Brian Auger - Compared to what (Live at Baked Potato)

The Brian Auger's Oblivion express live at "Baked Potato", Hollywood 2004.
The Band is:
Brian Auger - Hammond Organ, Keyboards and Electric piano
Savannah Grace Auger - Vocals
Derek Frank - Bass
Karma D. Auger - Drums

[@paullevine1813]

For as long as he's around he never gets the credit he really should , the mans a legend ..

[@davidraymer397]

84 years old and still playing live! Bless his heart. Thanks mate!

[@markkrall]

One Bad Dude!

[@brucebrown73]

Went to see him play in St. Louis. I couldn’t believe he started before Pavlov’s Dog. He was the showcase.

[@markanthony2873]

My older brothers had me listening to this in the 70's, when I was like 10?... It was ahead of it's time....

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Brian is a somewhat overlooked keyboard genius... this is a fantastic rendition of the McCann classic. Great to see his son & daughter also ‘keepin’ it real’, wonderful stuff!

[@patricktruchon9153]

The only way his children could keep it real would be to step off stage. Nepotism at it's worst. Get a couple of pros, Brian! You deserve them. As for his daughter "really moves", Really?

[@MrBassmanjoel]

@@patricktruchon9153 Jealous?

[@patrickhoulihan7210]

@@patricktruchon9153 I my opinion both his children are a fantastic augmentation.I was privileged to see them live in Australia & would have loved to have seen a second performance.

[@Calreva1]

@@patricktruchon9153 You missed the whole point man.

[@TheMiddletownInsider]

@@Calreva1 Indeed he does.

[@charleshughes2723]

Saw him a few years ago on a small boat at the Blues Fest in Portland, Oregon. Got to watch him from 5 feet away. Nice guy. Got his Autograph

[@simonfuller7331]

An incredible keyboard player and humble guy. What a pleasure to watch.

[@TheMiddletownInsider]

I can only wish to have that kind of talent and to enjoy it as much as Auger obviously does . . . (not to mention the relationship with his children) . . . He is blessed.

[@georgecandreva9215]

Brian Auger never fails to make me smile. Great here as always! Chops to burn, baby! Go Brian...

[@aircavmedic]

Me either, followed his whole career, way back. Probably 1 of best B-3 players left on this planet. Saw him once. Wish I had seen again. Keep going back to the “Closer to it” alp/cd, love the live & studio versions. Cool his adult children play/sing with him

[@davechae5890]

​@@aircavmedictakes u back to the 70s ❤ Brian 👍 always rocked ehh?

[@brucebrown73]

@@davechae5890 Loved his Encore album with Julie Tippets

[@drcoolfinger]

I saw Brian at this venue (Baked Potato) the past Saturday night, what a great place to see him, up close and personal. This man and his band are amazing. I've been a fan for 40 yrs and he did NOT disappoint at all. He plays here often and I will be back to see him

[@thomwest1724]

Wew

[@robertgradl3308]

Love this performance of Compared to What! Brian's daughter really sings great! Please listen to the entire track to hear her go into the higher gear at the end, she's awesome!!! Brian and his son on drums, sound amazing! I hope to hear them on their spring 2020 tour. Man, Brian Auger is now 80 years old. He's amazing!!!

[@davidraymer397]

She is so pretty, and I love her softer jazz interpretation. Reminds me of Annette Peacock a bit.

[@rickmarkert5390]

Love this performance! Been digging Brian Auger’s version of this tune since the Oblivion Express Closer to It album 46 (!) years ago. This one is just joyous.

[@Modes9]

His daughter can really sing, the groove is tight, and Brian plays his ass off as usual. What more do you want?!

[@markalpa]

Brian's playing is so soulful and grooving. Those dazzling right hand lines get all the attention but check out his left hand: it is just a rock solid groove machine. There is nothing haphazard about it. It lays the foundation for those amazing solos. Thank You Brian!

[@donaldabdulroberts484]

He almost makes the original sound like a rehearsal. Dude got juice with spice. Handles the field Jazz quite freshly

[@rickcannata4623]

Killer keyboard player. Don't understand why he is not more popular than he is. I am a big fan since the early 70's. Had the opportunity to meet him and chat!

[@AFaceintheCrowd01]

I attended this date in North Hollywood. Brian’s son is a fine drummer who picked up a lot from AWB’s late Robbie McIntosh.

[@Doones51]

It's so exciting to watch a great musician play the heck out of his instrument, holding nothing back and giving it his all.

