Brian Auger

 

Artist:  Brian Auger 

Birth Name:  Brian Albert Gordon Auger

Born:  July 18, 1939.  Hammersmith, London, England

Genre:  R&B, Jazz Rock, Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz, Art Rock, Funk, Jazz Funk, AM Pop

Occupation:  Musician

Instruments:  Organ, Keyboards

Brian Auger  is an English Jazz Rock and Rock Music Keyboardist who specialises in the Hammond Organ.  He has worked with Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, John McLaughlin, Sonny Boy Williamson, and Eric Clapton.  He incorporated Jazz, early British Pop, R&B, Soul Music and Rock into the sound.  He has been nominated for a Grammy Award.  In 1965, he played on "For Your Love" by The Yardbirds as a session musician.  That same year, he formed the group The Steampacket with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs and Rod Stewart.  Due to contractual problems there were no official recordings made by the band.  With Julie Driscoll and The Trinity.  In 1970, he formed the Jazz Fusion ensemble Brian Auger's Oblivion Express.

Artist:  Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Title:  Second Wind (2026)

Genre:  R&B, Jazz Rock, Rock, Jazz, Fusion, Progressive Rock, Soul Jazz, Art Rock, Funk, Jazz Funk, AM Pop

Label:  Strut Records

Rating:   *****

Format:  LP

Tracks:

Side One:

 1.  Truth (745)

 2.  Don't Look Away (6:01)

 3.  Somebody Help Us (6:32)

Side Two:

1.  Freedom Jazz Dance (5:25) 

 2.  Just Me, Just You (6:14)

 3.  Second Wind (6:40)

Personnel:

Brain Auger:  Organ, Electric Piano, Piano

Jim Mullen:  Guitar

Barry Dean:  Bass

Robbie McIntosh:  Drums, Percussion

Alex Ligertwood:  Vocals, Tambourine

Second Wind is the third studio album by Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, originally released in 1972 by RCA, remastered and reissued on February 27, 2026 by Strut Records.