Julie Driscoll Brian Auger & Trinity: Season of the Witch- Live
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- 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.
Thisbis my grandmother! Only appreciating her music at the age of 23! One of my best friends
Awesome!
🍀 there’s only One Julie Driscoll…😘
How cool is that?
boy o boy Id have a crush on grandma that for sure. She was certainly hot and ahead of the times.
I LIKE IT VERY MUCH ❤🎉
Talk about owning a song. Devastatingly Great.
The West Germans made some outstanding rock video recordings in the 60's. And no lip-synching. This recording is such a treasure.
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?!?)
Ahts no wit Stuart wid say
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.
Amen, Brad.
So many fantastic live performances from beat club
I must say thank you RUclips for showing classics. I pay for RUclips premium not to have the commercials and I must say it is an excellent venue for music
She was even then one of a kind. None else like her, talking of her looks and her singing
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!
Outstanding performance!! What an ARTIST is Julie Driscoll - what great moves , a natural born dancer! - and the brilliant Brian Auger on hammond.. WOW👏👏👏👏👏
This is still cool in 2022. Timeless.
From the moment Julie released Wheels on Fire in the 60s she was the most Visual & Audio Female Singer around. Happy Days. BRILLIANT. STUNNING 💖
Wow! Saw it the first time. Very impressing.
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.
Highly excelent!!! First time to hear 65y.o.Licensed listner, Riga city, exUssr
wow, thanks miles
This lady is my spirit animal! Good performance!
The dance .....omg..... And the organ solo.... The 60s at it's best. Best version of the song.
Wow. This is the best version I've ever heard of this band playing this song. Julie's vocal is otherworldly.
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
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 😇
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... 🤔
@@nickthelick B-but... Wheels On Fire is her absolutely best. Loved it since 5 years old (decades before Absolutely Fabulous).
@@Kotoucak 😉👍🏼
I like it too. Just not as much as her other stuff. I
Brian's solo with Julie dancing is one for the ages I tell ya!
Never heard of this song, band or singer. Now I know who Stevie Nicks learned her moves from!
One of my top favorite singers of all time. Love her dancing and the whole vibe.
Julie the face of the sixties Brian is a underrated musician great times never to come back
Reincarnation is real :D
Just discovered this and my mind blew up...
For a teenage boy growing up in the 60's Julie Driscoll was the witch!
That she was!
Not hard to listen 👂 but it's the seasoning s.... 🤕.
Well she bewitched me!
Oh what days are lost forever. A Jazz pop classic!
Brian Auger´s B3-playing is awesome!
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!
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.
Are there any recordings of jules and brian at ronnie scots club around 69-71 before he left for USA?
a Donovan song - very underrated!
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.
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!
What a beautiful woman & voice
This song is like son of preacher man. Many covers always nice
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.
give me so much CHILLS, this is a true performance !
Oh My God SO Cool!! Love this.. Love Julie!!! xxx
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.
Of course, Sam Gopal, but I agree never heard a bad version.
How about Donovan. After all, he wrote the song.
Hard to better Donovan but check out Lee Eisenstein's cover. ruclips.net/video/vj5ePUpFgZQ/видео.html
Two chords, hard to get lost.
Simply enthralling...a glimpse of live art and music combined. Thank you for sharing this Munich 1969 performance. Wow.
This is awesome ! I saw Brian play with Eric Burden when they toured the states around 2000 - they were both truly great !
Top notch musicians. Jools's vocals are sublime.
Nice to see an actual LIVE version! Thanks
Absolutely brilliant 😎
Superb version of this song.
Hippie,Trippy and exquisite
well said
Brian the best Organ !!!!!!!
unreal fantastic
Yes, she´s not only a great singer, she can dance, too... REAL COOL, GREAT!!!
jools thé most fantastic singer of thé century je l adore !
Such a presence!
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.
I dig Julie Driscoll!
Good god,i`m in love...great performance.
Just one word: Music!
Merci milesanddizzy pour cet ajout musical avec Julie Drscoll and Brian Auger ✿¸.•'**☆🕺 🎼⊰✿🎼🎵 🎹💖
You can hear the influence of Nina Simone. Great interpretation and performance!
Hi from Australia Brian, sorry just discovering your great music It's cool✌
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,
I forgot all about these guys. Great band.
I tip my hat to you, sir! Your words give me synesthesia and I taste nothing but exotic fruit juice blends now
I had such a huge crush on this lady around the time of this recording. Stunningly beautiful, I never forgave Keith Tippett . . . . .
awesome performance....so emotional...
Grazie♥🎵🎶🎹🎹🎹🥁🎤🎸✿💖♪
This is better than good... it's sublime.
I bought her album in 1968...loved them!
look at that dancing ! insane !
Amazing version
Well, I'm being schooled here - fantastic stuff, digging deeper now.
fabulous tune ! Krank likes it !
brilliant!
einfach einmalig und unnachahmbar !!!
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.
The original was by Donovan.
You are right, I know it. Perhaps I have badly written.
i love this
amazing-
Amazing! Wow.
Killer track. Performed majestically
brilliant.
very nice!
I can't thank you enough for bringing this to us all.
Bewitching!!!!
A masterpiece. Una obra maestra.
Una performance a tutto tondo : voce, corpo musica che diventa un tutt' uno , Driscoll ipnotica ..😮❤
What a wonderful performance. At least Germany did it live whilst here in the U.K. we had miming and Jimmy Saville😂😂😂😂
You can blame the unions for that.
Clown
Jimmy the diddler.
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.
Super Great job.
One of the century hit!
For what could have been very corny "witchy"(a la Stevie Nicks) hand-dancing, Julie's was actually completely mesmerizing.
I Love the way you dance. Julie.
Masterpiece
Jools and Brian are the best ever!!
Outstanding, not from this world !
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.
Grandissimo duo
Corre corre la nostalgia. Che classe. Chapeau!!!!!
What an amazing performance!
Thanks a lot for uploading!
First take! excellent footage!
God bless german television
, ................ not ever my friend , ..... not ever ! Greetings from germany
German TV stopped all. They are lost...
Sophisticated.
This is the most outstanding version of this song.
The Goddess! xxxxx
thanks for this man, peace
I love this.....
favourite version of theirs I've heard! nice!
Magic Magic Magic...
Now that’s some Acid dancing!