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London, England, United Kingsom (1971 – 1984, 1991 – present)

Camel are an English progressive rock group from London, England, United Kingsom. They formed circa 1964 when brothers Andrew and Ian Latimer got together with their respective friends Alan Butcher and Richard Over to form The Phantom Four. The band played extensively around their home town of Guildford, Surrey before changing their name to Strange Bew. The group performed mainly cover tunes until mid-1968 when Ian Latimer quit to get married. Andrew Latimer and Alan Butcher placed an ad in the Surrey Advertiser for a bass player to which Doug Ferguson responded. On 13th November 1968 Ferguson arrived for an audition and promptly impressed the duo with his confidence, a ‘fat’ bass sound, excellent gear (Fender jazz bass, 2 Vox T-60 cabs with amps) and his own roadie! He was offered the gig on the spot. The new blues orientated trio was called The Brew. Shortly after joining The Brew, Ferguson told Latimer about an exciting drummer he knew. Andy Ward joined The Brew at the tender age of 14 and the heart of Camel had begun to take shape.

Ferguson rapidly proved himself to be a great asset with his talent for getting the band attention and gigs. He was also very good at coaxing the promised fees out of promoters, who often protested they didn’t have the money on hand. As a result, The Brew enjoyed a steady stream of performance dates and recorded their first demo, ‘Crossroads’ in which DJM Records seemed to show interest but the trio were disappointed to learn that it was only in using them as a backing band for another of their artists, Philip Goodhand-Tait.
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  • Protozoonic

    Fucking awesome album. The best of Camel and english prog rock.

    19 May 7:48am Reply

  • Microtage

    Whispers In The Rain is awesome!...

    7 May 7:18pm Reply

  • torge_d

    Hey fellow Camel listeners, my instrumental progressive rock band Ysma has just released their first album, Vagrant. It's fully streamable and two songs can be downloaded for free. Feel free to check it out and post what you think! :)

    1 May 3:06pm Reply

  • Obzedat

    The UK gig is sold out. Damn. The flight would have been worth it.

    3 Apr 7:46pm Reply

  • Xardin

    2 gigs in Netherlands and one in UK... they surely know how to do comeback tour for longing fans ;P Hope there will be more gigs in UE ;)

    2 Apr 6:05pm Reply

  • Obzedat

    Camel deserve way more credit than they get.

    30 Mar 11:15am Reply

  • Arvanity

    Lady Fantasy is great

    28 Mar 11:51am Reply

  • prz22

    Andy's back. That's so great news... Fingers crossed for the tour and new album;)!!

    26 Mar 5:48pm Reply

  • ExiledRoyal

    So good to see Andy L. back after such a tough time. Let's hope the best is yet to come.

    21 Mar 9:22pm Reply

  • stephan-fm

    Fingers crossed for "Retirement sucks" tour 2013! [2]

    19 Mar 6:23pm Reply

  • tiagohardrock

    Rajaz >>>>

    15 Mar 5:02am Reply

  • ProgShine

    Its online! Podcast Progshine Special #1 with only Classic 70s Prog. This episode brings over 2 hours with: Rush, Gentle Giant, King Crimson, Yes, Van der Graaf Generator, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Genesis, Premiata Forneria Marconi, Camel, Jethro Tull, Kansas, Le Orme, Renaissance, Nektar, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Procol Harum, Supertramp, The Alan Parsons Project & Pink Floyd. http://www.progshine.net/2013/03/podcast-special-1-050313.html

    5 Mar 5:55pm Reply

  • KingsAndQueen

    I can't stop obsessing over this band, and I just have started listening to them last night.

    2 Mar 12:02am Reply

  • niQboy

    Fingers crossed for "Retirement sucks" tour 2013!

    6 Feb 7:34pm Reply

  • juanbrujox

    v source?

    29 Jan 5:10am Reply

  • darkfuneral18

    Camel is returning to life.They are recording new album !

    23 Jan 12:34am Reply

  • mehdi43

    lets bring them up . some of fuckin band have more scrole times than Camel . why ? it isnt fair . Camel must be 100,000,000 scrobbles . Dude just listen to it

    19 Jan 6:49pm Reply

  • fariborz69

    G B

    10 Jan 2:38pm Reply

  • Kilgorer

    I'd fuck that camel

    9 Jan 8:57pm Reply

  • SouthOfHeaven97

    best band ever ahhh

    9 Jan 4:06pm Reply
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