One of the clubs we used to go to was called the Pink Elephant, in St James; Paul McCartney used to go there sometimes too. It was a little downstairs basement that probably held about 80 people maximum, but the stuff that came through there was ridiculous.
I remember one night, I had the organ trio [...]
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Brian Auger’s Memories, Part 4
30 March, 2009 – 9:37 am
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 [...]