Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & Trinity: Season of the Witch- Live

Brian Auger began his music career as a jazz pianist in the early 60s, playing in clubs around London. However by 1964 he had got himself a Hammond organ, and formed a new group called The Trinity with bassist Rick Brown and drummer Micky Waller, both previously of Cyril Davies' R&B All-Stars. This group saw greater success, playing harder R&B styled material. In 1965 they became part of The Steampacket, with singers Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry and Julie Driscoll, plus guitarist Vic Briggs. The Steampacket were an early 'supergroup' of sorts, but unfortunately never recorded a proper album and soon broke up. Auger then retained Brown, Driscoll and Briggs, and formed a new version of The Trinity with drummer Clive Thacker. Brown and Briggs left before long, and so when they came to record in 1967 the band consisted of Brian Auger (organ/vocals), Julie Driscoll (vocals), Gary Boyle (guitar), Roger Sutton (bass) and Clive Thacker (drums).
Open was released in 1967, credited to Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity. It turned out to be a very interesting, experimental record, mixing jazz, R&B and rock style, the band augmented with a horn section. The first side (labelled 'Auge') featured the band without Driscoll, and was mostly instrumental except for one track which Auger sang (one of the tracks was also a solo piano performace from Auger). On the second side of the record (labelled 'Jools'), Auger took a backseat and Driscoll sang. It included some excellent covers of The Staple Singers' "Why (Am I Treated So Bad)" and Donovan's "Season Of The Witch".
Despite being such an interesting release, Open did not sell well initially, probably because most people couldn't quite work out what to make of it. However in 1968 the band had a #5 hit with a cover of the Bob Dylan / Rick Danko classic "This Wheel's On Fire", which became the best-known version of the song in Britain. Subsequently the album sold much better.

[@ninonicolosi5154]

I must say thank you KZbin for showing classics. I pay for KZbin premium not to have the commercials and I must say it is an excellent venue for music

[@DUBLL100]

Thisbis my grandmother! Only appreciating her music at the age of 23! One of my best friends

[@podlou9939]

Awesome!

[@annalisa14]

🍀 there’s only One Julie Driscoll…😘

[@ianoneill1736]

How cool is that?

[@erikkegelmann8312]

boy o boy Id have a crush on grandma that for sure. She was certainly hot and ahead of the times.

[@prashanti6704]

I LIKE IT VERY MUCH ❤🎉

[@jurgenschmitt4456]

She was even then one of a kind. None else like her, talking of her looks and her singing

[@lowe-quay-shush]

Talk about owning a song. Devastatingly Great.

[@joannebeauchamp1169]

Julie & Brian produced music that was so far ahead of its time in the late 60’s, that it sounds hip and contemporary even today!

[@bradstephan7886]

The West Germans made some outstanding rock video recordings in the 60's. And no lip-synching. This recording is such a treasure.

[@janemillerick9614]

at that time in the US I remember it was abysmal; probably the first actual live artist I saw was on a public television station (a Leon Russell thing on channel 13). most all we got was lip synch (as if we couldn’t tell?!?)

[@stephenwalker850]

Ahts no wit Stuart wid say

[@GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Absolutely Brad, this drenches your soul. It's the kind of song you don't want anyone to be talking over when you listen to it.

[@ZOOTSUITBEATNICK1]

Amen, Brad.

[@valley_robot]

So many fantastic live performances from beat club

[@bingbong7316]

This is still cool in 2022. Timeless.

[@DMateo2524]

Outstanding performance!! What an ARTIST is Julie Driscoll - what great moves , a natural born dancer! - and the brilliant Brian Auger on hammond.. WOW👏👏👏👏👏

[@steelcross839]

Never heard of this song, band or singer. Now I know who Stevie Nicks learned her moves from!

[@shauncorless3378]

Julie the face of the sixties Brian is a underrated musician great times never to come back

[@florian8020]

Reincarnation is real :D

[@hectorgonzalez9170]

The dance .....omg..... And the organ solo.... The 60s at it's best. Best version of the song.

[@geoffreysharp5571]

From the moment Julie released Wheels on Fire in the 60s she was the most Visual & Audio Female Singer around. Happy Days. BRILLIANT. STUNNING 💖

[@jurijsnovosjolovs2844]

Highly excelent!!! First time to hear 65y.o.Licensed listner, Riga city, exUssr

[@michaelbuchholz2164]

Wow! Saw it the first time. Very impressing.

