Pete Bardens

Pete Bardens (19 June 1944 in Westminster, London - 22 January 2002) was a keyboardist and a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. He played organ, piano, synthesizers and mellotron and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer. Bardens worked alongside Rod Stewart, Mick Fleetwood and Van Morrison and recorded several solo albums. In 1965 he was the keyboard player with Them. Between 1966 and 1967 he was with the Shotgun Express, a gr... more

Pete Bardens (19 June 1944 in Westminster, London - 22 January 2002) was a keyboardist and a founder member of the British progressive rock group Camel. He played organ, piano, synthesizers and mellotron and wrote songs with Andrew Latimer. Bardens worked alongside Rod Stewart, Mick Fleetwood and Van Morrison and recorded several solo albums. In 1965 he was the keyboard player with Them. Between 1966 and 1967 he was with the Shotgun Express, a group featuring Rod Stewart, Peter Green and Mick Fleetwood. His band Pete B's Looners, also included Green and Fleetwood. After this he released solo work. He left Camel in 1978, and joined Van Morrison's band for Wavelength (1978) and the following tour, before he had a solo career that led him into electronica. In 1984 he was a member of Keats. During the late 80s and early 90s, he released a number of solo electronic albums including the moderately successful Seen One Earth in 1986. His first single from that album, "In Dreams", enjoyed... less