Nicky Hopkins
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Nicholas Christian Hopkins (24 February 1944 – September 1994) was an English pianist and organist.
Hopkins performed on many of the best British and American pop and rock music albums from the 1960s to 1990s, including many from The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, and The Who.
Early life
Nicholas Christian Hopkins was born in Perivale, Middlesex, England, on February 24, 1944. At the age of three, he began playing the piano. He attended Sudbury Primary School in Perrin Road and Wembley County Grammar School, which now belongs to Alperton Community School, and was tutored by a local piano instructor; in his teens, he received a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London. For the most part of his life, he suffered from Crohn's disease.
He didn't have a problem with his health and repeated surgeries later, and he mainly worked as a session musician for the majority of his career. Hopkins was suspended in 1960 when he left school at 16 to play for Screaming Lord Sutch's Savages and then became the Cyril Davies. (R&B) All-Stars. Hopkins performed piano on their first single, Davies' much-loved theme tune "Country Line Special" was performed on piano.
However, he was compelled to leave the All Stars in May 1963 for a sequence of operations that nearly cost him his life, and he was bedridden for 19 months in his late teenage years. During Hopkins' convalescence, Davies died of leukemia and the All Stars disbanded. Despite having performed with a variety of well-known bands, Hopkins' frail health led him to concentrate on performing as a session singer rather than joining bands. He quickly became one of London's most in-demand session pianists, appearing on many hit songs from this period.
Later life
Hopkins lived in Mill Valley, California, for many years. He appeared in various local bands and then went on to record in San Francisco during this period. He did not receive royalties from any of his recording sessions because of his position as merely a "hired hand" rather than pop stars with agents. He received praise for his writing for the Jeff Beck Group, including the instrumental, "Girl From Mill Valley" on the 1969 album Beck-Ola.
His precarious health, as a result of Crohn's illness and its complications, made traveling very difficult, limiting him to studio work. Hopkins in a minority interest was the only Quicksilver Messenger Service, which went to great lengths to treat his artists fairly, as well as with assent from the band's members. Hopkins played a key role in Japan as a composer and orchestrator of film scores.
Hopkins credited the Church of Scientology-affiliated Narconon rehabilitation scheme with fighting his heroin and alcohol use in the early 1980s; he remained a Scientologist for the remainder of his life. He contributed to several of L. Ron Hubbard's musical recordings as a result of his religious affiliation.
Hopkins, Joe Walsh, Terry Reid, Rick Rosas, and Phil Jones formed The Flew, an informal group formed in 1993. They appeared at The Coach House in San Juan Capistrano for one show. This was Hopkins' last public appearance before his death.