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<p><b>Brian Auger</b> (* <a href="18._Juli" title="18. Juli">18. Juli</a> <a href="1939" title="1939">1939</a> in <a href="London" title="London">London</a>) ist ein britischer <a href="Fusion_(Musik)" title="Fusion (Musik)">Fusion</a>- und Rockorganist. Auger ist einer der bedeutendsten Fusionorganisten der populären Musik. Sein Hauptinstrument ist die <a href="Hammond-Orgel" class="mw-redirect" title="Hammond-Orgel">Hammond-Orgel</a> B3, die er nicht wie üblich über ein <a href="Leslie-Kabinett" class="mw-redirect" title="Leslie-Kabinett">Leslie-Kabinett</a> spielt, sondern direkt verstärkt und mit Einsatz des C3-<a href="Vibrato" title="Vibrato">Vibratos</a> benutzt; daneben spielt er <a href="Fender_Rhodes" title="Fender Rhodes">Fender Rhodes</a> E-Piano (oder entsprechende Sounds), <a href="Klavier" title="Klavier">Piano</a> und <a href="Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">Synthesizer</a>.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leben_und_Wirken">Leben und Wirken</h2></div>
<p>Auger spielte schon früh Klavier; bereits als Jugendlicher trat er in den Clubs von London auf. 1962 formierte er sein Brian Auger Trio mit <a href="Rick_Laird" title="Rick Laird">Rick Laird</a> am Bass und dem Schlagzeuger Phil Kinorra als zunächst reine <a href="Jazz-Combo" title="Jazz-Combo">Jazz-Combo</a>. Auf der Yardbirds-Hitsingle <i>For your love</i> von 1965 spielte er das Cembalo, das einzige im Studio verfügbare Keyboard - ein bis dahin unvorstellbares Experiment in der Pop- und Rockszene. Auger legte im Grunde genommen den Grundstein für die Yardbirds-Karriere, denn <i>For Your Love</i> wurde der erste Hit der Yardbirds mit diesem provokativen und unwiderstehlichen Cembaloriff.<sup id="cite_ref-proton_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-proton-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 1965 gründete er zusammen mit <a href="Rod_Stewart" title="Rod Stewart">Rod Stewart</a>, <a href="Julie_Driscoll" class="mw-redirect" title="Julie Driscoll">Julie Driscoll</a> und <a href="Long_John_Baldry" title="Long John Baldry">John Baldry</a> die Gruppe <a href="The_Steampacket" title="The Steampacket">The Steampacket</a>. Nachdem Rod Stewart und John Baldry die Gruppe verlassen hatten, formierte Auger mit Julie Driscoll die Gruppe <a href="Trinity_(Band)" title="Trinity (Band)">Trinity</a>. In dieser Besetzung hatte die Band mehrere Single-Hits (<i>Road To Cairo</i>, <i>This Wheel’s on Fire</i>, <i>Season Of The Witch</i>) und brachte das viel beachtete Doppelalbum <i>Streetnoise</i> (1969) heraus.
</p><p>Nachdem Driscoll 1969 Trinity verlassen hatte, besetzte Auger die Gruppe um (mit <a href="Gary_Boyle" title="Gary Boyle">Gary Boyle</a>), doch konnte er nicht mehr an die Erfolge der späten 1960er Jahre anknüpfen und löste Trinity 1970 auf. Auch mit seiner anschließend gegründeten Band Oblivion Express hatte Auger zunächst keinen übermäßigen Erfolg. Seit dem Album <i>Closer to It</i> (1973), das es in die Charts schaffte, festigte sich der Gruppenstil zu einer <a href="Groove_(Musik)" title="Groove (Musik)">groove</a>-betonten Mischung aus rhythmischen Elementen des R&B und <a href="Funk_(Musik)" title="Funk (Musik)">Funk</a> und harmonischen und melodischen Elementen des Jazz. Brian Auger trat auch mit <a href="Klaus_Doldinger" title="Klaus Doldinger">Klaus Doldinger</a>, <a href="Alexis_Korner" title="Alexis Korner">Alexis Korner</a>, <a href="Pete_York" title="Pete York">Pete York</a>, <a href="Eric_Burdon" title="Eric Burdon">Eric Burdon</a> und anderen Größen der populären Musik auf.
