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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 In A Nutshell... 

Nicky Hopkins (born Nicholas Christian Hopkins (February 24, 1944 in Harlesden, North London, England; died September 6, 1994 in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.) was an English pianist and organist.

Hopkins recorded and performed on some of most important British and American popular music recordings of the 1960s and 1970s, and is widely regarded as one of the most important session musicians in rock history.

Nicky Hopkins On YouTube! 

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What people are blogging about Nicky Hopkins... 

NICKY HOPKINS - The Revolutionary Piano of
Check the credits on any number of rock albums from the late '60s through the '80s, especially Rolling Stones albums, and you'll come across the name Nicky Hopkins. For almost two decades, he was the most in-demand session pianist in ...
Salt of the Earth (song)
Featuring on the song are the Los Angeles Watts Street Gospel Choir and a raucous piano performance by Nicky Hopkins. These additions, and their prominence near the end of the song, are thought to have had an influence on their next ...
On This Date (September 6, 1994) Nicky Hopkins
Nicky Hopkins February 24, 1944 - September 6, 1994 Check the credits on any number of rock albums from the late '60s through the '80s, especially Rolling Stones albums, and you'll come across the name Nicky Hopkins. ...
The Rolling Stones - Goats Head Soup (73)
Aside from the official band members, other musicians appearing on Goats Head Soup include keyboard players Billy Preston, Nicky Hopkins, and unofficial member Ian Stewart. Recording was completed in January 1973 in Los Angeles and May ...

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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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Rolling Stones - Love In Vain (1972)

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The Tin Man Was a Dreamer

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Revolutionary Piano

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No More Changes

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Anthology of British Blues, Vol. 2

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Jamming with Edward!

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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

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Between the Buttons

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Between the Buttons

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Sleepwalker

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Sleepwalker

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Sleepwalker(Record Album/Vinyl)

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Happy Trails

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Anthology

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Quicksilver Messenger Service

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Classic Masters

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The Best of Quicksilver Messenger Service

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Let It Bleed [DSD]

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Sticky Fingers

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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

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Phantoms

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Phantoms [Region 2]

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Phantoms [Region 2]

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