Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera (aka "Velvet Opera") was a British rock band active in the late 1960s. Members of the band would later become members of Strawbs, Hudson Ford and Stretch. The band picked up on the British psychedelic movement after supporting The Pink Floyd as a soul/blues band called 'The Five Proud Walkers', the lineup was Richard " Hud" Hudson on drums, John Ford on bass, Colin Forster on lead guitar, Jimmy Horrocks (Horovitz) on organ and flute (who left early in the band's history), and Dave Terry on vocals and harmonica.