Nicky Hopkins

Nicky Hopkins
Nicky Hopkins was a popular session pianist and sometimes group-member for a variety of bands including “The Rolling Stones”. Thru out the late-sixties and seventies it seemed that everytime you picked up an album cover and read the credits, Nicky Hopkins was listed as the Piano player. In 1968 he joined “The Jeff Beck Group” (Which included Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood) and played on “Truth” and “Beck-ola”. He also did a brief stint with the latter version of “Quicksilver Messenger Service”. He died September 9th of 1994 at the age of 50 due to a medical illness.