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    Steampacket

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    Because their ranks included a future superstar, The Steampacket have received more attention than they really deserve.

    Featuring vocalists Rod Stewart, Long John Baldry, and Julie Driscoll, as well as organist Brian Auger, misleading reissues of the group’s demos bill the act as “the first supergroup”. That’s simply not the case.

    They were an interesting conglomeration, and innovative in the respect of featuring several singers.

    But their true status is as a short-lived footnote and not one that rates as a highlight of any of the principals’ careers.

    The Steampacket was formed in mid-1965, after the demise of Baldry’s backing outfit, The Hoochie Coochie Men. Baldry envisioned a soul-type revue, each singer taking the material for which he or she was most suited.

    Management by Giorgio Gomelsky (who also handled The Yardbirds and several other British groups) – and a supporting slot on The Rolling Stones‘ summer 1965 British tour – seemed to promise a bright future.

    But their professional activities were complicated by the fact that Baldry and Stewart retained separate managers for their individual careers. Additionally, Baldry was already signed to United Artists as a solo act, thwarting Gomelsky’s plans to record the band.

    This led to disputes between the different managers, and The Steampacket broke up before they managed to enter the studio. *Officially* enter the studio, that is – Gomelsky did record some tapes with the band at a rehearsal at the famous Marquee club in London.

    These have been reissued numerous times since the 1970s, and show the band to be a competent but hardly thrilling soul-rock outfit, anchored instrumentally by Auger’s jazz-blues organ.

    Rod Stewart moved on to The Jeff Beck Group, The Faces, and solo stardom; Baldry moved into middle-of-the-road pop landing some British hit singles in the late 60s.

    Auger had recorded as a backup musician on Baldry’s mid-’60s solo records, and his Brian Auger Trinity group continued working with Julie Driscoll, reaching the UK Top Five in 1968 with This Wheel’s on Fire.

    Long John Baldry
    Vocals
    Rod Stewart
    Vocals
    Julie Driscoll
    Vocals
    Brian Auger
    Keyboards, vocals
    Vic Briggs
    Guitar
    Richard Rabbit Brown
    Bass
    Mickey Waller
    Drums

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