</p><p>1974 zog Auger in die <a href="Vereinigte_Staaten" title="Vereinigte Staaten">USA</a>, wo er weitere Alben aufnahm, wie z. B. <i>Encore</i> mit Julie Tippetts-Driscoll. Die Washington Post schrieb: „Dieses Album ist ein unentbehrlicher Bestandteil einer jeden Jazz-Fusion-Bibliothek!“. 1981 spielte er zusammen mit <a href="Chris_Farlowe" title="Chris Farlowe">Chris Farlowe</a>, <a href="Pete_York" title="Pete York">Pete York</a> und <a href="John_C._Marshall" title="John C. Marshall">John Marshall</a> das Album <i>Olympic Rock & Blues Circus</i> ein, das im <a href="Direktschnitt" title="Direktschnitt">Direktschnitt</a>-Verfahren (direct to disk) aufgenommen wurde. 1985 beteiligte er sich an einer Neuauflage der <a href="The_Spencer_Davis_Group" title="The Spencer Davis Group">Spencer Davis Group</a>. Im gleichen Jahr erschien das Album <i>Steaming</i>, das Auger in <a href="Freiburg_im_Breisgau" title="Freiburg im Breisgau">Freiburg im Breisgau</a> mit <a href="Colin_Hodgkinson" title="Colin Hodgkinson">Colin Hodgkinson</a> und Pete York aufgenommen hatte. 1987 trat er beim <a href="Montreux_Jazz_Festival" title="Montreux Jazz Festival">Montreux-Festival</a> zusammen mit <a href="Phil_Carmen" title="Phil Carmen">Phil Carmen</a> auf. 1989 war er als musikalischer Leiter, Arrangeur und Komponist für die dritte Staffel der Fernsehserie <i><a href="Super_Drumming" title="Super Drumming">Super Drumming</a></i> tätig. Ab 1990 ging Auger mit <a href="Eric_Burdon" title="Eric Burdon">Eric Burdon</a> auf Tour.
</p><p>Bis ins vorgerückte Alter gibt er, inzwischen mit Sohn Karma am Schlagzeug und Tochter Savannah Grace als Sängerin in seiner Band Oblivion Express (zunächst zur Unterscheidung von der alten Band auch „New Oblivion“ genannt), Konzerte und veröffentlicht CDs. Die neu gegründete Band hat inzwischen mehrere Alben herausgebracht und ist mehrfach in den USA und Europa getourt. In den letzten Jahren ist auch Sänger und Gitarrist <a href="Alex_Ligertwood" title="Alex Ligertwood">Alex Ligertwood</a> dabei, der bereits in den Siebzigerjahren bei Oblivion Express gespielt hat.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Preise_und_Auszeichnungen">Preise und Auszeichnungen</h2></div>
<p>Im November 2007 wurde Brian Auger vom Direktor des <i>Temecula International Jazz Festivals</i> eine Auszeichnung für sein Lebenswerk (Lifetime Achievement Award) verliehen.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskografie">Diskografie</h2></div>
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<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel<br><span style="font-size:smaller;font-style:italic;">Album</span>
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="4"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, <i>Album</i>, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Deutsche_Singlecharts" title="DE"></a></span> <a href="Deutsche_Singlecharts" title="Deutsche Singlecharts">DE</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="UK"></a></span> <a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="US"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="R&B"></a></span> <a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1967
</td>
<td>Open
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Deutsche_Singlecharts" title="Deutsche Singlecharts">DE</a></span>21<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(6 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">DE</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></span>12<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">UK</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Julie Discoll & The Brian Auger Trinity<br>Charteinstieg in DE erst 1969</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1969
</td>
<td>Jools & Brian
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>194<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1970
</td>
<td>Befour
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>184<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>46<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1972
</td>
<td>Second Wind
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>170<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(7 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1973
</td>
<td>Closer To It
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>64<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(31 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>59<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1974
</td>
<td>Doldinger Jubilee Concert
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Deutsche_Singlecharts" title="Deutsche Singlecharts">DE</a></span>36<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">DE</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
mit Passport, Johnny Griffin, Alexis Korner, Volker Kriegel & Pete York</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Straight Ahead
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>45<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(20 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1975
</td>
<td>Live Oblivion, Vol. 1
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>51<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(13 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Reinforcements
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>115<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(8 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Hot_R%26B/Hip-Hop_Songs" title="Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs">R&B</a></span>51<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">R&B</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1976
</td>
<td>Live Oblivion, Vol. 2
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>169<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(4 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td rowspan="2" class="charts-yy">1977
</td>
<td>Happiness Heartaches
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>127<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(5 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td>Best Of Brian Auger
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>151<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(3 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<p><b>Weitere Alben</b>
</p>
<ul><li>1967: <i>Chronicle</i></li>
<li>1968: <i>Definitely What</i></li>
<li>1969: <i>Streetnoise</i> (Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity)</li>
