A jazz and rock bandleader and keyboardist, who has specialised in playing the Hammond B3 organ.

Auger has played or toured with artists such as Rod Stewart, Tony Williams, Jimi Hendrix, Sonny Boy Williamson, Led Zeppelin, Eric Burdon and others. He has incorporated jazz, early British pop, R&B, soul music and rock.

In 1965, Auger formed the Steampacket, along with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs and Rod Stewart. With Driscoll and his band, the Trinity, he went on to record several hit singles, notably a cover version of Bob Dylan's This Wheel's on Fire.

In 1970, he formed Brian Auger's Oblivion Express, which served to cultivate several musicians, including future Average White Band drummers Robbie McIntosh and Steve Ferrone, as well as guitarist Jim Mullen.

Auger toured with blues rocker Eric Burdon in the early 1990s and recorded the live album Access All Areas with him in 1993. After several projects, including albums with family members, he reformed the Oblivion Express in the late 1990s, with a line-up that eventually featured both his son and daughter.