The CamelTones was born in 2012 in the back room of LMI, a local ISP owned by Gary and Dan in Berkeley. The Chicken (Ten Ton) practices weekly (weakly?) in a back room of LMI.  Often yahoos will pass thru and say "Hey we should have a big jam sometime." So one night we did, and invited anyone who wanted, to come and jam.

​

6 of us showed up, and The CamelTones was born.  I called dibs on bass, and got my first bass gig. We all brought in songs to learn, and we all sing lead now and then.

​

Gary Morrell, gtr, mandolin, slide; Mark Francis, acoustic gtr; Steveo Chaney, ukulele; Rich DiBenedetto, drums and perc; Karla Downey, drums and perc; JS, bass.

 

Partial artist list: Paul McCartney, Maria Muldaur, Pink Floyd, Phish, Wilco, Ween, XTC, Paul Simon, Peter Gabriel, Jethro Tull, The Band, Hawaiian ditties, Bob Seeger, REM, Gerry Rafferty, RHCP, Alanis, etc etc etc.