This band was one of the original psychedelic rock bands from San Francisco. “Pride of Man” was written in 1964 by Hamilton Camp, and it always had sort of an aura of prophecy hanging around its lyrics. Camp’s version was included on a 1964 album. I have a feeling that Camp, himself, may have considered this song prophetic. He started his career as Bob Camp and performed for years with Bob Gibson who was a key figure in the folk music revival of the late 1950s and 1960s. Then, shortly before wri