Nicky Hopkins

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Nicky Hopkins played keyboards with some of the greatest acts in rock music!

The list of recordings where you can hear Nicky Hopkins is as long as your arm.

The list of people he played with is nearly as long, including The Who, The Kinks, Donovan, The Jefferson Airplane, The New Riders Of The Purple Sage, The Beatles, John Lennon, Steve Miller, Carly Simon, Joe Cocker and Jerry Garcia.

He was a member the first Jeff Beck Group, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Terry And The Pirates, The Lancasters and was thought of as "the sixth Rolling Stone" for years.

Nicky Hopkins

Nicky Hopkins in a nutshell... 

Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins (February 24, 1944 - September 6, 1994) was an English pianist and organist.

He recorded and performed on some of the most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest session musicians in rock history.Chris Welch, 9 Sept. 1994. Obituary: Nicky Hopkins, The Independent (independent.co.uk)

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Nicky Hopkins - Speed On

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Dolly - Nicky Hopkins

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EDWARD - Nicky Hopkins (piano)

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Presentará Jeff Beck nuevo disco en "Conciertos del Pueblo Español"
... cuya cara B "Beck"s bolero", contaba con la participación de Keith Moon, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones y Nicky Hopkins, siendo un éxito. ...

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Beck's Bolero (extended version)1966 - Jeff Beck/Jimmy Page

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Quicksilver Messenger Service Edward, the Mad Shirt Grinder

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Volunteers from Dick Cavett August 18, 69 for 19th playback

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JEFFERSON AIRPLANE-Dick Cavett (We Can Be Together)

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Jefferson Airplane- Dick Cavett 8/18/69 Somebody To Love

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Woodstock 1969 (3 Days of Peace & Music) Part14

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Jeff Beck Group & Rod Stewart - Shape Of Things

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Nicky Hopkins - Speed On

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Rolling Stones - Love In Vain (1972)

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The Tin Man Was a Dreamer

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Mates, Dates & Tempting Trouble

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Revolutionary Piano

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The Doctor, the Tornado, and the Kentucky Kid: The Sequel to "Faster" (Ultimate Collector's Edition)

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Truth

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Beck-Ola

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Beggars Banquet + 7 Bonus Tracks

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Beggars Banquet

Release Date: 01/29/2008

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Beggars Banquet

Release Date: 04/18/2006

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OLDANDNEW: 1737 - Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bill ...
Not an official Rolling Stones release, the assembled band does contain three-fifths of the group (Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts) along with session man extraordinaire Nicky Hopkins and guitarist Ry Cooder. ...
La Música de Abel, Johnny, Clara y Cía.: NICKY HOPKINS - - - THE ...
NICKY HOPKINS - - - THE TIN MAN WAS A DREAMER-1973. APORTE DE MIGUELON Y VAN.... DESCARGA. Publicado por abelaumann a las 9:40:00 PM. Etiquetas: NICKY HOPKINS. 0 comentarios: Publicar un comentario en la entrada ...
Lennoxed - History of British Blues Part Four
Ronnie Wood and Rod Stewart went off to form The Faces; Nicky Hopkins went off to work with The Rolling Stones on their studio recordings, while Jeff Beck was put out of action for eighteen months following a car crash. ...
PHROCK Blog: Jefferson Airplane: The Woodstock Experience (1969 us ...
The band's lineup included Jack Casady on bass, Grace Slick and Marty Balin on vocals, Paul Kantner and Jorma Kaukonen on guitars and vocals, Nicky Hopkins on piano and Spencer Dryden on drums. The Woodstock performance captured on this ...

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Between the Buttons

Release Date: 04/17/2006

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Between the Buttons

Release Date: 10/25/1990

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Sleepwalker

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Sleepwalker

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Sleepwalker(Record Album/Vinyl)

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Happy Trails

Release Date: 08/09/1994

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Anthology

Release Date: 02/15/2002

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Quicksilver Messenger Service

Release Date: 08/09/1994

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Classic Masters

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The Best of Quicksilver Messenger Service

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Let It Bleed

Release Date: 08/27/2002

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Sticky Fingers

Release Date: 07/26/1994

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Their Satanic Majesties Request

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Truth/Beck-Ola [FIRST PRESSING AS DOUBLE-ALBUM SET]

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Black and Blue

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Shady Grove

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Jamming With Edward

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Anthology of British Blues, Vol. 2

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Bravo Two Zero

Release Date: 12/18/2001

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The Doctor, the Tornado, and the Kentucky Kid: The Sequel to "Faster" (Ultimate Collector's Edition)

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Phantoms

Release Date: 08/19/1998

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Phantoms [Region 2]

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Oosquid wrote...

Nicky was a superb pianist. Loved his work with the stones. Very interesting lens, 5 stars.

ReplyPosted December 15, 2008

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