1/2/2023 0 Comments Alex chilton like flies rarROLLING STONES, Between The Buttons, Decca/London NICKY HOPKINS, The Revolutionary Piano Of…, CBS THE KINKS, The Kinks Kontroversy, Pye/Reprise THE WHO, My Generation, Brunswick/Decca USA These are just some of the albums and singles Nicky played on. It’s from the Nicky Hopkins website…It reads like a who’s who in music. Nicky died in Nashville Tn in 1994 from complications of surgery from Crohn’s Disease.īelow I copied a highlight of his discography. He was so easy to work with and he could hang we’d do sessions for fifteen hours, sometimes two days Keith Richards: “What I liked about Nicky is you’d give him a song and he’d develop it, with a couple of passes, into something, almost immediately. He was just playing fantastic and coming up with these parts that just were so special.” Joe Walsh: “We just said, “Hey, we’re not going to tell you what to play! You can play anything you want, dude and it’ll be just fine with us.” Nicky was at his absolute best. Nicky is a big part of my work and I think of him often.” Pete Townshend: “Nicky was a great talent…He is gone but his wonderful playing will live on and I’m proud that so much of his work will be heard as part of my own. He managed to give “Days,” for instance, a mysterious religious quality without being sentimental or pious. On a ballad, he could sense which notes to wrap around the song without being obtrusive. But he had the ability to turn an ordinary track into a gem – slotting in the right chord at the right time or dropping a set of triplets around the back beat, just enough to make you want to dance. Ray Davies: Nicky, unlike lesser musicians, didn’t try to show off he would only play when necessary. Here are some other artists talking about Nicky. The first I heard of him was reading he played piano on Revolution by the Beatles. I’ve read about Nicky from other artists books when I was younger but didn’t know until the internet how many great recordings he played on…Also that he sometimes toured with bands like the Stones on perhaps their greatest tour…the 1972 tour. He later joined the Jeff Beck Group and was a full member of the Quicksilver Messenger Service. In the studio, he played with the Beatles, Who, Kinks, Rolling Stones and just about everyone else of that era. Because of illnesses, he started to play on studio sessions. Nicky Hopkins started with Screaming Lord Sutch’s Savages, which also included Jimmy Page… He played with the Cyril Davies All-Stars, one of the first British rhythm & blues bands. He was one of the busiest session men in the business. I’ve never been a keyboard player…but when I think of keyboardists this man comes to mind.
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