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Kit Watkins covers Camel's Spirit Of The Water on new album

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Former Camel and Happy The Man keyboard player releases Field Of View in July...

Kit Watkins
(Image credit: Kit Watkins)

Former Camel and Happy The Man keyboard player Kit Watkins will release his new solo album, Field Of View, this month. His 30th solo album also features a cover Camel's Spirit Of The Water.

Watkins, who rose to prominence as a member of US prog rockers Happy The Man in 1974. He joined Camel in 1979, appearing on the band's I Can See Your House From Here album and remaining in the band for the Nude and The Single Factor tours.

Watkins released his first solo album, Labyrinth, in 1980, and has continued to work in the progressive, jazz and ambient fields ever since. He is joined on Field Of View by drummers Forrest Young and Bill Smith and guitarist Greg Moreau.

Watkins describes his latest work as "an accessible yet deeply hypnotic musical adventure for listeners."

For more information check out Watkins' website.

Kit Watkins

(Image credit: Kit Watkins)
Jerry Ewing
Jerry Ewing

Writer and broadcaster Jerry Ewing is the Editor of Prog Magazine which he founded for Future Publishing in 2009. He grew up in Sydney and began his writing career in London for Metal Forces magazine in 1989. He has since written for Metal Hammer, Maxim, Vox, Stuff and Bizarre magazines, among others. He created and edited Classic Rock Magazine for Dennis Publishing in 1998 and is the author of a variety of books on both music and sport, including Wonderous Stories; A Journey Through The Landscape Of Progressive Rock.