[@giannibiancocircus]

One and only Brian

[@musicradio1]

All records from Brian Auger are great .. (also when he was with Julie Driscoll)

[@clarenceconwell6183]

Brian is groovin! Reminds me of Joey D

[@michaelcraig9449]

I saw Brain at Baked Potato in 2000 in the band Cab. It was very intense and awesome!

[@deetee2063]

Thank God this got taped!

[@giorgioardrizzi3205]

Brian mi ha entusiasmato quando avevo 12 anni e muovevo i primi passi sull'Hammond e continua a farlo anche adesso che di anni ne ho 69. Una straordinaria forza della natura, insieme a Jimmy Smith hanno rivoluzionato il modo di suonare l'Hammond. Tecnica straordinaria, fraseggio ricchissimo, un sound e un tiro tutto suo. Lunga vita a Brian!

[@MrSOLOPIANIST]

Jaw-droppingly excellent. Listening in England right now. The track was posted to me by a friend in Nashville. AWESOME playing

[@0004pedro]

Gosh! This guy is a wizard on piano.

[@RandalPounder]

Wow

[@hermosabigb]

This is what club trio jazz is about, Auger and his kids kill it, and I even dig the camera work. Bravo!

[@gregmcintyre9936]

Brian is a bad man!!

[@JaceHarnage]

Fire 🔥! Playing his ass off! Taking us to church!!! Love the vocals!

[@zeljkopetergrilec]

Brian Auger is best rock-funk -jazz Organsit spec.for hammond also band is very good.....

[@guymerritt4860]

Brian's got it all - incredibly lyrical solo ability, beautiful harmonic structures, great rhythm - one of the best Hammond jazz guys I've heard in almost 64 (make that 70, now) years on the planet. Awesome! Les McCann would approve.........so would Jimmy Smith.

[@Bluedreams]

+Guy Merritt He belongs to a generation of huge talented players who made the history of rock, beat, progressive music... That magic humus produced awesome suond alchemies because they found out the way to write modern music... Geniuses, of course.

[@agamaz5650]

+Guy Merritt joey de francesco!!!!

[@davidmarks6042]

Nicely done... I agree completely!

[@JazzKeyboardist1]

why do organ players hold one key down like they are sexy and touch something else like it is magic? they all do it.. does brian do it here?

[@oromoiluig]

He does not do it. He does not use a Leslie.

[@michaelbuchholz2164]

Auger is always in beast modus when playing 😊

[@georgeEVERETT-zu3ii]

THATS WHAT IM TALKIN ABOUT I BEEN THERE THIS BRINGS IT ALL BACK THANKS MAN

[@LesCish]

Thank goodness for the internet. I heard this several times performed by a bar band, much like this, in the early 80s. No idea of its origins or recorded covers. Another great cover. (No one beats the original by Harriss and McCann, though.)

[@stevegruenwald3822]

I’ve been listening to Brian Auger since the sixties and he sounds better than ever.

[@youngspianos1]

Gob smacked!....fantastic playing Mr. Auger.

[@svenerikgolden7069]

I can't imagine how cool it must be to have a family like that. As a fellow keys player big respect and admiration for what Auger's well.

[@bloomz1]

Cosmic song, listened to the Les/Eddie version probably a hundred times back in the 70's - and VERY pertinent today as well - I love his daughter and his song is rolling with it on the drums - and of course Brian is a Master

[@jamesjohnston8099]

How about 1000 times? LOL

[@KyleWhitlock-Music]

Only 1K likes? Unbelievable.. BA is one of the best organists on the planet Ever!

[@conithomson4409]

I have the whole concert on DVD. Loved Oblivion Express the first time I heard them in my teens and bought the Closer to It album. I thought Brian was phenomenal on keyboards and later bought the album Second Wind. I was blown away by Karma’s incredible drumming. I had always thought Keith Moon was the ultimate drummer. I have to say as a drummer myself, I have never heard anyone that’s even in the same building with Karma except Neil Peart. Lastly, Savannah Grace can really belt out a song. She sang Light my Fire on the DVD and she nailed with the entire band and I have watched it many times. The bassist I think is Derek Frank and he is great too. So glad I bought the DVD with CD. Savannah obviously stays very healthy. Most were enjoying beer n drinks, but she only drinks bottled water. It shows. Beautiful lady and ultra talented family!!!!

[@cultfan5227]

One of my favorite tunes - good job !

