Brian Auger and the Trinity was a British band led by keyboardist Brian Auger. His duet with Julie Driscoll, the Bob Dylan/Rick Danko–penned "This Wheel's on Fire", was a number 5 hit on the 1968 UK Singles Chart.
The song also reached number 13 in Canada.
Brian Auger and the Trinity and Driscoll's joint album, Open, billed as Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and the Trinity, reached number 12 in the UK Albums Chart the same year. 1969's double LP Streetnoise was also credited to the same Driscoll/Auger/Trinity group name.
The group and Driscoll opened for Led Zeppelin at the Rose Palace in Pasadena, California on 2 and 3 May 1969.
Members
Brian Auger (electric organ, piano, electric piano, lead and backing vocals) Vic Briggs (guitar) Gary Boyle (guitar, lead and backing vocals) Rick Laird (string bass) Ricky Brown (AKA Ricky Fenson) (bass) Roger Sutton (bass) Dave Ambrose (bass, backing vocals) Philip Kinorra (drums) Clem Cattini (drums) Micky Waller (drums) Clive Thacker (drums)
Discography Singles May 1965: Fool Killer / Let's Do It Tonight
Oct 1965: Green Onions '65 / Kiko
Apr 1966: Shake / I Just Got Some [ Rod Stewart featuring Brian Auger & The Trinity]
Mar 1967: Tiger / Oh Baby, Won't You Come Back Home To Croydon, Where Everybody Beedle An' Bo's
Oct 1967: Red Beans And Rice (Pt. 1) / Red Beans And Rice (Pt. 2)
Nov 1967: Save Me (Pt. 1) / Save Me (Pt. 2)
Apr 1968: This Wheel's On Fire/A Kind Of Love-In
Oct 1968: Road To Cairo /Shadows Of You
May 1969: What You Gonna Do / Bumpin' On Sunset
Sep 1969: Take Me To The Water / Indian Rope Man
May 1970: I Want to Take You Higher / Just Me Just You
1970: Listen Here / I Want To Take You Higher
Albums Year Title Chart positions Label Notes US BB US CB November 1967Open — 100 Marmalade/Polydor 1968 Don't Send Me No Flowers — — Marmalade/PolydorSonny Boy Williamson with Brian Auger & The Trinity, Jimmy Page, Joe Harriot and Alan Skidmore, recorded January 1965March 1969Definitely What! — —Marmalade/PolydorJuly 1969Streetnoise 41 95Marmalade/Polydor/Atco1969Jools & Brian 194 —Capitol/MFPCompilation of early UK singles: 5 Parlophone titles by Julie Driscoll, and 6 Columbia titles by Brian Auger & The Trinity, recorded 1965–1967 1970The Best Of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity — —PolydorCompilationBefour — —RCA Victor
References
External links Daddone, Peter. "Brian Auger In Conversation ", Jazz Review, 29 March 2012.