[@nickthelick]

I can see how this song alone probably made Donovan a millionaire!!! 🤔😊 It's been covered by hundreds of artists, live and on LP... And they all make a good version of it! And each is fairly different to the original. But this HAS TO BE MY TOTAL FAVOURITE! 😊 ✌🏼😀👍🏼 Fuck yeah!

[@normasnockers323]

wow, thanks miles

[@dano1234ize]

What a beautiful woman & voice

[@truthlivingetc88]

Driscoll was my favourite singer for about a year. Future Pilot was my favourite song. So dynamic. She was a very brilliant original. Like Hendrix.

[@alanatha7543]

My Mum would always come into my room and go "What is with all the screaming?" or some sort. Me?....ahhhhh. Jules. I also saw them when they opened for Led Zeppelin at Winterland, SF around 68 or Nine. They were much, much louder than Zep. How would I know? Tripp'en...and, I believe Julie had this really nice looking girl scout dress on!

[@misterleary]

You can hear the influence of Nina Simone. Great interpretation and performance!

[@reneematte8426]

Merci milesanddizzy pour cet ajout musical avec Julie Drscoll and Brian Auger ✿¸.•'**☆🕺 🎼⊰✿🎼🎵 🎹💖

[@b-bear4889]

For a teenage boy growing up in the 60's Julie Driscoll was the witch!

[@ernsthergenbeck872]

That she was!

[@jameslujack1717]

Not hard to listen 👂 but it's the seasoning s.... 🤕.

[@colt1954]

Well she bewitched me!

[@tipple58]

100%!

[@jacquelineryan6171]

This lady is my spirit animal! Good performance!

[@wbertie2604]

In theory the Hammond is a mechanical device and anyone should be able to get these sounds out of one, but Auger seems to produce sounds out of it that are entirely his own somehow. Quite stunning.

[@JJW556]

Wow. This is the best version I've ever heard of this band playing this song. Julie's vocal is otherworldly.

[@douglasjohnston7789]

Have you seen Brian lately. He's fat and his son Karma plays drums and his daughters Savannah or Allie sings for him. I've seen him 3 times, amazing every time I see him

[@gernotboesser6901]

I think Julie has a terrible voice, she doesn't hit almost one note. But: In the sixties that was cult, it was totally new and exciting, und most of us enjoyed it 😇

[@nickthelick]

Ditto this is easily the best version I've ever heard too! I don't know why, but you've got another commentator here (above mine, I think?) moaning about Julie Driscoll being a terrible singer who doesn't hit the notes, but supposedly the cult of the 1960s carried it all along apparently!? 🤔 What utter shit. She's a great singer, maybe technically not THE best, she's certainly got a low singing voice but it's perfect for how she sings. And especially for this song, most definitely! Singing *_isn't always_* about 'hitting the notes' (otherwise we'd have everyone attempting to sing like Mariah Carey in the 1990s!), it's mainly about expression. And she expresses herself here *amazingly!* This song they make their own for sure! It gives me goosebumps... 🤗 So good... PS - if there was ever a song of hers that I didn't like so much, it would be 🔥Wheels On Fire🔥... I still like it, just... erm... not so much! 😊 And with THAT particular song, I might see what that other commentator here is on about. But that's about it really... 🤔

[@Kotoucak]

@@nickthelick B-but... Wheels On Fire is her absolutely best. Loved it since 5 years old (decades before Absolutely Fabulous).

[@nickthelick]

@@Kotoucak 😉👍🏼 I like it too. Just not as much as her other stuff. I

[@thewordofgord]

Brian's solo with Julie dancing is one for the ages I tell ya!

[@laurentrousseau5433]

This song is like son of preacher man. Many covers always nice

[@herbertluthe6850]

a Donovan song - very underrated!

[@ronnied6406]

One of my top favorite singers of all time. Love her dancing and the whole vibe.

[@michaelodwyer4442]

Brilliant music from Julie Driscoll and Brian auger and the trinity I have the album "Sreetnoise",totally brilliant.

[@simongarrettmusic]

Well, I'm being schooled here - fantastic stuff, digging deeper now.

[@billyjackson3167]

Just discovered this and my mind blew up...

[@alcacas6335]

Saw them at winterland, opened up led zep on 1st tour 69-70. So freaking good, played really loud. Streetnoise is their album at that time.

[@wilyflier]

Are there any recordings of jules and brian at ronnie scots club around 69-71 before he left for USA?

[@reneematte8426]

Grazie♥🎵🎶🎹🎹🎹🥁🎤🎸✿💖♪

[@timopuente2972]

Brian Auger´s B3-playing is awesome!

