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Topic: Brian Auger
Posted By: jean-marie
Subject: Brian Auger
Date Posted: June 17 2011 at 08:03
Any Brian fans on PA ? listening back to Oblivion Express(70), Closer to it, Reinforcements and Better land this afternoon, i realy love that music with the brilliant Hammond....Thumbs Up



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Posted By: kole
Date Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:16
o/


Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 17 2011 at 16:31
didn't understand the whole trick  Big smile


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 03:17
I think he might have been on something when he did this
 
actually its a bit of a rip off of 'I'm a man'. Great organist though


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 03:20
something with Julie Driscoll that isn't This Wheels On Fire
Cool


Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 03:26
This is amazingClap


Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 04:55
Thanks ! SmileSmileSmile


Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 04:56
Big fan

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Posted By: Chris S
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 04:59
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

This is amazingClap
Stunning stuffApprove

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Posted By: azuchul
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 05:27
Here's another fan.


Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 05:52
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

I think he might have been on something when he did this
 
actually its a bit of a rip off of 'I'm a man'. Great organist though    Yes the singing is close to i'm a man


Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 05:55
Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

something with Julie Driscoll that isn't This Wheels On Fire
Cool        i have this song on a trinity compilation with Tramp, Break it up, light my fire and a few other ones..Smile


Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 06:03
Originally posted by Chris S Chris S wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

This is amazingClap
Stunning stuffApprove
      nice Thumbs Up Thumbs Up


Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 07:17
A big fan of Mr Auger especially the 1970 album Befour, which mostly consists of covers but they're GREAT covers.








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Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 07:41
Keith Emerson is on record as stating he believes Auger to be the best British jazz organist to date. (praise indeed)

One of my favourite singles of all time is 'Tiger' (where Auger's Hammond glissando imitates a punning growl to thrilling effect)

He also did a version of Cream's 'Rope Ladder to the Moon' with Julie Driscoll which causes my fur to bristle agreeably.


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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 07:42
Didn't know this stuff thanks !


Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 07:46
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Keith Emerson is on record as stating he believes Auger to be the best British jazz organist to date. (praise indeed)

One of my favourite singles of all time is 'Tiger' (where Auger's Hammond glissando imitates a punning growl to thrilling effect)     Tiger has been a hit at the time in France

He also did a version of Cream's 'Rope Ladder to the Moon' with Julie Driscoll which causes my fur to bristle agreeably.


Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 07:47
But that's a joke right?

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Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 07:48
A bit off topic but another great UK organist from that period (and a big influence on Keith Emerson) is Don Shinn:




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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 20:37
I'm a big Brian Auger fan.  I've seen him a couple of times and he never fails to impress. Check Brian out on this video:
 


Posted By: jammun
Date Posted: June 18 2011 at 20:58
I always loved the Oblivion Express albums.  Auger was not much of a composer -- though Second Wind is a fine song -- but man could he cover tunes:  Freedom Jazz Dance, Inner City Blues, Bumpin' on Sunset.  Fine stuff.

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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 03:47


Posted By: ExittheLemming
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 04:45
^ Great song (I needed a change of clothing after that) thanks for posting it  Thumbs Up

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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 15:55
Thanks for all that, i too love Marvin Gaye cover


Posted By: resurrection
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 16:29
Definitely a great musician, though a pianist playing organ rather than a pure organist like Emerson or Ritchie.


Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: June 19 2011 at 17:42
My fave Auger song


Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 02:08
Try Magic Mirror by Aphrodite's child from 69, Vangelis sounds a bit like Brian on the Hammond Wink


Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 05:17
I have a little story to tell about Brian Auger. I went to a concert of Eric Burdon with Jean. I don't know who the other musicians were (I had never heard their names before and have forgotten them), but the keyboarder was Brian Auger. During one song the guitar player broke a string, and while he put in another Auger improvised a solo to help him out. That was absolutely ad hoc and impressed both Jean and me very much; you really have to have a high level of musicality to pull that off.

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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 06:27
Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

A bit off topic but another great UK organist from that period (and a big influence on Keith Emerson) is Don Shinn:        This Don is realy good  Thumbs Up




Posted By: Cactus Choir
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 07:30
Originally posted by jean-marie jean-marie wrote:

Originally posted by Cactus Choir Cactus Choir wrote:

A bit off topic but another great UK organist from that period (and a big influence on Keith Emerson) is Don Shinn:        This Don is realy good  Thumbs Up




I've been looking for his stuff for years after hearing Emerson name checking him, but have only recently heard any of it and have been very impressed. Welcome to the rapidly expanding Don Shinn fan club Jean-MarieWink, which now has three members - me, Iain (Exitthelemming) and now you! This guy should really be listed on PA under proto prog. The campaign starts here!


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Posted By: jean-marie
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 08:38
Iagree with you request  Smile


Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: June 20 2011 at 12:21
I have Search Party and like it. I need to get more of his stuff...

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