One of the UK’s foremost keyboard players, Brian Auger has played with a number of British blues and jazz greats, including the Yardbirds and Long John Baldry, both as a session musician and a band leader. He enjoyed a massive hit single in 1966 with ‘This Wheel’s On Fire’ featuring Julie Driscoll on vocals and [...]
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Brian Auger
28 January, 2009 – 10:25 am
A jazz pianist who worked his way up through the clubs, Brian Auger won the Melody Maker jazz poll in 1964 and established his reputation as a creative session keyboard player with his contribution to recordings like the Yardbirds’ ‘For Your Love’. At Long John Baldry’s request, he helped the vocalist to form Steampacket, which [...]