[@davidjohnson9151]

I heard Brian Auger & the Trinity with Julie Driscoll do this song at the Alexandra Palace in summer 1967. More room for Julie to prowl the stage, but this version is great,

[@ronaldpokatiloff5704]

Oh what days are lost forever. A Jazz pop classic!

[@JohnDReno]

I haven't yet heard a version of "Season of the Witch" that I didn't like. The song has a simple structure that invites improvisation. Stills and Kooper did a nice job. Vanilla Fudge did the scariest version. This one may be the most musically interesting. Thanks for posting.

[@erikwesterberg7220]

Of course, Sam Gopal, but I agree never heard a bad version.

[@MsAppassionata]

How about Donovan. After all, he wrote the song.

[@skystudiohawaii]

Hard to better Donovan but check out Lee Eisenstein's cover. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJuYloOLpauakLM

[@rjwh67220]

Two chords, hard to get lost.

[@clouise4580]

I admit I'm here after seeing Julie and Brian on the Monkees special, 33 & 1/3 rev per Monkee from 1968 and enjoying both of these artists! Great stuff.

[@gsixties]

Yes, she´s not only a great singer, she can dance, too... REAL COOL, GREAT!!!

[@abercrombie1416]

Hi from Australia Brian, sorry just discovering your great music It's cool✌

[@alhudson]

I had such a huge crush on this lady around the time of this recording. Stunningly beautiful, I never forgave Keith Tippett . . . . .

[@davidlargo2899]

jools thé most fantastic singer of thé century je l adore !

[@ninonicolosi5154]

Back in my day when I would buy LPs German LPS we're always excellent in quality and selection of music

[@Jazziminstar]

Oh My God SO Cool!! Love this.. Love Julie!!! xxx

[@boobcube]

Nice to see an actual LIVE version! Thanks

[@binarykult]

give me so much CHILLS, this is a true performance !

[@gianluca8676]

Brian the best Organ !!!!!!!

[@poconos27]

Simply enthralling...a glimpse of live art and music combined. Thank you for sharing this Munich 1969 performance. Wow.

[@Fuzzbrain61]

Top notch musicians. Jools's vocals are sublime.

[@mariabiagiotti4324]

Una performance a tutto tondo : voce, corpo musica che diventa un tutt' uno , Driscoll ipnotica ..😮❤

[@italianray69]

I was a teen in Jersey when I first heard this band. We all called her Jules, not Julie or Jools. I sounded different, and I must admit, I've ben looking for her, and Auger, under Jules. They were around the same year or two when Dylan, Donovan, and The Jeff Beck with Rod Stewart band were around. Didn't know til now that Rod, Brian, and Jules had a band earlier. The Super Session LP with Al Kooper, Mike Bloomfield, and Steve Still did a great "Witch", too. Catch Johnny Winter's first mention on the Super Session LP with Mike and Al sans Steve. He played a means blues gig and rocked the Fillmore that night.

[@tonybeards9153]

What a wonderful performance. At least Germany did it live whilst here in the U.K. we had miming and Jimmy Saville😂😂😂😂

[@Pwecko]

You can blame the unions for that.

[@stephenwalker850]

Clown

[@QuadMochaMatti]

Jimmy the diddler.

[@brucediamond4703]

This is awesome ! I saw Brian play with Eric Burden when they toured the states around 2000 - they were both truly great !

[@eurogael]

Superb version of this song.

[@thebruce9042]

For what could have been very corny "witchy"(a la Stevie Nicks) hand-dancing, Julie's was actually completely mesmerizing.

[@angelodarrigo9244]

Just one word: Music!

[@cardinalsfan8182]

Jools and Brian are the best ever!!

[@shorelineboy]

Absolutely brilliant 😎

[@pongufogu9457]

I think I was 11 or 12 when I first heard Season of of Which played by Bloomfield, Still and Kooper. Those notes pretty much determined my bond with music. I must say it's the first time in 40 years I hear a version of Season of the Witch that doesn't make me feel missing that first one.

[@MsAppassionata]

The original was by Donovan.

[@pongufogu9457]

You are right, I know it. Perhaps I have badly written.

[@MichaelLittle47]

This is better than good... it's sublime.

[@sheiladineen9483]

I bought her album in 1968...loved them!

[@joepasquarello1273]

I forgot all about these guys. Great band.

[@guyharrison4644]

Good god,i`m in love...great performance.

