Dave Nelson

Comparing Wall Street traders to rock & roll stars, journeyman rocker Dave Nelson became a financier in the early '90s. One of his major complaints about his previous trade has been the excessive volume used by groups on-stage; ironically, Nelson's discography tilts toward live performances by bands he joined well after their recording careers had begun. He should not be confused with the San Francisco guitarist and bandleader, normally credited as David Nelson, who performs with groups such as The New Riders Of The Purple Sage.



The latter Nelson's career has a contrastingly clear aesthetic stream running through it. As for the guitarist who now picks stock options rather than licks, his virtuosity is inevitably a confusing stylistic message that with a name this common might suggest more than one person at work. It is the same Dave Nelson, however, who joined the prog rock outfit Nektar in 1977, who became a member of a revived touring version of The Turtles, and who pulled the strings for David Johansen of the glam rock New York Dolls in the very shadow of Wall Street itself.

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