Lights, Camel, Action! | Out of the Ark Music

Camel Walk from early 1900s The ragtime era is the precursor to Jazz music in 1890-1910s. Black americans brought a new musical piano style that was rhythmical, syncopated and "ragged". Imitating animals as a dance form was a huge craze in the ragtime era. That including moves and dances like : Foxtrot, Cowtail, Camel Walk, Pecking, Chicken dance, Turkey Trot... The Camel Walk continued to live through the decades in Soul, Funk and Hip Hop. It's no surprise really when you think that we've alway