Avtor: Peter Podbrežnik
Le kdo bi si mislil, da se bo legendarni kitarist/pevec in šef Camel Andrew Latimer potegoval za mesto kitarista v koncertni skupini Rogerja Watersa na njegovi prihajajoči poletni turneji? Na začetku pomladi naj bi Watersov agent povprašal Latimerja, če je zainteresiran, da se pridruži Watersu na njegovi prihajajoči turneji. Roger naj bi menda potreboval kitarista, ki bi lahko igral in pel podobno kot David Gilmour. Ker je Latimer vselej zainteresiran za nove izzive in še posebno za tako zanimive, je Rogerju na vaji z njegovo skupino predstavil svoje kitarske in pevske sposobnosti. Ker ni bilo nobenega dvoma o njegovih kitarskih sposobnostih, je ostalo edino kar je moral še uspešno opraviti njegov vokalni nastop. Čeprav sta si njuna vokala v mnogih pogledih precej podobna, Gilmour poje za enega in pol tona nad Latimerjevim vokalnim razponom. In to je bilo na koncu tisto, kar je odločilo, da se je Latimer odrekel koncertnim nastopom z Watersom. Na zadnji koncertni turneji Camel je imel Latimer, menda zaradi prevelike obremenitve, težave s petjem. Potem ko je ugotovil, da njegov glas ne bi zdržal celotne turneje sta se Andrew in Roger sporazumno razšla. Kitarist, ki bo na turneji spremljal Rogerja Watersa bo tako Dave Kilminster, ki je pred tem igral z Johnom Wettonom, skupino Quango in Keithom Emersonom.
Latimer je podal naslednjo izjavo povezano z njegovim srečanjem z Watersom:
Just like to add my warm wishes to you all as I’ve been absent for a while. The writing of a new project is progressing well, but as you have heard there’s been a few distractions. Hearing from Andy Fairweather and consequently meeting Roger was an extremely enjoyable experience. It all happened very quickly and before I knew what was happening I was playing “Comfortably Numb” at full blast somewhere in London. The band sounded great, and then… Roger asked me to belt out “Breathe”. Singing softly, I could manage it, but needing to belt it out was a whole other story. I did a fairly croaky rendition (Tom Waits would have been envious) but the cruncher was “Wish you were here”. Roger, forever the quintessential Englishman, smiled and said “bit high for you?” We talked for quite awhile. What a nice chap he is, very easy to talk to. I felt like I’d known him for ages. The rest of the band were equally friendly, especially Andy F. and Snowy White — great blokes. So, all in all a great journey, most enjoyable. Dave Kilminster got the gig and although I don’t know much about him, I am sure Roger made a good choice. I wish them well and look forward to attending a show.
My best wishes, Andy
