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'''Brian Auger''', born on [[July 18]] [[1939]] in [[Bihar]], [[India]], is a [[jazz]] and [[rock and roll|rock]] [[keyboardist]], who has specialised in playing the [[Hammond_Organ|Hammond Organ]]. He is considered to be one of the most influential keyboardists of all time.{{fact}} His mentor was famous organist [[Jimmy Smith]]. |
'''Brian Auger''', born on [[July 18]] [[1939]] in [[Bihar]], [[India]], is a [[jazz]] and [[rock and roll|rock]] [[keyboardist]], who has specialised in playing the [[Hammond_Organ|Hammond Organ]]. He is considered to be one of the most influential keyboardists of all time.{{fact}} His mentor was famous organist [[Jimmy Smith]]. |
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Brian Auger, born on July 18 1939 in Bihar, India, is a jazz and rock keyboardist, who has specialised in playing the Hammond Organ. He is considered to be one of the most influential keyboardists of all time.[citation needed] His mentor was famous organist Jimmy Smith.
For over forty years, Brian Auger has been a musician’s musician. Jazz pianist, bandleader, session man, Hammond B3 innovator, and key player in the rise of jazz/rock fusion, Brian has done it all and then some. Brian has played or toured with artists such as Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Boy Williamson, Led Zepellin, Eric Burdon and other legends. An incredible gentleman with one of the most varied careers in music, he has incorporated jazz, early British pop, R&B, soul and rock into an incredible catalog that has won him a Grammy Nomination, Keyboard Magazine Organ Player of the Year, 3 million record sales, and legions of fans all over the world.
In 1965 he 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 70s his star began to fade slowly, as he was working on several unsuccessful projects. Modestly successful albums he recorded with blues rock greats like Eric Burdon in the 80s at least showed that he is still an artist to be reckoned with.
The newly revived Oblivion Express, who played at the 2006 Starwood Festival (run by the Association for Consciousness Exploration), features 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, where the Oblivion Express's career was launched.
See also
- Streetnoise - 1968 album