Auger, an Englishmen, plays the Hammond B3 organ, which came to prominence as the premiere rock and jazz organ in the '60s and '70s.

He learned piano as a boy by pumping the pedals of a player piano and watching the keys move. He started playing ragtime and classical, but discovered jazz through his older brother's record collection and Armed Forces Radio.

Bluesman Sonny Boy Williamson II would occasionally sit in with one of his bands, and Auger pulled together a recording session with guitarist Jimmy Page -- later of the Yardbirds and Led Zeppelin -- that produced Williamson's last album, "Don't Send Me No Flowers."

Long John Baldry asked Auger to put together a band, and he formed Steampacket with Rod Stewart and Julie Driscoll. The band toured with the Rolling Stones, which led to jams with members of the Stones and Denny Laine, later of the Moody Blues and Wings.

He played harpsichord on the Yardbirds' "For You Love."

Several years before Miles Davis' "Bitches Brew" came out, announcing the beginning of the jazz fusion era, Auger was merging jazz with blues and rock, topping the European charts and playing the Montreux and Berlin jazz festivals in the Brian Auger Trinity.

The band's albums include "Open," "Definitely What?" and "Streetnoise."

Oblivion Express was formed in 1970, and its best-known albums include "A Better Land," "Second Wind" and "Closer To It."

Auger toured with former Animal Eric Burdon in the Erin Burdon/Brian Auger Band in the '90s, which produced the album "Access All Areas."

Auger also has played with Jimi Hendrix, Van Morrison and Robby Kreiger.

The Oblivion Express' latest addition is a family affair with his son, Karma, on drums, and daughter, Savannah, on vocals. Bassist Dan Lutz rounds out the group.

Auger's shows mix old and new material. His latest album is "Voices of Other Times," which includes new songs and reworkings of old favorites, and his last album "Cab2," was nominated for a 2002 Grammy Award for contemporary jazz album.

Auger's Web site is at www.brianauger.com

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