• 1990 - Super Jam - Villa Fantastica
• 1993 - Access All Areas: Live - Eric Burdon/Brian Auger Band (Double Album)
• 1993 - Tony Williams: Live in Tokyo 1978
• 1998 - Blue Groove - Karma Auger
• 1999 - Voices of Other Times (Oblivion Express)
• 2001 - Soft & Furry - Ali Auger
• 2004 - Auger Rhythms: Brian Augers Musical History (The Trinity, Julie Driscoll, Oblivion Express)
• 2005 - Brian Auger: Insights of the Keyboard Master (DVD)
• 2005 - Looking In the Eye of the World (Oblivion Express)
• 2005 - Live at the Baked Potato (Oblivion Express) Double CD
• 2005 - Live at the Baked Potato (Oblivion Express) DVD

Streetnoise is a 1968 album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, originally released as a double LP. It includes cover versions of The Doors’ Light My Fire, Nina Simone’s Take Me To The Water, Laura Nyro’s Save The Country, Miles Davis All Blues, Richie Havens Indian...

See also

• Streetnoise - 1968 album

Streetnoise is a 1968 album by Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, originally released as a double LP. It includes cover versions of The Doors’ Light My Fire, Nina Simone’s Take Me To The Water, Laura Nyro’s Save The Country, Miles Davis All Blues, Richie Havens Indian...

External links

• Official Site - Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
• Soul Patrol Jazz