Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & Trinity - Wheels On Fire (1968)

"Top Of The Pops" Show (1968)

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

This song is just as HIP today as it was back in 1968! Julie Driscoll was an exquisite, soulful singer who deserved FAR more recognition than she got, especially in the U.S. Yes, Julie ranked right up there with Dusty…the best of the best!

[@firsteerr]

true. there are some fantastic performances on the beat club channel to back this up

[@carolebraidner3212]

Wonderful so glad I was a child of the sixties Thanks

[@KingMob.]

It's absolutely fabulous...😉

[@lynnbroughton9553]

Cute 🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@adbernhardt1700]

Hahahaha. I know. A big kiss for Patsy and Edina.

[@melissatyree566]

I liked the theme song so well, I looked it up and found this video. Awesome

[@malk67]

I see what you did there.

[@bjorngillefalk8965]

yeah, not at all predictable.

[@philipross2013]

Ah , 1968 . Riding around in a Morgan , 21 years old . Dutch Au pair in the passenger seat. Never got any better. Now 74 and driving a Toyota Vios.

[@ridersusan11]

Sounds like my dream. Bit to young though, I'm 68. I'd swap with the au pair though 😊

[@68blues]

Lol, you wish! Stupid comment! Only a loser would post guff like that.

[@ulvarzaiss4894]

beatles popworms 😅

[@ulvarzaiss4894]

wonderful

[@kevinlimcool]

You're my hero

[@paulboyle6857]

Brilliant then & brilliant now! That haunting voice & don,t forget the wonderful Brian Auger still going strong into his eighties! We would go to the Marquee club in the early 60,s to see him when playing modern jazz.Julie Driscoll was grossly underrated.

[@fortuner123]

My dream girl from the '60s. I was 19 years old then. In 2024, she still looks wonderful.

[@campyoldie]

I saw her at The Plaza in Handsworth , Birmingham; she did a brilliant verion of Don Covay's "See Saw". Fabulous looking lady with great voice and 'Mod Crop' - only English people of a certain age will understand that !

[@dagnabbit6187]

She is very sexy !

[@dagnabbit6187]

She is very sexy !

[@callyann5227]

I was born 1954 and Julie Driscoll was my idol in the 60s, loved her look!

[@kurotanuki1021]

I`m a 65 y old Japanese. This song takes me back to that chaotic `60s.

[@emilgolembiovsky8989]

OK ,super Musik , I`m slovak from Czechoslovakia

[@urdad3199]

Konnichi wa :)

[@HeartoftheDragonColo]

Brian Auger: perhaps the most underrated keyboard player of his time.

[@maxwellfan55]

This performance hits you right between the eyes, leaves you stunned. For about 50 years and counting.

[@grantalbrecht4402]

at least 50

[@brianmorley7165]

She had the lot Gorgeous,great mover unique voice Julie and Grace Slick different league to any of today’s current crop

[@johnrandall125]

@@brianmorley7165 And to think, Brian Auger came so close to recruiting Jimi Hendrix to the band! What a combo that would have been!

[@desallen2174]

60 years and trying not to count. She was just something else. Thank whatever is out there that I heard this in '68.

[@TonyAuty]

Leaves me stoned

[@georgebennett3197]

I was 18 when this came out. Watching Julie Driscoll with Brian Auger on Top of The Pops. Yet another fantastic Bob Dylan song. Great days!

[@paulinek9764]

Thanks. I was wondering who wrote it. Yes it sounds like a non-sensical song of his.

[@nygelmiller5293]

To George Bennet. With respect, Bob Dylan was great AT PERFORMING some of his songs - and good at WRITING this one for THEM to perform (and also writing ALL ALONG THE WATCHTOWER, which Jimi Hendrix PERFORMED so fsntastically)

[@Michael-xw4er]

This song's very haunting and was like nothing else when it came out. Julie's phrasing and range is so elastic she's having fun with the song. A unique masterpiece!

