Andy Latimer - 75 anos

   

Andrew Latimer (Guildford, Surrey, 17 May 1949) is an English musician and composer. He is a founding member of the progressive rock band Camel and the only member who has been with them since their formation in 1971. Although he is best known as a guitarist and singer, Latimer is also a flautist and keyboardist.

 

Career

Along with partner Susan Hoover, Latimer relocated to America where they established a music production company named Camel Productions to release Camel's new studio albums: Dust and Dreams (1991), Harbour of Tears (1996), Rajaz (1999) and A Nod and a Wink (2002) as well as a host of "Official Bootlegs" on CD. The band went on the road in 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, and 2003. They released their first full concert DVD in 1997 titled Coming of Age which began a series of subsequent DVD releases. In mid-2006, Latimer and Hoover returned to the UK and established Camel Productions UK Ltd.

In May 2007, Hoover announced through the Camel Productions website and newsletter that Latimer had suffered from a progressive blood disorder polycythaemia vera since 1992, which had unexpectedly progressed to myelofibrosis. In November 2007, he underwent a successful bone marrow transplant and began a long road to full recovery.

In October 2013, Latimer took Camel back to centre stage. To celebrate the occasion, Camel played The Snow Goose in its entirety for the first set and dedicated it to the co-founding band members Andy Ward, Peter Bardens (deceased) and Doug Ferguson. Additionally, Camel had re-recorded the album earlier in the year. The re-recording remains faithful to the original, but includes some minor rearrangements and some extended sections. A live DVD, titled In From The Cold, was recorded at the Barbican Centre London. The Snow Goose tour had been a complete sellout and the band was asked to continue in early 2014. However, the second half of the tour featured Ton Scherpenzeel (Kayak) as keyboardist Guy Leblanc had become seriously ill, subsequently passing away on 27 April 2015.

Despite being troubled by arthritis in his hands and knees, Latimer took Camel back on the road in 2015. In 2016 they toured Japan with new keyboardist Pete Jones and in 2018 Camel toured extensively featuring their most popular recording Moonmadness. The 2018 tour culminated with the band's return to The Royal Albert Hall to a sellout crowd. The performance was video recorded for anticipated release on DVD and Blu-Ray.

  

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Andy Latimer - 72 anos

   

Andrew (Andy) Latimer (Guildford, Surrey, Reino Unido, 17 de maio de 1949) é um músico inglês, o líder e único músico que fez parte de todas formações da banda Camel. Atua principalmente como cantor e guitarrista, mas também faz participações como flautista e teclista.

Em 1991 Latimer criou a gravadora Camel Productions, que lançou os álbuns mais recentes da banda: Dust And Dreams (1991), Harbour Of Tears (1996), Rajaz (1999) e A Nod And a Wink (2002).

Em maio de 2007, Susan Hoover, esposa de Latimer, anunciou através do site Camel Productions que Latimer sofria, desde 1992, de policitemia vera, uma doença sanguínea, e que mais tarde evoluiu para mielofibrose. Isso foi parte da razão pela qual os Camel deixaram de fazer uma extensa turnê. No final de 2007 fez um transplante de medula óssea. Em setembro de 2008 foi finalmente para casa para recuperar as suas forças, considerando a possibilidade de uma turnê em menor escala no futuro. As últimas notícias sobre Latimer vem através de um blog de David Minasian, que já dirigiu várias produções de vídeo de Camel ao longo dos anos. Minasian lançou o seu álbum, Random Acts of Beauty, em agosto de 2010. A saúde de Latimer progrediu tanto que ele contribuiu em solos de guitarra e vocais para a faixa de abertura do álbum, "Masquerade".

  

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