Brian Auger

Brian Auger is an English keyboardist and Hammond organ player, born in Hammersmith, London, in 1939. He moved between jazz, soul and rock from the mid-1960s, first with Steampacket, then with Julie Driscoll in Brian Auger and the Trinity, and from 1970 at the head of the jazz fusion group Brian Auger's Oblivion Express. Auger formed Steampacket in 1965 with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs and Rod Stewart. With the Trinity he recorded Open (1967), Definitely What! (1968) and Streetnoise for Marmalade, then Befour (1970) for RCA.