This fascinating new book by Julian Dawson follows the life and musical career of keyboard player to the stars Nicky Hopkins from the schoolboy playing for hymns at school assembly, through rock n roll pioneership after teaming up with David Sutch before he even became the "Screaming Lord", through being the session keyboard player of choice for all the top bands of the 60s and 70s right up to his untimely death at the age of 50 and his very last recording session which was with Dawson himself.
Hopkins played on 14 Rolling Stones albums from 1967 to 1981, he played with the Kinks, The Beatles, Nllsson, Cat Stevens, Rod Stewart, Meatloaf - the list goes on... He played on Joe Cocker's "You Are So Beautiful" , John Lennon's "Imagine", PP Arnold's "Angel Of The Morning" ...The Wurzels' "Combine Harvester"....!
We had a fascinating chat with the book's author Julian Dawson which will be aired in our "Best Kept Secrets...In Conversation" show on Preston FM this Friday evening - 3rd June - at 7pm. However, you can hear a sneak preview right now by clicking on the sound icon below:
