Phil Carmen is a Swiss musician and producer born February 14, 1953 in Lucerne, Switzerland. Born Herbert Hofmann, Carmen grew up in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and Lucerne before turning to music in 1975. Carmen formed the country duo Carmen & Thompson with bassist Mike Thompson, releasing the single “Time Moves On”, which reached number 31 on the Italian chart in 1980, and performing “Follow Me” at the Sanremo Music Festival in 1981. In 1982, Carmen founded Picar Studios in Stein am Rhein, Switzerland, and released two early solo albums. Carmen achieved commercial success with the album Walkin' the Dog (1985), which reached number 3 on the Swiss Albums Chart and featured the single “On My Way in L.A.”, peaking at number 9 in Switzerland and number 18 in Germany. Carmen followed with the album Wise Monkeys (1986), which reached Number 1 in Switzerland and featured the single “Moonshine Still”, peaking at number 10. Carmen subsequently founded the country band Clover Leaf in 1986, released the albums City Walls (1987) and Skyline (1993), and released the single “God's Creation” in 1988. In 1996, Carmen released the Bob Dylan cover album Bob Dylan's Dream.
