Roye Albrighton (Nektar) - R.I.P.

I have always wanted to collect more Nektar ever since I first heard Recylced  in the late 70s, an album I still love to listen to.  In the decades since, I have only collected a few more (Magic is the Child, Evolution, Remember the Future, and Down to Earth), all of which I enjoy and all of which sound very different from one another.  The band and especially Roye Albrighton were never given the attention they deserved.  Time for another tribute listening marathon to both mourn what we have lost and celebrate what we have gained from this tremendous artist.  Well done sir, well done.  You will be missed.

I was in a nightclub in the Black Forest in Germany in 1973 and they played King of Twilight and I was hooked. I then learned they were playing in Freiburg supporting, as Bomber Harris put it 'somewhat incompatibly', Frank Zappa on his Grand Wazoo tour. I had to see them...Zappa wasn't bad either. Fast forward 35 years and I travelled to Leverkusen to see them again. Lucky enough to bump into Roye outside the venue and we had a great chat - an absolute gentleman. Nektar were the sole act on that night and must have played almost 3 hours. I was searching the net to find out when they were next due to tour and found to my horror Roye had passed away. What a great shame. I spent the weekend watching their 2 DVDs and listening to their albums I hadn't played for a few years. They never really made it commercially in the UK but thank goodness I was working in Germany at the time when I was introduced to their great music. End of an era. RIP Roye

RIP my hero and inspiration your playing were ahead of time and your vocals were a gem

progbaby wrote: No No No  I just found out about this.   I saw them in St. Louis 3 years ago.  They were great.

That must've been the tour I caught them on - at B.B. Kings in NYC. With Martin Turner's Wishbone Ash. Great show, great memories, though I though Lux Vibratus' bass was undermixed.

2016...que año malísimo...