Talk:Nicky Hopkins

message: NICKY HOPKINS WAS A SCIENTOLOGIST?!?!?!?!?  Whoa.  I didn't anticipate that in a million years!  StarryEyes 13:35, 3 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: I believe that NH played the distinctive piano part on the recording 'she's a rainbow'? from the album 'Their satanic...' Is this true? Lentisco 01:44, 31 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: she's a rainbow

message: I added a list of some of his classic moments.  Since he isn't the consistent pianist on "Let It Bleed," I noted the songs he plays on.
I got the information that he suffered from Crohn's disease from this excellent radio documentary:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2
It will only be up for the next week.  It is the only web-based citation I can find for it.  If anyone else listens to this documentary, it would be great if you'd witness here that you heard this fact mentioned (it's near the end). It's a pretty crucial part of his story, since it's the indirect cause of his death, yet it's rarely spelled out. Thanks!  --Sojambi Pinola 19:32, 26 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I heard it. Nicky definitely suffered from Crohn's all his life. See: https://thesessionmanfilm.com/about/ Johnalexwood (talk) 23:17, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Added sessiongraphy

message: Did he ever win any Grammy's or other major awards? Steve Dufour 15:06, 14 July 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I know, no. He deserves to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Johnalexwood (talk) 23:06, 25 June 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Awards

message: The song "Session Man" by The Kinks is not about Hopkins, though he played on it. Here's an interview in which he explains that. Can someone correct? Dovic
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/rock_chronicles/rock_chronicles_1970s_nicky_hopkins.html  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 87.2.187.142 (talk) 05:38, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Session Man

message: Thus far, the photo in the infobox and the other non-free image I found has been placed in the article, but a good one of his face is still lacking. Both a song discography (even if limited aka. selected) would nearly complete the basic part of an article. Thanks. --Leahtwosaints (talk) 07:17, 18 May 2011 (UTC)
replies: text:  The above comment is correct: Nicky Hopkins is not in the picture 217.209.212.48 (talk) 14:53, 26 June 2011 (UTC)

text: Any takers for this? His discography is already huge and it's nowhere near complete. Johnalexwood (talk) 23:19, 24 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: Needs decent discography and a better photo

message: I am surprised that one of the most famous songs recorded isn't mentioned, Layla .  His piano takes up a good chunk of the latter half of the song and I feel that it is worthy of mention as it takes over from the guitar as the lead instrumental.
MalcolmSm1th (talk) 12:53, 28 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Problem is Nicky did NOT play on Layla - Jim Gordon played the piano part for the end things you're mentioning. Gordon had come up with the part and, though being the drummer for the sessions, played the part during the recording of that piece. Check the wiki article on the tune for details.THX1136 (talk) 18:21, 10 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other recordings 

message: Hey, can someone who is a better Wiki writer than me write under his collaborations the two great albums he recorded with Graham Parker? The two were also good friends, and Hopkins played a few shows as the Rumor's (Parker backing band) piano man.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.111.69.42 (talk) 19:09, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: GP

message: The 1995 citation from the New York Times is clearly not an "interview," it is a piece that Davies WROTE about Hopkins, as is very clear from the version on the kindakinks website. It doesn't seem to be on the NYT site, but since the date was Jan. 1, 1995, it was almost definitely from the New York Times Magazine (which is a little separate from the newspaper), they do a special around the end of each year about people who passed away over the preceding 12 months.
That's a pretty big difference, it means somebody from the Times contacted Davies or Davies contacted the Times (probably the former and it would be interesting to know for sure) and then Davies took the time to write it or at least go over something that was ghost-written. There is no rancor in there, it looks like whatever their differences, Davies wanted to give Hopkins proper credit for his important role in the history of the Kinks and of music in general.
I'll change it in a few days if nobody objects.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2604:2000:F82F:FF00:6233:4BFF:FEE8:B46F (talk) 18:59, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Ray Davies on Nicky Hopkins 

message: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicky_Hopkins
"Hopkins' frail health led him to concentrate on working as a session musician instead of joining bands, although he left his mark performing with a wide variety of famous bands, including the Rolling Stones and Led Zeppelin.[5]"
	Hopkins played with a lot of musical acts. Led Zeppelin was not among them. Another longtime Stones' pianist, Ian Stewart, played with Zeppelin on their tracks 'Rock 'n Roll' and 'Boogie With Stu'. Maybe that's the confusion. Or could it be confusion over Hopkins playing on Jeff Beck's 'Beck's Bolero' with Keith Moon (Who drummer) along with John Paul Jones (bass) and Jimmy Page (guitar) who formed Led Zeppelin 2 years later? The original line-up for 'Beck's Bolero' was supposed to be Beck, Page, Hopkins, Moon, and John Entwistle (Who bassist). Moon and Entwistle were unhappy in The Who at the time, so this line-up was considered as a new band but never materialized. The Led Zep name was later used by Page for his new band with Jones, Robert Plant, and John Bonham.
Andy Wigner  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.90.2.255 (talk) 21:34, 14 October 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed the last part of that sentence, since it is not what the reference says. What it says (despite entreaties to join the Stones and Led Zeppelin, Hopkins remained a freelancer) is, in fact, totally compatible with your comment.--Gorpik (talk) 16:04, 19 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Never Played With Zeppelin 

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message: It's not clear from the article which bands Nicky was actually in, and which bands he simply worked with as a session player. Can anyone clarify this? Johnalexwood (talk) 09:48, 28 June 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  In the band? 

message: It wasn’t really so rare for other musicians to play on Beatles records by the time they released Revolution. In those years from 68 to 70, apart from Hopkins, Eric Clapton, Billy Preston and others played on records. There’s even a Wikipedia page devoted to the subject - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_who_performed_on_Beatles_recordings. Djewesbury (talk) 18:49, 7 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Yep, that was just an opinion from a contributor. I have removed it.--Gorpik (talk) 08:55, 8 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Beatles’ Revolution