[@valeriechapman1612]

Julie Driscoll Brian Auger Trinity Wheels on Fire 🔥. This is most definitely an oldie but it still stands the test of time. Brings back old memories of the past.

[@ps3cls]

Such a brilliant song, Auger mashing up the keys at the end is absolutely incredible

[@cpiantes]

Fabulous

[@andymatthews7617]

GREAT DAYS.

[@g4joe]

From Bob Dylans basement tapes

[@mariocaffari5015]

Hi, and now after all this years there is an new stream on this channel, sounds like never before

[@ryanbeaty4893]

Discovered Julie Driscoll recently while watching The Monkees tv special. Her voice blew me away. I had to look her up.

[@jeffstorey5208]

This is psychedelic hard rock at its best, and it has its place in Rock History, without this there would never have been Punk New Romantic or Goth, this song was a game changer in music

[@williefinn4932]

bob dylan has produced some amazing music.....this was one of the coolest performances of the 1960`s....julie was the face of 1968...stunning.

[@jamesmclean1769]

Fabulous song. the UK were so ahead of the the world in 1968

[@Kwinquark1]

Be fair, J - written by two Americans. But like all the others, Bob Dylan songs are always best when 'covered'

[@johnkrieger185]

The original by The Band is much better.

[@robertlepper5460]

​@@johnkrieger185The original is from the Basement Tapes

[@robertlepper5460]

​@@Kwinquark1Written by an American and a Canadian

[@nickedname7048]

How could I have missed this for 50 years?

[@Witheredgoogie]

In that flippant pop era Julie was not around for long in the charts. In the mid sixties she started singing the usual girlie ballads but later teamed with Brian Auger to become almost a female David Bowie check out 'break it up'. By the 70s she had gone from the charts.

[@patriceodom2553]

Ditto🎉

[@stationofdreams6386]

They really don't make songs like this anymore. Haunting, gritty and powerful, it stands the test of time well.

[@boobieneedham8873]

Listen to Season of The Witch.. Great cover!

[@gsmith5865]

RIP Julie

[@eamonmacdonnell2627]

S.O.D. you put it very well..my sentiments entirely....

[@planetDREAMSPIRIT]

@@gsmith5865 she is alive and well aged 72

[@gsmith5865]

@@planetDREAMSPIRIT Thank you Sonic ...ROCK ON

[@helgehaugland2812]

Still amazing song in 2023☺

[@user-nm1ui9vt5c]

2024

[@ovalroom2]

Not just the song but all the associated memories ALL things around us at that time...time, place, atmosphere,company and friends make these songs so place in time...almost time machine...takes me way bacjk when I was young1

[@juliaholt4424]

Loved it in 68!,still luv it now 😍

[@barryscott230]

Absolutely fabulous song

[@marianofuentes504]

Brian Auger and Eric Burdon came to Mexico around 1990 (don't remember well) and played in a tiny place. I saw them very close to me. A day to remember (although not the year)

[@blueconcretezebra]

From a time when pop music was good. We'll never see its like again...

[@andrewmatthews6861]

😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢

[@carolynjones5142]

The sixties, the best time for music!!!!!!This song is just brilliant

[@williamrolls1165]

Hello Carolyn

[@ronnieguthrie5194]

Thanks, Bob, for this great song. And what a performance!

[@dbany1]

Thanks also to co-writer Rick Danko.

[@leelishman7137]

Can't beat that late 60s atmosphere this song conjures up, Stunningly haunting!...If my memory serves me well!

[@clarissagafoor5222]

I remember her being my inspiration. Cut my hair down to my sculp and drew eye lashes under my eyes - the whole thing. Good memories 😊

[@andrewmatthews6861]

Clarissa Gafoor she had a unique voice Clarissa

[@andrewmatthews6861]

I bet you looked just as lovely as Julie

[@roberttreborable]

I had almost forgotten this song, so Iconic, but just another song in 1968.....

