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BRIAN AUGER’S OBLIVION EXPRESS
CrawDaddy
Old Harcourt St Train Station, Dublin 2
THURSDAY JULY 15. 8pm
Tickets €25.00 standing / €28.50 seated (including booking fee)
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The Godfather of Acid Jazz, Grammy Award nominee, BRIAN AUGER arrives at Dublin’s CrawDaddy for an intimate show with his OBLIVION EXPRESS band, on Thursday, July 15th. Auger is one of the founding fathers of the jazz-rock-funk hybrid and is best known for his legendary band Brian Auger’s Trinity in the late 60’s, who scored major success across Europe and the U.S. including the UK No 1 single This Wheel’s On Fire.
Augur has collaborated with a roll call of artists including The Yardbirds, Rod Stewart and Jimmy Page. The live show is a wild and passionate fusion of sounds, covering classic cuts and brand new material.
“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
Don’t miss BRIAN AUGER’S OBLIVION EXPRESS, CrawDaddy, Thursday July 15th!
“Those who remain oblivious to the obvious delights of Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express do so at their own risk.”
-The Beastie Boys
“ “When I first heard Brian’s album ‘Definitely What’ I could not believe how ahead of its time it was. A visionary in his own time with music that still comes over fresh today-and he’s still doing it just as great-keep up the good work mate!”
-Simon Bartholomew (The Brand New Heavies)
Once upon a time long ago in a land far away an entertainer came along and saw the potential of blending jazz, rock and funky R’n’B into an entirely new musical hybrid. It was England in the early sixties and the musician was Brian Auger. His favorite instrument has always been the classic Hammond B-3 organ with its warm, rich, bouncy, whirling distinctive sound.
Now three-and-a-half decades later, Auger has put together a new Oblivion Express band has recorded an album, Voices of Other Times on Mirimar Recordings, that once again combines all of those same classic ingredients that stunned audiences years ago.
Although Auger has had solo albums as well as recordings with his first group, the legendary Brian Auger's Trinity, he has also been involved in many historic collaborations with artists such as The Yardbirds, Rod Stewart, Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Page, Julie Driscoll and Eric Burdon. Since 1970 Brian is best known for his group, Brain Auger’s Oblivion Express, which has toured the world numerous times and recorded many albums.
The latest edition of the Express is a youthful, hard-hitting, family oriented incarnation that features Brian on keyboards, his son Karma D. Auger on drums and percussion (he also serves as producer/engineer and has his own solo album, Blue Groove) The album also features Brian’s daughter, Savannah Auger, on vocals and Dan Lutz on bass.
“With this new band, I wanted to revisit some of the older material to see what it would sound like with different musicians playing in the modern era” explains Brian “and I wanted to place those tunes alongside new compositions that would show the kind of music we’ve been introducing to concert audiences lately.”
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Brian Auger Timeline
1963
Brian becomes a professional musician in London, England.
1964
Brian wins first place in the Melody Maker, Jazz Piano Poll, and first place in the Melody Maker, New Star category
1965-1966
Brian Forms Steampacket with Long John Baldry, Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll
1967
Brian forms the Brian Auger Trinity with Julie Driscoll and records his first album Open
1968
This Wheel's on Fire is number one on the English charts with Open in the top five on all European charts and Save Me is number one on the French charts Brian records his solo album Definitely What The Brian Auger Trinity along with Julie Driscoll becomes the first Jazz Fusion group to top the bill at the Montreaux Jazz Festival and Berlin Jazz Festival
1969
The album Streetnoise is considered by the American public to be the first Jazz Fusion album Brian tours the Unites States
1970
Brian forms the Oblivion Express and extensively tours Europe, making appearances at numerous jazz and rock events
1971
Brian becomes the first musician to take first place in the Jazz and Rock & Roll categories of the prestegious Rock & Folk Magazine in West Germany
1973
Brian tours the US with the Oblivion Express and his album Closer To It breaks on the Billboard Rock, Jazz and R&B charts simultaneously. The term Jazz Fusion surfaces in the press
1974
Enormous success in the US and the album Straight Ahead joins Closer To It on the Billboard charts
1975
Brian moves his family and band to the United Stares
1976-1977
Brian wins first place in the Jazz Organ Poll in Contemporary Keyboard Magazine with his idol and mentor Jimmy Smith, in second place
1978
Reunion album with Julie Driscoll. Encore, is described by the Washington Post as an Indispensable Addition to Every jazz Fusion Library.
1980-1981
Brian is nominated for the Bay Area Music Award in BAM Magazine and attends college in San Francisco
1982
The album Planet Earth is Calling is nominated for a Grammy Award as Best Instrumental Rock Album
1993
The Eric Burdon / Brisn Auger Band Tours extensively, worldwide, Brian produces the Eric Burdon / Brian Auger Band's double CD Access All Areas CD and Oblivion Express albums
1994
Worldwide re-release of ten Oblivion Express albums on CD Extensive European tours scheduled for January, May and June to promote the Access All Areas CD and Oblivion Express albums
1995
Brian launches the New Oblivion Express. Upon appearances in London, throughout Europe and the United States, Brian is hailed by the new Acid Jazz community as the Godfather of Acid Jazz
1996
Two European tours played to rave audiences Flying records (Europe) and Eugene Music (Japan) release fourteen albums of Oblivion Express back-catalogue Polygram US release a two CD box-set worldwide
1997
European tour set for April/May Two of Brian's tunes are licensed for a new Robert Redford Film Casanova Falling
1998
Five country European tour set for March/April and dates set for Summer/Fall US fall dates include Monterey Jazz Festival and San Diego Street Scene
1999
January in studio recording New Oblivion Express Album Los Angeles dates in January / February European tour in March / April for Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, UK, etc
2000
New album Voices Of Other Times released.
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