Groove Therapy :: 12:00pm 8th Apr 2022
Shan & OB welcome legendary British songwriter and Hammond organ maestro, Brian Auger, onto the show! With a career that started during the summer of love (not the British rave version, but the British hippie version) all the way to today, Brian Auger has just about seen and done it all:
Session work for the Yardbirds on one of the most instantly recognizable songs of all time, “For Your Love”, check. Forming a band with a young Rod Stewart soon after, check. Instantly recognizable for that swinging 60’s Hammond organ sound whilst playing, touring and recording with Julie Driscol and the Trinity in the late 60’s into the early 1970’s, check. Being offered recording work with Jimi Hendrix at Electric Ladyland Studios (only to turn Mr Hendrix down), check. Pretty much writing the book on what would become jazz fusion, double check. Touring with Eric Burdon and recording with cats like Ray Parker Jr, Pete Escovedo, Siedah Garrett and Spencer Davis, you know it.
Yes, Brian Auger has seen and done it all when it comes to music and Shan & OB got him on the show this week. You know they recorded a couple of very fresh sets to compliment such a musician of his stature, so expect great tunes around a very candid interview with one of the truly legendary recording artists of the past 50 years.
Brian has just released a new album which pulls together a collection of tunes previously unreleased from his own personal archive – an absolute must-have album that covers all eras from his long career with some very surprising inclusions – including quite an awesome Italio disco synth-pop dancefloor sureshot which I had personally never heard before. Check out the album through all the usual quality music outlets in the physical and online.
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Shan’s classic of the week…
Version excursion…
Originally written by Donovan, this classic from Brian Auger recorded in 1967 fast became the definitive version. It’s a sure shot, and this video footage of the Trinity featuring Julie Driscoll on vocals is quite amazing.
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PLAYLIST
Brian Auger & The Trinity Isola Natale
Mos Def If You Can Huh! You Can Hear
The Wiseguys Funk It Up
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Inner City Blues
Jadell Keep On
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Bumpin' on Sunset
Brian Auger Straight Ahead
Brian Auger Voices Of Other Times
Grandmaster Caz I Do Work
Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & the Trinity Break It Up
The Yardbirds For Your Love
Julie Driscol & Brain Auger Season Of The Witch
Brian Auger & The Trinity Finally Found You Out
Brian Auger Night Train To Nowhere
Brian Auger's Oblivion Express Splatch
Curtis Mayfield Movin On Up (South City Allstars Version)
Flevans Begin Again
Rufus Thomas The Breakdown (Jam Master’s B-Boy Soul Edit)
Quincy Jones The Dude (SLY Edit)
Stephanie Mills Whatcha Gonna Do (SanFranDisko Edit)
Guy Do Me Right (feat. Heavy D)
Kwame U Gotz 2 Get Down
Trick Daddy Take It To Da House
Elia y Elizabeth Alegria (Yuksek Remix)