[@tonybell3422]

One of my favourite bands ,the haunting voice and look of Julie Driscoll. Thanks for the share

[@paulgriffiths3082]

1968 what a year to be alive, what a year for music

[@johnkramer7018]

This song came out when I was born. I was born on January 3, 1968. This is a great song.

[@michaelscody]

I never could decide which was the greatest, Julie or Grace Slick; and 40+ years later I still can't, so I'll just listen to them both.

[@brianmorley7165]

Both brilliant far superior to anything about these days voices totally unique

[@maevemcmahon4286]

Grace just had the edge on technical brilliance, but Julie was also a force to reckon with! unless i am very much mistaken, this song was written by Bob Dylan ... feel free to correct me! x

[@valeriescarpelli9675]

It might be a continental thing. We might have heard from print media in North America about Julie, but on radio we heard Grace Sllick

[@rammstein1994able]

I liked this song as a 12 year old boy. Still do! Another song for me was "Fire" from Arthur Brown. Same year.

[@lenturner34]

the 60's was deffinately the best time for music, this song is just magic, I was lucky to be born in the early 50's so grew up with the greatest music of all time

[@09lounis]

If you ask people about the greatest time of creating fantastic music they´ll tell you about the 80s and its glory days. I know the music created in the 60s and 70s was also absolutely great. I know what I´m talking about - I was born 1953 and I´m grateful for having experienced those decades of creativity and expressive power.

[@megsmam]

so right mate I was born 1952

[@michael1234pritchard]

I was born 1953, loved my teen's in the 60's the freedom's, the girl's, the music, the worry fun free year's, 63 now and depressed.

[@swingmanic]

I was born in 1955 Mike and miss the days of Emma Peel, Doctor Who (in monochrome) watching telly and giving it a half hour start waiting for the valves to warm up before watching your program...The days of the line or frame holds gone, the picture being perfect after adjusting the aerial, only to turn to shit the moment you sat down!..Those were the days to coin the song of Mary Hopkins - "Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose" - You've gotta laugh or you'd cry, now cheer up you grumpy bastard!! ;-))

[@michael1234pritchard]

swingmaniac lol, I suppose you could have said OLD grumpy bastard ,but didn't want to incriminate yourself. Not sure Emma Peel was in Dr Who , she was in early The Avengers with Patrick Mcnee after Honer Blackman. Yes those were the days ..... days I'll remember all my life (kinks) and yes frustrating getting a good T V picture in early 60's, but we had pirate radio, mainly radio Caroline , as for Mary Hopkin she rocked my boat, she was..........

[@theshameofthesun]

Such a beautiful song,beautifully performed, wish them times were today, well I seen it, so they are

[@daveporritt4623]

Absolute class gorgeous then and now

[@EclecticBlues]

An absolute classic song.

[@hakc97again]

An absolutely fabulous song

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

that dylan didnt even bother to release lol.

[@RockinAllDay]

He did, on The Basement Tapes. The band also released their version (their bassist composed the song). ​@@cockoffgewgle4993

[@dixienormous4394]

Julie Driscoll was an absolute dream 😍😍😍😍

[@andreasnendza9667]

👏😇😍💞

[@jaw444]

i traveled to england from home in US in june 1968, i was 19, i was bumming around liverpool one day and i met this red headed guy on a bus bench and we were talking and somehow Dylan came up, and he said there was a new dylan record out, and i was very excited, he said it's called Wheel's on Fire, and it's not by dylan it's by Julie Driscoll, who i never heard of, and we went to a place that had a juke box and he put it on, wow, a new dylan song!!!! , the words stayed in my head, i couldn't wait to find my american friends who i'd wandered off from the night before, to tell them about this. please notify my next of kin, this wheel shall explode !!! what a lyric. as far as i know, that record wasn't played in the US. nobody i knew ever heard of it, last thing we heard by dylan was john wesley harding at christmas time in 67. but in england it was a hit, top ten record. when we got back from europe in september, the music from big pink by the band was out and it had that song on it.

