NICKY HOPKINS

Nicky Hopkins was a classically trained pianist whose singular talent graced the songs of some of the most popular and influential rock bands of the ‘60s and ‘70s. 

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His career spanned four decades. He worked with the Beatles (both band and solo efforts), the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Kinks, the Jeff Beck Group, and many more. The quintessential “session man,” many of the best-known and best-loved songs of a generation would have been significantly less compelling without his contributions. He had “classical proficiency and the soul of a bluesman…Nicky, unlike lesser musicians, didn't try to show off; he would only play when necessary. But he had the ability to turn an ordinary track into a gem…” (Ray Davies [1]) Yet most people have never heard his name.