11 Facts About Peter Bardens

Peter Bardens was an English keyboardist and a founding member of the progressive rock group Camel.

Peter Bardens played keyboards, sang, and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer.

Peter Bardens 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 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.

Peter Bardens recorded an eponymous album in 1971 which was released in the United States as Write My Name in the Dust before forming Camel in 1972.

Peter Bardens left Camel in 1978 to join Them bandmate Van Morrison's band.

Peter Bardens recorded Wavelength with Morrison and appeared in the line up of the album's promotional tour.

Peter Bardens co-wrote "Looking for a Good Time" with Bobby Tench, featured as the B-side of the single "Chain Gang", which Tench had recorded as a tribute to Sam Cooke.

Peter Bardens continued to release a number of solo electronic albums including Seen One Earth, which found chart success in the United States.

Peter Bardens released Water Colours in 1991, and Big Sky in 1994.

Peter Bardens died from lung cancer in Malibu in January 2002, at the age of 56, and is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.