[@Paulthepsych]

Brian Auger and the Trinity with Julie Driscol were an amazingly good band to watch/listen to. Sadly never got the exposure internationally they deserved. Rick Danko of the Band was the co-writer with Dylan. In fact I read somewhere he was the greater inspiration behind the track, though not sure what that exactly means!

[@nickskyrme7128]

Spot on about the lyric. Julie Driscoll frightened the shit out of this youngster I’ll never forget that particular TOTP appearance.

[@weekender8839]

@@nickskyrme7128 my Dad had this recorded. I was terrified of it as a kid too.

[@robbie007]

this is so cool, "with it" and "outta sight". groovy stuff. Love the live vocals grooving bass and Brian's hammond. Just love the last part. Grooving dance, smoke and organ. Love that era.

[@22pilgrim]

Excellent - still powerful after all these years.

[@karenbroadhurst7302]

Loved this song by Julie driscoll and Brian auger trinity ❤️ ✨️ seen them in Birmingham in the late sixties at the Town Hall I was a teenager then went with my late mum and aunties and friends enjoyed every minute of it she was known for her hairstyle absolutely awesome 👌 👏 👍 😍 💖 😀 xxxx

[@blueconcretezebra]

Imagine what it must have been like hearing this for the first time, back then. It would have been a 'I have seen the future' moment. Mellotron, Hammond, flanging, Julie not smiling. Fantastic then, and now.

[@robinmayhew1]

Yes brilliant. Was Russ Ballard still in the band?

[@leaflettvideo]

It was I was 14

[@this_Joe_Smith]

I came to read comments to learn exactly-this! This was its first incarnation? I was born in 1973 and only heard the song first from 1993 or 1994 discovering AbFab ♥️♥️

[@christopherhowe4947]

there needs to be more views for such an iconic performance

[@milesmead2232]

"You know we'll meet again if your memory serves you well". Classic 60's stoned-out lyrics. Wow, man, just wow.

[@robinclarke9978]

Julie Driscol-'the face'. What can you say that hasn't already been said a thousand times.

[@clayjones8890]

Such an amazing grouping of talent that will never be again.

[@Nathan-qf3fc]

A classic, there's so many of them, take's me back to my teens. FAB. Jo Trig

[@trudirosie4186]

Julie's eye makeup knocked me out as a little girl i thought it was amazing still do

[@ivindrustad5181]

One of the greatest performances ever

[@pippajones2439]

Saw Julie and Brian perform this in 1968 in NW London. Kilburn? Unforgettable.

[@andyj639]

Love this track sends tingles down spine. Brilliant production.

[@nygelmiller5293]

To Andyj. Sends Pringles down my c o c k.

[@leilarivera1594]

Love this song☺👐😄👌🔥🔥

[@saintgeorge6706]

I still remember watching this on the TV in our front room in Battersea. I was only 10 years old at the time.

[@taoulisotaoulis2114]

I was 18 when I first heard this on LM Radio. It blew my mind. Love it!

[@lightninghector]

This song's a timeless classic, I'm listening to this 41 years after its release and still love it as much in 2009 as I did in 1968!

[@jefflindsey9913]

Been better renditions

[@robdee9341]

And I'm still loving it in 2021 ☺️

[@charlesatty]

2022 sounds great.

[@daveproffitt1591]

@@charlesatty Yes indeed 😀

[@sheiladineen9483]

I agree! I bought their album in 1968, and love it still in 2022!

[@michaelroberts7044]

Probably sums up the sixties, cool hammond solo and cool dancing, and fashion and production

[@ashgupta1617]

Just Classic, and great production for the time. Love this.

[@frpd5]

I went to see the group before and after the record became a hit at the local R&B club at the Black Prince Old Bexley. Loved it then... love it now!

[@judy-anneknight5339]

Happy Days eh?

