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FREE AND ON PIANO ...NICKY HOPKINS: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE OF ROCKS GREATEST SESSION MAN PDF Julian Dawson,Klaus Voormann | 384 pages | 01 Apr 2011 | Plus One Press | 9780984436224 | English | San Francisco, CA, United Kingdom Meet Session Superstar Nicky Hopkins | Best Classic Bands Yet even many classic rock fans worth their salt who And on Piano .Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rocks Greatest Session Man easily rattle off the names of the members of many bands he worked with — The Rolling Stones, Kinks, Who, Led Zeppelin, Jefferson Airplane and even The Beatles as well as Spinal Tap really, no joke; he played on Break Like the Wind to name literally but a few — might possibly be stumped to identify Hopkins much less quantify his near-immeasurable contribution to songs and albums so many of us know and love. 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. On a ballad, he could sense which notes to wrap around the song without being obtrusive. At age three he began playing piano. Hopkins left the Davies band to undergo operations that nearly killed him and sidelined his career for more then a year-and-a-half. On regaining his health he decided to eschew the rigors of touring for session work. But he was upset when Village Green … came out and the keyboard work was credited to Ray Davies with no mention of Hopkins, who said he had also composed songs and helped develop the musical framework for the concept album. The incident left a rather bad taste in the mouth of the normally quite easygoing Hopkins, who by evidence of all the varied acts he played with got along well with most everyone. Ray Davies is so tight his arse squeaks when he walks. At the time, his session work became as much of a grind as the road. He also later became a member of Quicksilver Messenger Service. During this creatively fertile time of the early s, Hopkins — along with Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, And on Piano .Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rocks Greatest Session Man Wyman and Charlie Watts — released one of the most revered archaeological side-projects in the Rolling Stones hagiography — the album titled Jamming with Edward! Hopkins also contributed to the Jamming With Edward! Some of the material from that project was also used on the Jamming … album. He was also a key player on Exile on Main Street. Asked to hit the road with the group on their next outing, Hopkins had to beg off for health reasons. But they continued to utilize him on recordings well into the s. My interview with Nicky for Crawdaddy magazine in was my first interview with a rock star. And to many of us in the music game, he was a rock star indeed. The indelible impression he left was even furthered when I caught him again with the Stones in July from the front row of Madison Square Garden. A low-key dude, Hopkins sat in his room like a china figurine contemplating the delicate patterns of his own musical inspiration. While his wife Dolly And on Piano .Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rocks Greatest Session Man phone calls and travel arrangements in a corner of the room, Nicky talked dreamily about his Mill Valley hideaway, where he and Dolly had been spending the last couple of years living the life, making music, writing songs with a cassette player atop his piano, and pursuing his hobby of collecting tins. His can collection of many years was the subject of an oil painting on the back of his album cover. It makes much more sense, really. But Hopkins also sang a lot on the album, which marked the work as a breakthrough for him. It was done pretty loosely, really. We went to England in the beginning of September and George was supposed to be recording. But he phoned from abroad and said that he was going to be another two weeks. He knew I was going to be recording, and could I use the time? I said sure and got all the basic tracks in those two weeks. He had high hopes for the album but was realistic. Harry Nilsson helped out a lot with the lyrics. Why not call it Toilet Paper, or Fluorescent Lights? Sadly, all the talk of hitting the road with an all-star band never came to fruition. That same year another solo album was recorded that remains as yet unreleased. Hopkins also branched out into composing soundtracks. His poor health continued to plague him, and drugs and drinking also became an issue. During those years Hopkins briefly returned to England to live for a short spell, did time in Los Angeles, and then settled in Nashville, TN, where he died on September 6, from complications after intestinal surgery. His friends and fans regularly campaign for his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But for all his accomplishments and the wonderful parts and music he created, Hopkins remains sadly unsung. They do their job for a fee and then leave, rarely seeing their names on the records. You only miss them when they are not there. Photos by Becky Danese pic. Just two examples. I had Edward and Tin Man. They were the spice on many of those albums! Your data will be safe! Your e-mail address will not be published. Also other data will not be shared with third person. This site uses Akismet to reduce And on Piano .Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rocks Greatest Session Man. Learn how your comment data is processed. The Scene: Key Players. Share This:. 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The Rolling Stones. The Who. The Kinks. Jefferson Airplane. Joe Cocker. Quicksilver Messenger Service. The Yardbirds. Harry Nilsson. At the heart of their music, and of hundreds of others, was one man with a piano: Nicky Hopkins. This is the definitive work on rock music's greatest session player, and one of its unsung heroes. Ful And on Piano Full description Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published April 1st by Backstage Press first published January 1st More Details Other Editions 1. Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about And on Piano Nicky Hopkinsplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about And on Piano Nicky Hopkins. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of And on Piano Dec 01, Mark rated it it was amazing Shelves: historymusicbiography. Seems to me anybody who was anybody in my little scene at the time in the City, on the Coastside, and on the Peninsula; who cared about both men happened to show up- I, myself, had a little luck in more ways than one, with a happy girlfriend who'd often score a pair of tickets to whatever was happening at Winterland any given weekend. I have recordings of both evenings that prove it thanks to Uncle Bill's Vault. A little off-handed "Jingle Bells" has been making the rounds recently among Dead freaks on Facebook- that comes from the later of those 2 shows. There are a lot of reasons I felt drawn to Mr. Hopkins, not least his long associations with almost everyone we grew up digging on the radio, both here in the Bay Area and in London. This is an excellent book which limits the author's participation to the preface, and leaves the history intact without any egoic histrionics- so much like Nicky himself, the almost egoless master of the keys- the book is broken up less into consecutive chronology than it is by those associations, and the periods of his life are primarily defined by the early associations with his clients, here and there. He left behind so many who appreciate his personality and his musicianship and not least of all his remarkable courage in the face of horrible physical hardships which dogged him his entire life. This is a great book about a remarkable individual and so interesting I got it all in within 24 hours. Aug 08, Andy rated it it was amazing And on Piano .Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rocks Greatest Session Man rock-sleaze. If the lush piano introduction to Quicksilver Messenger Service's "Shady Grove" took your breath away then you've just heard the genius of Nicky Hopkins.