Camel ‎– Music Inspired By The Snow Goose

It is endearingly Camel that it is neither Tolkien, nor Tolstoy or even Hesse which provides the conceptual framework for this 40-odd minute instrumental oeuvre, but rather Paul Gallico's ("available in all good book stores") Snow Goose. It is the novella's sweet and tender sentiments that are approximate for a band whom for all tense and purposes don’t "rock", but rather glide in mirage. So too Andrew Latimer's guitar, the prominent main-stay of the band's musical journey, which is more synonymous with the flight in the air than a ruckus show of cock prowess. Therefore as the album acoustically lulls in eerie solemnity amidst the extreme melodic good vibes of Latimer's led guitar and occasional flute, along with Peter Bardens' array of moogs, organs, and effects; it is the dynamic of modest self-awareness and economy which makes this particular inspiration so engaging, and poignant. A