[@ronkopald]

I tip my hat to you, sir! Your words give me synesthesia and I taste nothing but exotic fruit juice blends now

[@dinotrincas9620]

First take! excellent footage!

[@tonybatiglia1845]

Hippie,Trippy and exquisite

[@SteveArdire]

well said

[@charleswinokoor6023]

I remember seeing them a little later on American TV when I probably was 14. Boy they knocked me for a loop. Suddenly I was a big fan.

[@2000hadamar]

Outstanding, not from this world !

[@williamhopperton7066]

Wow that was great!!! Thanks for that very much.

[@robertkallfelz3578]

God bless german television

[@berndthiel613]

, ................ not ever my friend , ..... not ever ! Greetings from germany

[@andreasnendza9667]

German TV stopped all. They are lost...

[@fredmalus4516]

One of the century hit!

[@drstevie]

brilliant.

[@sneezepal]

I dig Julie Driscoll!

[@PeterJnicol]

This is the most outstanding version of this song.

[@TheGoblin1975]

unreal fantastic

[@hellimancini5299]

I can't thank you enough for bringing this to us all.

[@diddywahdaddy]

I had a bootleg VHS of the whole show which was stolen from me, it was so great, it also contained a superb live version of Black Cat, could somebody please let the whole show out? It's superb!!

[@zazou8505]

C est un ami qui m a envoyé cette vidéo. Le son est incroyable.vraiment quel bonheur d ecouter cela.❤❤❤

[@petergambaccini7396]

They were the only band I ever saw in concert that had the audience demanding that the lead act get off the stage. It was the infamous concert in which Steppenwolf, whose bass player was wearing rabbit ears and a jockstrap, fell apart completely.

[@anaisvoizard535]

Such a presence!

[@guyharrison4644]

awesome performance....so emotional...

[@krank8682]

fabulous tune ! Krank likes it !

[@truthlivingetc88]

look at that dancing ! insane !

[@kenramm536]

"Ahead of the game" by a long shot. Fine version, great post. 'Nina Simone meets Jimmy Smith' but in their own original way!

[@objetty11]

Julie casting some wicked spells, righteous....Aloha

[@XavierTheBat]

favourite version of theirs I've heard! nice!

[@ANDRESR2]

Espectacular, siempre me hace recordar la voz de Janis Joplin,

[@luciosantoro831]

Grandissimo duo Corre corre la nostalgia. Che classe. Chapeau!!!!!

[@richardtharris]

Now that’s some Acid dancing!

[@stetrak1967]

Amazing version

[@1stabletour]

Killer track. Performed majestically

[@KOJack]

very nice!

[@renemoreno4455]

A masterpiece. Una obra maestra.

[@timconklin2164]

Never heard of this group before. It's a shame you never hear them on radio. At least far as I know they don't.

[@johnackerman438]

I Love the way you dance. Julie.

[@michaelsonnemann956]

einfach einmalig und unnachahmbar !!!

[@exjazzer]

Masterpiece

[@whatever7345]

i love this

[@vajrapani6474]

Season of the Witch isn't entirely Donovan's creation. Shawn Phillips wrote the music. I understand it was an impromptu thing that happened in, Mexico...[or it might have been Italy, it was so long ago, I forget exactly]...where the two met up . Shawn picked out the tune on his guitar while Donovan just started singing...coming up with lines while Shawn played. Donovan asked Shawn to come to England and record the number with him but they wouldn't let Shawn past Customs as he had been busted for pot possession some years earlier. Donovan went ahead and recorded it without Shawn and just never gave Him the credit. I do however dig Donovan's recording and I just love Brian and Julie's rendition of it. I had the original recording that was released for nearly thirty years but it went with all the rest of my collection of vinyl when I was burglarized 5 years ago.

[@duncankimball]

Not sure if that is totally accurate. I know Shawn was heavily involved with Donovan musically at that time, and is noted on Wikipedia as the uncredited co-writer. He did perform extensively on Sunshine Superman sessions, which were mostly in LA. The info I have read is that the original studio version of this was recorded at Columbia Studios in LA during Donovan's first visit to the US in mid 1966, and on that cut he was backed by local seasioneers including former Modern Folk Quartet drummer Fast Eddie Hoh. Wikipedia credits Jimmy Page as the guitarist, but I doubt that, unless his part was overdubbed later, which seems unlikely. I have read another source which credits the guitar part to Donovan himself and apparently marked the first time he was recorded playing electric guitar.

[@samuelbarrett6354]

brilliant!