[@JoanieCollinsVillaverde]

Love it - love that left hand - so fricken solid! So hard. Right hand going nuts in a perfectly logical way, and ALL with so much Passion! OMG, yes.

[@mainsblanches8793]

Cookin' at The Baked Potato!!...

[@rayjr62]

Brian is a beast. A Monster. A Beastly beast.

[@axs203]

Brian is amazing! (and the rest of the band!)

[@michaelburke5907]

Saw him live in Chicago in 1970, the opening act for Harris and McCann, at a blues/jazz club on the South Side. Smoked some reefer with the guys in the parking lot. I was a green 19 year old from a small town. The worm turned, you might say, that night.

[@markkrall]

Wouldnt you have loved to have been there? Wow!

[@RandyResnick]

Great version!

[@MR-tf7nj]

This girl can move, awsome !!!!!!!!

[@cuneyterkanol]

Amazing...OMG...!!! Brian Auger...you are a Genuis...!!

[@BEARGUITARJAZZ]

Digging Karma's drumming, so cool !!

[@BjornMoren]

Auger family really sounds great on this one. Wish I could have been there.

[@fernandoc2850]

Brian Auger! The best!!!!! Very, very, very good!

[@jameshirsch4535]

Loved the show I saw with him and Eric Burdon in S.F. long ago. Hell the tickets were $17.00 bucks. Seeing him at Winterland in the 60's with Delanie and Bonnie badass.

[@shasha-muse6054]

these young people have old souls or they've been here in another life. They totally embody the spirit and sound of the seventies.I like the way savanah weaves in and out of the music. she's not all over it the way some singers would try and take over the spotlight. you hear her and you think of Lydia Pense from cold blood, the same style...awsome. give her a chance,she can only get better. karma, well what can I say, i am an admirer of his work with Coryell- Auger-Sample trio,(another great group). the bass player is phenomenal. I play also and can only aspire to be as fluid and funky as he is. and wonderfull brian, brilliant as always or brill as he says. It's all in the genes and he passed down some good ones. father and son look like then and now, so much alike. I didn't think I would find another keyboard player to peak my interest since Joe samples passing but Brian now has my full attention. this is great music. a far cry from what's on the radio today. bless you Brian and bless you for posting this.

[@derekgregg9009]

This is great. I do believe it could use a guitar or another instrument for texture but what do I know. Fantastic playing. John legend and the roots rearrange this song to a potent result. Check it out.

[@Dolores5000]

Saw this tour! Around 20 years ago!

[@mopedmaniac]

Brian knows EVERY trick in the book!!!

[@darrowjamsetc9406]

I dont know if they are tricks . He is the real deal. And he comes to play. And when he does, he can really Manhandle the Hell out of it . I mean this in the best possible way .He won't be stickin a card between the keys when he plays .,No slight of hand and absolutely nothin up his sleeve .

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

Brian is SOME player and then some! wonderful he has his daughter and Son in the band, VERY talented family

[@Doodlinlounge]

Brian's family band is incredible...Brian is real; he's authentic; he gives nothing less than 110% on that band stand... like Charles Earland and Chester Thompson, his playing is visceral and straight from the heart

[@leapest]

THE MASTER!

[@stephanomarr6829]

Les &Eddie Harris owns this tune,but this group is a bad ass outta sight Soul genius of keyboard I'm overjoyed to hear them perform a classic......great musical geniuses

[@tedwolf1716]

hadn't heard of him until about a year ago and someone was saying Brian Auger and The Trinity was what was on the turntable back in the swinging 60's. Gave him a listen and I can see why. Wow!

[@pierfrancobosio323]

Simply phantastic!

[@johnsons1812]

"Red Beans and Rice" made me a Brian Auger Fan for life. This is an extraordinary version of Les McCann"s Classic. Brian is magnificent as always.

[@davidstewart9982]

Unbelievable!

[@davidleversha4898]

Groovy! - exact definition.

[@sarahcrees]

This is sooo good. I love it and that groove.

[@CitrusCountyBeatnik]

Brian Auger is an innovator, and on the VERY short list of jazz artists to hit it on pop charts

[@Bluedreams]

Michael Walls I agree, and for that same reason he's a Classic too.

[@Toni.67]

Music San Francisco years 70' Great......!! Fantastic keybopiano......

[@nowhereman108]

Fantastic!

[@georgevalente4223]

I've seen Brian 2x at Nighttown in Cleveland, Ohio... Brian gave Cleveland credit for his US success because we played his music on the FM stations!