<li>1970: <i>Best of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity</i></li>
<li>1971: <i>Highlights of Brian Auger</i></li>
<li>1972: <i>Julie Driscoll</i></li>
<li>1972: <i>Steampacket or The First Supergroup</i></li>
<li>1972: <i>Sonny Boy Williamson, Jimmy Page & Brian Auger</i></li>
<li>1972: <i>Julie Driscoll’s First Recordings & Sonny Boy Williamson’s Last</i></li>
<li>1977: <i>Encore</i> (Brian Auger & Julie Tippetts)</li>
<li>1981: <i>Olympic Rock & Blues Circus</i></li>
<li>1985: <i>Steaming</i> (Pete York, Brian Auger & Colin Hodgkinson)</li>
<li>1993: <i>Access All Areas</i> (Eric Burdon Brian Auger Band)</li>
<li><i>Auger Rhythms – Brian Augers Musical History</i></li>
<li>2005: <i>This Wheel’s on Fire – The Best of Brian Auger</i></li>
<li>2006: <i>Captured Live</i> (Rudy Rotta & Brian Auger)</li>
<li>2011: <i>Mod Party</i></li>
<li>2012: <i>Language of the Heart</i></li>
<li>2015: <i>The Brian Auger Anthology</i></li>
<li>2016: <i>The Brian Auger Anthology Vol.2</i></li></ul>
<p><b>Mit Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</b>
</p>
<ul><li>1970: <i>Oblivion Express</i></li>
<li>1971: <i>A Better Land</i></li>
<li>1978: <i>Search Party</i></li>
<li>1987: <i>Here & Now</i></li>
<li>1987: <i>Keys To The Heart</i></li>
<li>1999: <i>Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</i></li>
<li>2000: <i>Voices Of Other Times</i></li>
<li>2005: <i>Looking in the Eye of the World</i></li>
<li>2005: <i>Live at the Baked Potato</i></li>
<li>2013: <i>Live Los Angeles 2013</i> (feat. Alex Ligertwood)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Mit_Brian_Auger_&_The_Trinity"><span id="Mit_Brian_Auger_.26_The_Trinity"></span>Mit Brian Auger & The Trinity</h4></div>
<ul><li>2024: <i>Live at Rockpalast</i> (CD/DVD)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Singles">Singles</h3></div>
<table class="wikitable charts-table charts-zebragrey" style="text-align:center;">
<tbody><tr>
<th style="width:25px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Jahr
</th>
<th style="width:250px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Titel<br><span style="font-size:smaller;font-style:italic;">Album</span>
</th>
<th class="charts-th" colspan="2"><span style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="charts-hidm charts-certc"><span class="charts-certt">Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, Auszeichnung<i></i></span>Chartplatzierungen</span><span class="charts-monl">Chartplatzierungen</span><sup id="cite_ref-charts_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charts-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span><span class="charts-monl charts-mh"><br>(Jahr, Titel, <i>Album</i>, Platzierungen, Wochen, Auszeichnungen, Anmerkungen)</span>
</th>
<th style="width:320px;" class="charts-th charts-trh" rowspan="2">Anmerkungen
</th></tr>
<tr class="charts-trh">
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="UK"></a></span> <a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a>
</th>
<th style="width:52px;" class="charts-th"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="US"></a></span> <a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a>
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1968
</td>
<td>This Wheel’s On Fire<br><span class="charts-add"></span>
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></span>5<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(16 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">UK</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
Julie Driscoll & The Brian Auger Trinity</div>
</td></tr>
<tr>
<td class="charts-yy">1970
</td>
<td>Listen Here<br><span class="charts-add"></span>
</td>
<td class="charts-hidm">—
</td>
<td><span class="charts-mc"><a href="Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">US</a></span>100<br class="charts-hidm"><span class="charts-monl"> </span><span style="font-size:smaller;">(2 Wo.)</span><span class="charts-mcb">US</span>
</td>
<td class="charts-cm"><div>
The Brian Auger Trinity</div>
</td></tr>
</tbody></table>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Videoalben">Videoalben</h3></div>
<ul><li><i>Insights of the Keyboard Master</i> (DVD)</li></ul>
<p><b>Mit Brian Auger’s Oblivion Express</b>
</p>
<ul><li>2005: <i>Live at the Baked Potato</i></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li><a href="Barry_Graves" title="Barry Graves">Barry Graves</a>, <a href="Siegfried_Schmidt-Joos" title="Siegfried Schmidt-Joos">Siegfried Schmidt-Joos</a>, Bernward Halbscheffel: <i>Das neue Rocklexikon</i>. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-16352-7, S. 71f.</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quellen">Quellen</h2></div>
<ol class="references">
<li id="cite_note-proton-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-proton_1-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="cite"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.proton-berlin.de/kuenstler/auger_bio.php"><i>Brian Auger: Biography.</i></a> ProTon,<span class="Abrufdatum"> abgerufen am 20. Februar 2022</span>.</span><span style="display: none;" class="Z3988" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fde.wikipedia.org%3ABrian+Auger&rft.title=Brian+Auger%3A+Biography&rft.description=Brian+Auger%3A+Biography&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.proton-berlin.de%2Fkuenstler%2Fauger_bio.php&rft.publisher=ProTon"> </span></span>
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<li id="cite_note-charts-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_2-0">a</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charts_2-1">b</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text">Chartquellen: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Brian+Auger&do_search=do">DE</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/2582/julie-driscoll-and-the-brian-auger-trinity/">UK</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.billboard.com/artist/brian-auger/chart-history/">US</a></span>
</li>
</ol>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Brian_Auger?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Brian Auger</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.brianauger.com">Brian Augers Oblivion Express (engl.)</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.soul-patrol.com/jazz/augar.htm">Soul Patrol Jazz (engl.)</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000625014"><span>Brian Auger</span></a> bei <a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a> (englisch)</li></ul>
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