Nektar - Nelly the Elephant

[shovelpig]

Wow! I have just found this vid but been loving the song for many years... Awesome thanks for posting.... more please!!!

[damnright4]

Awesome tune! dont know if they still play it though... Hope they do in Foxboro MA!!

[theshortglide]

I saw Nektar in a small club in New York in 1975 or 1976 and fell in love with them. I still have two of their albums.

[wizard529]

..........I give to you the fantastic Nelly and her performing elephants. An extraordinary exhibition of animal dexterity from the darkest jungles of Africa.

@Jivemaster2005, Yes, this is from Nearfest, Trenton NJ 2002. Had I known about the show I would have been there. Fortunately they played The Classic Rock Festival at the same venue later that year. Where I purchased this very video. Roye and crew really rocked. It was an awesome show!!

wizard529 4 hours ago

[drummin59]

i saw nektar in 75....what a show !!!

one of the best concerts i'v ever seen...........

[blister7]

This Group was the Best!!

[derfzus]

Totally excellent! I just now thought to look for videos by Nektar. I have 4 of their albums and saw them live in Phoenix at the Celebrity Theater around 1977. There were only about 200 people in the audience because they weren't well-known in those parts.  One of the best live performances I've ever seen!!!!

[edvadosvba]

One of the last times the original lineup ever played together.

The current touring band is still EXCELLENT.

[emboladoomeiodecampo]

Maravilhoso. Um clássico do rock progressivo!.

[JeezWhiz87]

@Fronzel41

Nelly is from the "jungles of darkest Afrika" in the original lyrics so I have no idea where you got that Nelly was an Indian elephant.

[Jivemaster2005]

isn't this from Nearfest in Trenton, NJ?

I was there :-)

[RodrogerAu]

What an excellent live clip. First heard this track on "Down To Earth" in '74, one of my favourite Nektar albums.

[remindbender]

~~consciouss*t*reaming*d*heeha­irwaves~~~

*UN*cons: "touché:d-own"!i!

[jovallmen]

Génial ! merci

[dougstang67]

That's my Chelle!

[crazy8rgood]

Amazing soloing. Albrighton is the MAN!

[hemphatman]

I love this band!!

[Fronzel41]

Darkest jungles of Africa?

That's interesting; in the original song, Nelly is clearly an Indian elephant.

[Stratoblaster01]

Good to see these guys are still doing their thing. Thought they faded into oblivion 30 years ago. Any U.S. tour dates? If so, then come back to Albany and bring City Boy and Be Bop Deluxe with you like in '77!

[candalyn928]

You just missed them.  They played NYC May 4th.

[Stratoblaster01]

Wish I'd known that....I'm less than 200 miles away. Thanks anyway.

[candalyn928]

Nektar's new live CD "Fortyfied" celebrating their 40th Anniverary is available on their website, nektarsmusic. Also check out the tour schedule.

[corkykab]

Probably my favorite Nektar tune (next to It's All Over)... love this live version with the extended guitar solo- Roye rules!!! Thanks so much for putting this up, and great to see them still so vital in the new millenium!

[Pighood]

Man that kicked ass.

[gretnachampions]

Fantastic! If I recall rightly this was some mad concept album about a space circus with Robert Calvert of Hawkwind as a crazed ringmaster. I'm off to Play or amazon to see if you can still get it. My vinyl was poached by someone else years ago.

[schnippenwippen]

huuuuuuuuuuuuu- coooooooooool

[computercurtis]

Awesome!!!!!!! Elephants are extremely fond of oranges!!!!

[PAULLONDEN]

Might be Curtis...but African elephants are practicly untamable.

3:49 here this song get's to epic proportions indeed.

[thordoggie]

@PAULLONDEN African elephants are quite tempermental...indian elephants are FAR easier to tame and train.

[thinkillers]

Nearfest, 2002, I think.

[UFO4X]

Was this at classic rockfest 2002 in Trenton, New Jersey in October? If so, I was sitting in the front row right side! Great Show!

[lamronba2099]

Please, sends us more of these fantastic music. Nektar has accompanied me many years in the 70s.