Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

Brian Auger's website: www.brianauger.com Brian Auger's MySpace: www.myspace.com/brianauger "Brian Auger is one of the best B-3 artists I have ever heard in my life. His technique is awesome and the amount of energy he generates is unparalleled and relentless.” - Herbie Hancock. "Those who remain oblivious to the obvious delights of Brian Auger's Oblivion Express do so at their own risk." - The Beastie Boys. For over forty years, Brian Auger has been a musician’s musician. Jazz pianist, bandleader, session man, Hammond B3 innovator, and key player in the rise of jazz/rock fusion, Brian has done it all and then some. An incredible gentleman with one of the most varied careers in music, he has incorporated jazz, early British pop, R&B, soul and rock into an incredible catalog that has won him legions of fans all over the world. Auger is considered to be the foremost exponent of the Hammond B3 organ and has been a professional musician since 1963. By 1964, Auger won the Melody Maker Jazz Poll before he kicked off his collaborations with Rod Stewart, Jimi Hendrix and Eric Burdon, to name but a few. He is credited with being the first jazz rock fusion artist ... more...