The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins

'The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins' is a 90-minute documentary feature film that tells the story of Nicky Hopkins, the highly gifted and prolific session pianist, and unsung hero of rock. Nicky not only played with The Kinks, The Who, The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, he also played on solo albums of all four members of The Beatles in the early part of a stellar career that spanned over 30 years. During that time, he contributed to over 250 albums and a vast number of single releases. Nicky’s legendary piano riffs and wonderful musical motifs helped ordinary tracks become extraordinary and iconic, with many remaining popular today. The generations that followed the Golden Era of Rock And Roll soon discovered those iconic tracks that made Nicky Hopkins a legend amongst his peers – tracks like 'Revolution' by The Beatles, 'Like A Rainbow', 'Sympathy For The Devil' and 'Angie' by the Rolling Stones, 'Jealous Guy' by John Lennon, and 'You Are So Beautiful' by Joe Cocker. Nicky’s story is told in the film by a long list of rock and roll legends and commentators, including Albert Lee, Antonia Cipollina, Arthur Rochester, Benmont Tench, Bill Wyman, Billy Nicholls, Bro Paul Brown, Chris Kimsey, Chris Welch, Chuck Leavell, Dave Davies, Glyn Johns, Graham Parker, Gray Levett, Greg Phillinganes, Harry Shearer, Helen O’Hara, Jack Casady, Jim Keltner, Joe Tansin, John Goddard, Jorma Kaukonen, Julian Dawson (Nicky’s biographer – author of And on Piano… Nicky Hopkins), Keith Richards, Merrell Fankhauser, Mick Jagger, Mike Hurst, Mike McCartney, Moira Hopkins (Nicky’s widow), Morgan Fisher, Nils Lofgren, Paddy Milner, Pete Edmonds, Pete Sears, Pete Townshend, Peter Frampton, PP Arnold, Rory Kaplan, Sarah Sleet (CEO of Crohn’s & Colitis UK), Shel Talmy, Slim Jim Phantom, Terry Reid and Tom Speight. The film is narrated by Bob Harris, former presenter of the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test, who has declared Nicky Hopkins as rock and roll’s greatest session man.PT1H30M12a
Michael Treen
The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins"The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins"

Showtimes

January 18, 5:00 pm

January 20, 8:00 pm

Highland Cinema