Bands like Camel and Focus

The three things I really love about these bands are:

1) the fast jazzy drums

2) very melodic guitar (focus 2, the snow goose, air born, Sylvia)

3) intense faster sections (Freefall, round goes the gossip, lunar sea, Dunkirk)

So any bands, albums or songs that fit that criteria, send them my way

For me the epitome of that 'Freefall' sound is of course 'Khan...Space Shanty.'

Edited by dr wu23 - September 03 2019 at 16:51

well, for a Camel lover, Anyone's Daughter, the superb German symphonic band from the end of the 1970s/early 1980s is a must. Most of those qualities are captured in this suite

How about Jade Warrior. They follow the guitar and flute model of Focus and Jethro Tull. Their drums might be jazzy or World Music influenced.













Edited by HackettFan - September 03 2019 at 21:44

here is another, a self professed Camel inspired band with a Camel inspired name.  Their first albums rips off a lot of passages but their second album rivals the bets of Camel.  Here is the title track but it's all good

Edited by kenethlevine - September 16 2019 at 08:30

Thank you everybody, I will listen to as much of this as I can and I will report the results back

just also thought of Sebastian Hardie and their album "4 Moments" as being somewhat similar to FOCUS, particularly the entirely instrumental side 2.  This piece is my fave, curiously called "Openings" and being the last track of the album.  The mellotron solo in the middle, and the wild abandon guitar solo near the end are especially fantastic

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: Sebastian Hardie sounded a lot like Yes to me(circa TFTO)but there's probably some Camel in there as well.