- The Steampacket
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Name = The Steampacket
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Origin = London
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Genre = Blues, Soul
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Years_active = 1960s
Label =Charly Records
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Current_members =Long John Baldry - vocalsRod Stewart - vocalsJulie Driscoll - vocalsBrian Auger - OrganVic Briggs - guitarRichard Brown - bass guitarMicky Waller -drums
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blues band of the 1960s, notable mainly for the fact that so many of its members subsequently became famous.History
The group was formed by
Long John Baldry after the break-up of his previous group the Hoochie Coochie Men. It included Hoochie Coochie Men vocalistRod Stewart , female vocalistJulie Driscoll , organistBrian Auger and guitaristVic Briggs . They were managed byGiorgio Gomelsky , who had previously been involved withThe Rolling Stones andThe Yardbirds .Steampacket played at various clubs, theatres and student unions around the country, including supporting the Rolling Stones on their 1965 British tour. Because of contractual difficulties, however, they never formally recorded a studio or live album. Tracks from tapes made at a rehearsal in the
Marquee Club in London were released after the band split as an album, "The First Supergroup", and some were later released by Charley Records as "The Steampacket - Featuring Rod Stewart" (see picture).Stewart left in 1966, and the group disbanded soon after. Long John Baldry pursued a solo career and had a Number 1 hit in the UK in 1967 with "Let the Heartaches Begin". Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger and Vic Briggs formed "Trinity", and had a UK hit in 1968 with "This Wheel's on Fire". Rod Stewart later sang with the
Jeff Beck Group, the Faces and as a solo artist. There is an urban legend that Peter Green andMick Fleetwood , later ofFleetwood Mac , played with the Steampacket. In fact the Steampacket, with the exception of Rod Stewart's departure, had the same personnel from its inception to its disintegration.Lineup
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Long John Baldry - vocals
*Rod Stewart - vocals
*Julie Driscoll - vocals
*Brian Auger - Organ
*Vic Briggs - guitar
*Richard Brown - bass guitar
*Micky Waller - drumsExternal links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHsIZpP2hbc The Brian Auger Trinity with Steampacket on
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