<musicBio> <text>Check the credits on any number of [roviLink="MA"]rock[/roviLink] albums from the late '60s through the '80s, especially [roviLink="MN0000894465"]Rolling Stones[/roviLink] albums, and you'll come across the name [roviLink="MN0000400522"]Nicky Hopkins[/roviLink]. For almost two decades, he was the most in-demand session pianist in [roviLink="MA"]rock[/roviLink]; [roviLink="MN"]the Beatles[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN0000100160"]Kinks[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN0000577627"]Who[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN0000196968"]Jeff Beck Group[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN0000036106"]Steve Miller Band[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN0000840102"]Jefferson Airplane[/roviLink] -- there was hardly a major [roviLink="MA"]rock[/roviLink] band in the world that hadn't benefited from [roviLink="MN0000400522"]Hopkins[/roviLink]' deft touch at the keyboards. Born in London in 1944, [roviLink="MN0000400522"]Hopkins[/roviLink] honed his chops with [roviLink="MN0000312352"]Screaming Lord Sutch[/roviLink] and British bluesmeister [roviLink="MN0000123306"]Cyril Davies[/roviLink] before producer [roviLink="MN0000017132"]Shel Talmy[/roviLink] absconded with him to provide keyboards on early [roviLink="MN0000100160"]Kinks[/roviLink] and [roviLink="MN0000577627"]Who[/roviLink] albums. [roviLink="MN0000400522"]Hopkins[/roviLink]' biggest break was in 1967, when he worked with [roviLink="MN0000894465"]the Stones[/roviLink] on [roviLink="MW0000650705"]Their Satanic Majesties Request[/roviLink]; it was the start of a professional relationship with the band that would last until 1980. [roviLink="MN0000400522"]Hopkins[/roviLink] only recorded three solo albums, the second of which, [roviLink="MW0000476349"]The Tin Man Was a Dreamer[/roviLink], was a surprisingly solid, engaging record that, frankly, no one thought he was capable of recording. Frail and often in ill health, [roviLink="MN0000400522"]Hopkins[/roviLink] never toured much, preferring the studio to the road. Sadly, his chronic health problems culminated in his death in October 1994. ~ John Dougan</text> <author>John Dougan</author> <musicBioOverview> <NameMusicBioOverview> <overview>A classically trained pianist, Nicky Hopkins embraced rock ‘n’ roll in 1960 when, inspired by Chuck Berry, he joined the Savages, a seminal pre-Beatles group led by Screaming Lord Sutch. A lengthy illness undermined Hopkins’ career, but he re-emerged in 1965 as one of the country’s leading session musicians, appearing on releases by the Who, Dusty Springfield, and the Kinks. Sterling contributions to THEIR SATANIC MAJESTIES REQUEST established a rapport with the Rolling Stones, which continued on LET IT BLEED (1969), EXILE ON MAIN STREET (1972) and BLACK AND BLUE (1976). He relocated to California, joining the Quicksilver Messenger Service for two albums, including SHADY GROVE, before completing a second solo album, THE TIN MAN WAS A DREAMER. He subsequently sessioned on John Lennon’s IMAGINE.</overview> <authori:nil="true"/> <language>English</language> </NameMusicBioOverview> </musicBioOverview> </musicBio>
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