[@princessandleonasworld9031]

Hauntingly beautiful song......fantastic 60's music

[@charlesrobinson7469]

Man, She hits that high note without even an expression. This version should've been a recording.👍

[@Tranmere59]

My 'bedridden' grandma [struggled downstairs for TOTP & Coronation Street] declared "Yes she can hold a note but she's obviously on drugs" Think that was the TOTP appearance with the stripes on the eyelids. I loved her [Julie D that is] as a 9 yo! Mind you this is the grandmother who told us that Stevie Wonder went blind from drugs & also thought the 4Tops were called The Pork Chops.

[@charlesrobinson7469]

@@Tranmere59 I was big on Coronation Street in the late 90s. Les/Janice Buttersby, Kevin/Sally Webster. Gail, Vera, Natalie, Spider/Toyah, Mike Barlow. Chef was good too, & can't forget about Sorry!("language Timothy") 😄👍

[@rthrtyrt]

This video is pure art.

[@petershaw7892]

I saw her at the jazz club in Grimsby in the late sixties what great days, I was born in 51and so feel those born then have had the best of it.

[@annbrown7036]

11

[@3vimages471]

Musically yes but u have also watched a Britain become a Muslim caliphate!

[@chelseah5890]

ok boomer

[@colinswain9740]

I'll second that. Musically '60s and 70's and some 80's were when music peaked. After that, with a few exceptions, the musical landscape has resembled a dry and dusty desert.

[@maxbacon4828]

@@3vimages471 If they keep on marrying their cousins we wont have much to worry about.

[@tobeythedj]

It has been over 40 years since I heard that song. Good song. From the hippie days of the late 60's. Good shit!

[@Diaz.et.Pam.]

Absolutely Fabulous!♥️

[@TheTokyoBlade]

Yes, thanks for posting. Have the CDs,, but nice to see the images that went with the sound.

[@johnbethell1952]

Brilliant voice loved this band in those days great music

[@andrewmatthews6861]

john bethell none better john

[@richernest3359]

Hypnotized to this day!

[@DavidNewlandz]

Puts a shiver through me, so on *point* absolutely fabulous entree

[@jonnycomelatelyable]

Yes, i certainly remember Julie Driscoll with a young mans lust and longing for her, to say nothing of this particular song. I am transported back in time. 62yrs this year. The time has certainly passed with many a tale!!!!!! Thank whoever for memories and those of you for puting songs and videos like this to view.

[@morriganravenchild6613]

She was always absolutely bewitching and with the combination of this number this is something else!!

[@davidrobertray8774]

Wish I could say I remember this one, because it's fantastic! Great lead vocals from JD, incredible keyboards/mellotron sound!!

[@kevinfitzsimons2734]

2023 and my memory of this serves me well

[@silvasands]

Think I used to listen to this and it gave me my first love of words & , `poetry`. Mystical.

[@williamrolls1165]

Hello Melissa

[@RUBYMUNRO]

wonderful, i saw her in the late 60's at the Marquee in Wardour street, what an act, thx for posting.

[@lindapadley5806]

Remember this! Definitely showing my age. Was thirteen or fourteen when I heard this, very phsycadelic! Shows how things stick in your mind.

[@paulinek9764]

*psychadelic

[@davidw9736]

*psychedelic

[@rayraymond2952]

This Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & the Trinity cover of "Wheels On Fire" is easily the best version of this song. I remember this version from 1968-69, during the psychedelic days. So melodic & so heavy. Great stuff. Richard 👍

[@RS-vk7op]

I like Byrds version the best

[@rickelston2674]

Check out Ian and Sylvia

[@martinpugh1008]

Absolutely brilliant this song brings back a lot of beautiful and wonderful memories for me and I often take trips and get totally lost down memory lane and reminisce fondly about those day's listening to this song and other music from the same era and wishing I could turn back the clock and go back to those times how bloody great happy and wonderful days they were greetings from Swansea South Wales UK 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🎶😊🎶

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

Brilliant song, Love the violin arrangements. Wonderful on a long motorway trip! Genius! Uk

[@jeanettesamuel5437]

15 years old at the time - I thought she was so beautiful and loved the song

[@williamrolls1165]

Hello Jeanette

[@andrewboughton1842]

How appropriate that French & Saunders chose this as the theme song for Absolutely Fabulous.

