{"id":2674,"date":"2012-04-10T16:47:17","date_gmt":"2012-04-10T21:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2674"},"modified":"2012-04-28T13:35:47","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T18:35:47","slug":"brian-auger-the-trinity-black-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2674","title":{"rendered":"Brian Auger & the Trinity – Black Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Brian Auger and the Trinity – Black Cat <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today comes from one of the most reliably groovy acts to emerge from the British beat boom, Brian Auger, Julie Driscoll and the Trinity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Auger is one of the truly great Hammond slingers to come out of the UK in the 60s, alongside giants like Georgie Fame, Steve Winwood, Graham Bond, Jon Lord<\/strong> and Dave Davani.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brian Auger wasn\u2019t any run-of-the-mill organ grinder hammering out blues riffs with his elbows either. His roots were in jazz and he had the chops to bring the heat.<\/p>\n

Auger and Driscoll fist worked together as part of the legendary Steampacket,<\/strong> where they grooved alongside none other than Long John Baldry<\/strong> and a soulful Scots gravedigger by the name of Rod Stewart.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When the Steampacket disbanded Auger and Driscoll remained together, with the Trinity<\/strong> as the backing band.<\/p>\n

It was in that incarnation that the created a grip of enduring dance floor classics, melding jazz, R&B, beat and psychedelia.<\/p>\n

The group in that form lasted from 1967 to 1969, and created some smashing singles such as \u2018Indian Ropeman\u2019, \u2018This Wheel\u2019s On Fire\u2019, \u2018Why Am I Treated So Bad\u2019 and the disc you see before you today.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, \u2018Black Cat\u2019 is a Driscoll-free affair, as is its flip side, a very cool cover of Wes Montgomery\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018In and Out\u2019.<\/p>\n

Released in 1968 (there\u2019s a very cool promo video for the tune<\/a>) \u2018Black Cat\u2019 is a positively storming, monster of a tune, with a vocal by Auger (not all that common), heavy horn chart and some absolutely fiery Hammond action.<\/p>\n

Like many of the band\u2019s best tracks it has more than enough momentum for the dancers (it\u2019d fit right in if anyone ever decided to do a recreation of Swinging London right, I\u2019m giving you the stink eye Austin Powers<\/em>).<\/p>\n

There\u2019s also a very cool version of the song, recorded live \u2013 and in Italian! \u2013 that was released as a single in Europe and on an Italian pressing of the \u2018Open\u2019 LP.<\/a><\/p>\n

After Driscoll split the group in 1970, Auger and the Trinity continued to record, if in a more jazzy, progressive style for one more LP before evolving into Oblivion Express.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune \u2013 maybe whip in on your friends at your next rent party \u2013 and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

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