In 1970, Bardens recorded The Answer, an album featuring Peter Green and Andy Gee. They released a single 'Man In The Moon'/'Long Time Coming'
įrom August 1968 to February 1970, he formed The Village with featured future Elvis Costello and The Attractions bassist Bruce Thomas and Bill Porter (drums). Fleetwood later said Barden's recruitment into the band kick-started his musical career. He moved on and formed Peter B's Looners which eventually morphed into Shotgun Express, a band that played soul music and featured Rod Stewart, Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood. In 1965, he spent a brief spell as the keyboard player with Them after leaving The Cheynes.After leaving Them, he formed a band called The Peter B's, releasing a single, in 1966, called 'If You Wanna Be Happy'(B-side was,'Jodrell Blues'),an instrumental version of the old standard. He studied fine art at Byam Shaw School of Art, and learned the piano, before switching to the Hammond organ after listening to Jimmy Smith.
Peter Bardens biography Peter BARDENS - J(London, UK) - JanuPete was one of the founding members of the British progressive rock group CAMEL, playing keyboards, often the Mellotron and synthesizer, and wrote the majority of the songs while he was there (usually along with guitarist Andrew Latimer).īardens was born in WestminsterLondon to Dennis Bardens, a novelist and biographer, and grew up in Notting Hill. Peter Bardens: Camel’s Keyboard Wizard Peter Bardens came to the attention of record buyers when he joined Camel, but before this he’d already built a formidable reputation as a keyboard. During his career, Bardens worked alongside Rod Stewart, Mick Fleetwood and Van Morrison. He played keyboards, sang, and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer.
Peter Bardens (19 June 1944 – 22 January 2002) was an English keyboardist and a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. Them, Shotgun Express, Camel, Keats, Mirage Transatlantic, Arista, Capitol, Miramar, HTD, Castle Music Hammond organ, Rhodes piano, Minimoog, Roland RS-202, vocals
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