[@peterdonaldhume]

Why exactly was it appropriate?

[@misterteaification]

Perhaps (I'm guessing) the elder characters in AF were known for reminiscing a lot?

[@stanbest3743]

@@peterdonaldhume With art if it needs to be explained...

[@lauramolinari3266]

thats why im here

[@Rebelscum264]

Nothing to do with french

[@yvonnevanwort]

Great one !!!!! love it.....

[@williamrolls1165]

Hello Yvonne

[@davidjones5165]

Can't recall where I saw this performed (Leeds, probably), but then who can recall late '60s....Jools was lovely.

[@999carpet]

love her ... and such an awsome song. xxx

[@asboukcomfortable1670]

Lovely song. Thank you dear Queen Elizabeth II. My Manor London gave our devoted Queen a proper send-off. Brilliantly Military, especially the brave soldiers teens who carried a 500lb coffin. 2 sisters of mine passed away, their anniversary too. Very tough week. Shout out to Tower Bridge, SE1. WITH gratitude from a devoted nation. RIP MAMA . 🇬🇧

[@kevinturner5857]

💩

[@mementomori7097]

Great voice,great song!!!!

[@davidfarmer2193]

Brian Auger, you're amazing! :D

[@Tommyfazz]

as 'wheels on fire' comes in, the drop in key is so sweet, then the triple lift in key- gorgeous.

[@nidranow]

Saw her in the sixties at Chester Jazz Club with Brian Auger Trinity and Rod Stewart with Long John Baldry and the Steam Packet ... phew, sweaty, tiny place, exciting times. Amazing sound on the Hammond Organ.

[@enricobenini8958]

I heard this song when I was a thirteen years old boy: I got amazed, it sounded intriguing ... it was then that my love for music exploded

[@MrAdriancooke]

I was ten when it came out and I loved it then and I love it now

[@davegbrill]

Never heard this one, but great!

[@mariocaffari5015]

where have you been then..........

[@maryjohnson2878]

Agreed!

[@giacomopurpura2456]

one ofr the most evocative song of all times

[@shauncorless8965]

The face of the 60,s wow

[@donpaladino]

Julie Dirscoll is every bit as compelling, and has every bit as good a voice. as Grace Slick. I only just discovered her. So very happy to make the discovery!

[@nygelmiller5293]

To Don Paladino. You know, I never thought of it! Two similar voices - Julie Driscoll, and Grace Slick! Talking if which, Grace Slick had a formidable fan! Another singer, called M A r I s k a V e r e s from the band Shocking Blue. You remember their number hit in 1970, Venus? Powerful band. You absolutely have to look up the internet, to get them live in concert to realise how atmospheric they could be and how M A R I S K A not only sounded like Grace Slick, but looked her ad well, when they played Jefferson Airplanes Don't You Want Somebody To Love.! I'm just going to look that up now! Happy music hunting!

[@davejames9145]

I was 14 years old when this hit me

[@mikewood5679]

Wow! she is beautiful and the rendiition of Bob Dylans is great

[@boobieneedham8873]

Rick Danko (The Band) wrote it... God Bless Him

[@mikewood5679]

Dylan has copyright !

[@WoodRatGirl]

Boobie Needham Thx for that info. Never realized it wasn't Dylan that penned it.

[@cockoffgewgle4993]

+SarahNgakaariHammond .WoodRatGirl because it was Dylan.

[@dusan1449]

oh Julie, like Twiggy, you were so ahead of anything in pop culture, ahhhh shhhhhh