[@dickirish1]

One of favourite Brian Auger tracks back in the 60's was Mose Allison's 'Fool Killer' (1966) released as a single.

[@drcoolfinger]

You should check out Brian's CD "Mod Party" that song along with several Motown covers are featured and his daughter Savannah kills on the vocals

[@TheIrishlad12]

Jimmy Smith, Brian Auger, Lee Michaels, Joey and Papa John DiFrancesco, Keith Emerson, Earl Grant, Booker T.,Lonnie Jordan ...some of my favorite Hammond players

[@timford3599]

Great line up Kevin! I'd throw Brazil's Walter Wanderly in there for good measure as well.

[@torbenhellborn3175]

F A N T A S T I C ! ! Thanks a lot.

[@darrylslaughter649]

classic,smooth sound grooving no doubt

[@aleyadimples]

Brilliant!!!!!

[@TheBizniche]

Great Job!!! Video was terrific capturing the faces of all on stage. Thank you!!!

[@ValerioGiulianelli]

Fantastico Brian - suonare con due figli è una grande soddisfazione

[@izzygitletz5699]

Great Band & vocals

[@vivekwally7376]

MASTERPIECE .....and that girl can dance! ❤️

[@richardplaskett154]

I. Remember Brian Auger an the Trinity. I have a old LP

[@bloodscourge]

I'm late to this party. came up in auto play and the groove is so funky it gave me that stank face.

[@SteveChippyPaine]

Amazing. Stunning. Thanks Brian.

[@mab31347]

Brian Auger- so under-rated. I have never seen him live, but these videos will do the trick.

[@galbaribeirodefaria6104]

It's great! Thanks a lot!! From BRAZIL!!!

[@gdj6298]

Seen him 3 times over the years - always gives the audience full value - just busts his ass every time !

[@reneematte8426]

Merci "Bluedreams" pour cet ajout magnifique de A à Z...🌺 . Sans doute aucun - No doubt at all voilà une des plus belles versions vocales et musicales pour les oreilles de mon âme 🌺💖♪ ♫ 🎸🎷 🎻🎹🎺🌺🎧🎼🎩🎩🎩

[@mcoull]

Way too much talent for one family! Not fair.....but just so amazing to watch! Thanks for sharing!

[@Mehefinheulog1]

wonderful

[@gordonorante509]

So good!

[@zeljkopetergrilec]

Brian-Super play,Daughter very good also drums very,very god bass also vey-good band-BRAVO

[@CrusaderX]

50 years of greatness right there !

[@paulblakey4589]

Terrific version, rock on family!

[@Ewerb7]

I loved the Oblivion Express during it's heyday. Glad to see Brian really cooking in a trio setting. (His daughter here doesn't contribute much.) He's really a great organ player who deserves more attention. Jazz fusion listeners especially love this!

[@darrowjamsetc9406]

I suspect getting up on stage and singing after the great Alex Ligertwood had been singing with his elastic vocal range ,would be pretty intimidating . Don't you think ?

[@stevenzak199]

She sings perfectly well, but her sensual writhing while the master plays is contribution enough. I could watch with the sound off.

[@bloomz1]

@@stevenzak199 I'm with ya! I think she contributes a lot of beautiful scenery!

[@royburrows2470]

First saw Brian playing at the club octave on piano at the Hanborough Tavern Southall 1962

[@weeooh1]

Brian is also a great story teller. He'll tell you in detail about the British music scene in the 60's which he was a big part of. Which of course is one the most fascinating periods in British music history when many of the major artists made their name.

[@titicolet11]

thanks Brian!! grandiose!!

[@gotopcat]

Master class.

[@benetrutenberg7057]

His son on drums and daughter on vocals

[@toddlazich4915]

whoa, thought she wuzz his wife 4 a moment

[@scherija]

what vocals? I don't hear anything from this Teeny's mouth, but one groove at the end.. she thinks people like to watch her dancing, maybe?!!

[@conithomson4409]

Savannah is around 30 when that concert went down. She’s an awesome singer and a beautiful lady. Her brother Karma on drums is a little older than her and I don’t know very many drummers with the kind of talent he has except Neil Peart. Moon and Bonham had always been my favorites in grade school, but both passed away in the very late 70s.

[@yanki198]

@@conithomson4409 great talent of Karma

[@ty9884]

@@scherija Yeah, me.

[@ValerioGiulianelli]

La Famiglia Brian Auger al completo: Fantastico

[@bassguyification]

great group,wonderful bass player