{{Short description|British musical band}} {{More citations needed|date=April 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2016}} {{Use British English|date=June 2016}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Brian Auger and the Trinity | image = Brian Auger and the Trinity 1970.JPG | alt = Brian Auger and the Trinity 1970 | caption = The band in 1970 | image_size = 230px | landscape = <!-- yes, if wide image, otherwise leave blank --> | alias = | origin = United Kingdom | genre = {{hlist|Rhythm and blues|jazz|rock|gospel}} | years_active = {{start date|df=yes|1966}}–{{end date|df=yes|1970}} | label = RCA Records | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> | current_members = | past_members = }}

'''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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 169}}</ref>

The song also reached number 13 in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5845.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - September 23, 1968}}</ref>

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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ledzeppelin.com/show/May-2-1969|title=2 May 1969 show overview|website=LedZeppelin.com|accessdate=22 April 2020}}</ref>

==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''<ref>{{cite web | title=The Brian Auger Trinity – Fool Killer – Vinyl (7", 45 RPM, Single), 1965 [r8600513] | website=Discogs | date=1965-05-28 | url=https://www.discogs.com/release/8600513-The-Brian-Auger-Trinity-Fool-Killer | access-date=2025-09-21}}</ref>

* 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=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! rowspan="2" | Year ! rowspan="2" | Title ! colspan="2"| Chart positions ! rowspan="2" | Label ! rowspan="2" | Notes |- ! US ''BB''<br /><ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book | last = Whitburn | first = Joel | title = Top LPs, 1945–1972 | year = 1973 | publisher = Record Research | page = 46 | url = https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstoplp00whit/page/46/mode/2up | access-date = December 15, 2025}}</ref> ! US ''CB''<br /><ref name="Cashbox">{{cite book |last=Hoffmann |first=Frank W. |title=The Cash Box Album Charts, 1955–1974 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |year=1975 |page=107 |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxalbumchar0000hoff/page/107/mode/2up |access-date=December 15, 2025}}</ref> |- | November 1967 |''Open''<ref>{{cite periodical |title=Album Reviews |periodical=Melody Maker|date=November 25, 1967 |page=18 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Melody-Maker/60s/67/Melody-Maker-1967-1125.pdf |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> | align="center"| — | align="center"| 100 | Marmalade/<br>Polydor | |- | 1968 | ''Don't Send Me No Flowers'' | align="center"| — | align="center"| — | Marmalade/<br>Polydor |Sonny Boy Williamson with Brian Auger & The Trinity, Jimmy Page, Joe Harriot and Alan Skidmore, recorded January 1965 |- |March 1969<ref>{{cite periodical |title=Album Reviews |periodical=Record Mirror|date=March 15, 1969 |page=9 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/69/Record-Mirror-1969-03-15-S-OCR.pdf |access-date=15 September 2021}}</ref> |''Definitely What!'' | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |Marmalade/<br>Polydor | |- |July 1969 |''Streetnoise'' | align="center"| 41 | align="center"| 95 |Marmalade/<br>Polydor/<br>Atco | |- |1969 |''Jools & Brian'' | align="center"| 194 | align="center"| — |Capitol/<br>MFP<ref>{{cite web | title=Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger – Jools / Brian | website=Discogs | date=2025-05-15 | url=https://www.discogs.com/master/367972-Julie-Driscoll-Brian-Auger-Jools-Brian | access-date=2025-09-21}}</ref> |Compilation of early UK singles: 5 Parlophone titles by Julie Driscoll, and 6 Columbia titles by Brian Auger & The Trinity, recorded 1965–1967 |- |rowspan="2"| 1970 |''The Best Of Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger & The Trinity'' | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |Polydor |Compilation<br> |- |''Befour'' | align="center"| — | align="center"| — |RCA Victor | |- |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * Daddone, Peter. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131213151735/http://www.jazzreview.com/jazz-artist-interviews/brian-auger-in-conversation.html "Brian Auger In Conversation "], ''Jazz Review'', 29 March 2012. {{Brian Auger}} {{Authority control}}

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