Nicky Hopkins

Nicky Hopkins , born the February 24th 1944 with London and deceased the September 6th 1994 in Nashville (Tennessee), was a Pianiste of rock'n'roll having played in particular with the Rolling Stones primarily with the piano, and sometimes with the organ and the synthetizer.

Biography

It supplements well the play of the other pianist of Rolling Stones Ian Steward, very rock'n'roll and percussion, by its style diversified and very mélodieux, for example throughout the album Their satanic Majesties Request , and on the following albums on certain pieces to the album Black and Blue .

In the absence of Keith Richards and at the period when Brian Jones had disappeared, it records an album extremely successful between blues and boogy with the rhytmic section of Rolling Stones (Charlie Watts & Bill Wyman), with the complicity of the guitarist Ry Cooder who also produced there an excellent service with the slide guitar, and appreciable appearances of Mick Jagger with the song and the harmonica. This album is called Jaming with Edwards according to the nickname which was given to Nicky Hopkins. The titles of this album remain in general in only one tonality, which facilitates the fusion of a jam session. Among other originalities, the last title attacked by Nicky Hopkins out of faggot which is transformed then into Boogie, and some singing exercises of Mick Jagger on several octaves. It spends a few years to the USA, to California or it will off be integrated into Quicksilver Messenger Service then in New Riders the Purple Sage.

It took part in the concerts of Rolling Stones around 1970, but more rarely then because of its health. He wrote some albums solo and played with other groups like in particular the Beatles.

He also played on the albums of the Who Who' S Next of 1971 and The Who By Numbers of 1975. It is finally, the pianist of Jeff Beck Group (1967-1969). He was the only musician of this formation to be taken part in Woodstock. He dies in 1994 of the complications of a preceding intestinal surgery at 50 years.

Discography

Personal albums

1966 : The revolutionary piano off Nicky Hopkins
1973: The chock man has dreamer
1975: No more exchanges

Realized in Japan:

1992: The fugitive
1992: Patio
1993: Namiki family

Participation in an album

1965 : My Generation of the Who
1965: The Kink Kontroversy of the Kinks
1966: Face to Face of the Kinks
1967: Drunk sounds of the Drunk Survivors
1968: Beggars Banquet of the Rolling Stones
1969: Volunteers of the Jefferson Airplane
1971: Imagines John Lennon
1971: Who' S Next of the Who
1971: Stincky fingers of the Rolling Stones
1972: Goats head soup of the Rolling Stones
1973: Living room in the Material World of George Harrison
1973: Ringo of Ringo Starr
1975: The Who By Numbers of the Who
1976: Black and Blue of the Rolling Stones
1976: Reflections of Jerry Garcia
1990: Still got the Blues of Gary Moore
1992: The extremist of Joe Satriani
1969: Sady Grove of Quicksilver Messenger Service
1970: Just for Coils Quicksilver Messenger Service
1970: What Butt Me of Quicksilver Messenger Service
1972: Powerglide of New Riders off the Purple wise

Participation in a title

With Paul Mc Cartney: Song " Same Love" Face B of Black and white the Flaming Album
With Cyril Davies Rhythm and Blues All Stars: " Country line special" (1963)
With the Beatles: " Revolution" , version 45 T (1968)
With Neil Christian and The Crusaders: " My baby lefts me" (1968)
With the Rolling Stones: " She' S.A. Rainbow" (1967), " Sympathy for the Devil" (1968), " No Expectations" (1968), " Gimme Shelter" (1969), " Monkey Man" (1969), " Moonlight Mile" (1970), " Tumbling Dice" (1972), " Torn and Frayed" (1972), " Angie" (1973), " Time Waits for No One" (1974), Fool to Cry (1976), " Waiting one has Friend" (1981)
With Jefferson Airplane: " Eskimo Blue Day" (1969), " Hey Fredrick" (1969)
With the Who: " We' Re Not Gonna Take It remix" (1975), " They' Re All in Love" (1975), " Kid" slipway; (1975)
With the Kinks: " Mr. Pleasant" (1967), " Green" village; (1968), " Berkeley Mews" (1968)
With Ringo Starr: " No No song" (1974)
With Jeff Beck: " Girl from Valley" Millet; (1975)

See too

The Rolling Stones

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