Camel (Prog Rock Band)

Camel (Prog Rock Band) sheet music

Camel are an English progressive rock band formed in Guildford, Surrey, in 1971. Led by guitarist Andrew Latimer, they have released fourteen studio albums and fourteen singles, plus numerous live albums and DVDs. Without achieving mass popularity, the band gained a cult following in the 1970s with albums such as Mirage (1974) and The Snow Goose (1975). They moved into a jazzier, more commercial direction in the early 1980s, but then went on an extended hiatus. Since 1991 the band has been independent, releasing albums on their own label.

Despite no new studio releases since 2002, the band performed on tour as recently as 2018. Their music has influenced artists including Marillion, Opeth and Steven Wilson. Music journalist Mark Blake described Camel as “the great unsung heroes of 70s prog rock”.

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Camel have been described as a “symphonic prog rock band”. Predominantly instrumental, Camel’s music combines elements from rock, pop, jazz, blues, folk, classical and electronica. Though they are not from Canterbury, they have long been associated with the Canterbury scene due to their many historical connections with Caravan and other Canterbury progressive rock musicians.

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Influences by CAMEL

Camel have been acknowledged as one of the principal influences on the neo-prog subgenre which emerged in the 1980s and produced Marillion as its most successful band. Former Marillion lead singer Fish said of his first impression of the band: “I thought they were a lot like Camel.”

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The album Fuera de Tiempo by Argentinean band Rockaphonia contains three Camel tribute covers.
A tribute band, The Humps, in Israel, routinely performs some of the band's material.
Another tribute band named Fritha (after the song on The Snow Goose album) is performing in Japan
In Sweden there is a tribute band named Lady Fantasy (after the song on the Mirage album).
A band named Raha in Iran is doing covers of Camel songs.
In Egypt, Andromida is also doing covers of Camel amongst their set.
In 2010, the French progressive rock band Mirage, named after the title of Camel's second album, included Camel songs among a set of Yes, Jethro Tull and King Crimson pieces.
In Lebanon, a band called Babel (as in 'Babylon') improvised over Camel's song "Storm Clouds" on 28 October 2011.
Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive death metal band Opeth has cited Camel to be an influence for the song "Hessian Peel" and previously joked on the Lamentations (Live at Shepherd's Bush Empire 2003) DVD that material from their Damnation (2003) album was a "rip-off" of Camel.
Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree has cited Camel as an influence.
In a 2013 interview he expressed his interest to remix the classic Camel albums. Latimer later in 2013 replied positively to Wilson's interest.
Rick Astley, in an interview with Billboard in 2016, referred to Camel touring The Snow Goose as his first ever concert, stating "it blew my mind".
Andy Tillison of The Tangent recorded a track called Music Inspired by Music Inspired by The Snow Goose as a tribute to Camel, released on his 2016 solo album (Machte Es) Durch.

Current members

Andrew Latimer – guitar, flute, recorder, keyboards, percussion, vocals (1971–present)
Colin Bass – bass, acoustic guitar, keyboards, vocals (1979–1981, 1984–present)
Denis Clement – drums, percussion, keyboards, fretless bass, recorder (2000–present)
Peter Jones – keyboards, synthesisers, saxophones, vocals (2016–present)

Camel discography (on Wikipedia)

Camel – Rajaz

From the album Rajaz

Personnel:

Andrew Latimer: Guitar, Vocals Colin Bass: Bass Guitar Ton Scherpenzeel: Keyboards Dave Stewart: Drums Barry Phillips: Cello.

Lyrics:

When the desert sun has passed horizon’s final light
And darkness takes it’s place
We will pause to take our rest.
Sharing songs of love,
Tales of tragedy.

The souls of heaven
Are stars at night.
They will guide us on our way,
Until we meet again
Another day.
When a poet sings the song and all are hypnotised,
Enchanted by the sound…
We will mark the time as one,
Tandem in the sun.
The rhythm of a hymn.

The souls of heaven
Are stars at night.
They will guide us on our way,
Until we meet again
Another day.
When the dawn has come
Sing the song,
All day long.

We will move as one,
Bear the load
On the road.

The souls of heaven
Turn to stars
Every single night
All across the sky
They shine.

Camel – Lunar Sea (Live)

Personnel:

Andrew Latimer – Guitars Peter Bardens – Keyboards Andy Ward – Drums & Percussions Richard Sinclair – Bass Mel Collins – Saxophone

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