-Release Info:
Artist : Brian Auger's Oblivion Express
Title : Live Oblivion Vol 1
Label : WHD Entertainment, Inc.
Genre : Rock
Catnum : IECP-10027
URL : http://www.discogs.com/Brian-Augers-Oblivion-Express-Live-Oblivion-Vo
Source : CDDA
Quality : 195kbps 44100kHz Joint Stereo
Size : 88.35MB
Encoder : LAME 3.97 (-V2 --vbr-new)
-Tracklist:
1. Beginning Again 8:07
2. Dont Look Away 14:08
3. Bumpin On Sunset 9:55
4. Truth 9:58
5. Freedom Jazz Dance 9:37
6. Happiness Is Just Around The Bend 8:31
60:16 (min)
-Release Notes:
Brian Auger (born 18 July 1939, Bihar, India), is a jazz and rock keyboardist,
who has specialized in playing the Hammond organ.
A jazz pianist, bandleader, session musician and 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 others. He has incorporated
jazz, early British pop, R&B, soul music and rock, and he has been nominated
for a Grammy.
In 1965 Auger formed the group The Steampacket, along with Long John Baldry,
Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs and Rod Stewart. With Driscoll and the band,
Trinity, he went on to record several hit singles, notably a cover version of
David Ackles' "Road to Cairo" and Bob Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire", which was
featured on Dylan Covered. In 1969 Auger, Driscoll and Trinity appeared
performing on the national telecast of "331/3 Revolutions Per Monkee".
In 1970 he formed Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, shortly after abandoning the
abortive "Wassenaar Arrangement" jazz-fusion commune in a small suburb of The
Hague. The Oblivion Express served to cultivate several musicians, including
future The Average White Band drummers Robbie McIntosh and Steve Ferrone, as
well as guitarist Jim Mullen. Likewise, in 1971 he produced and appeared on
Mogul Thrash's only album. Two members of that band, Roger Ball and Malcolm
Duncan, would also go on to form the Average White Band.
In 1989, 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 Auger on piano, Pete York on drums, Dick Morrissey
on tenor saxophone, Roy Williams on trombone, Harvey Weston on bass guitar,
with singers Zoot Money and Maria Muldaur.
Auger toured with blues rocker Eric Burdon in the early 1990s, and recorded the
live album Access All Areas 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 both his son and daughter.
The Oblivion Express was revived with a 2005 recording and subsequent touring.
The group featured Brian Auger, his son Karma Auger on drums, his daughter
Savannah Auger on vocals, and Derek Frank on bass.
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