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The Revolutionary Piano of Nicky Hopkins (WWNHD: Part 4)

Posted by Lance Davis - June 1, 2018 - Brian Jones, David Bowie, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Julian Dawson, Keith Moon, Kinks, Merseybeats, Nicky Hopkins, Pretty Things, Ritchie Blackmore, Rolling Stones, The Creation, WWNHD
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There are people who read music and don’t make things up and people who make things up and don’t read music, so when you put them together it’s a powerful thing. Nicky could play whatever you put in front of him. It’s a rarity to have somebody who could do that as perfectly as all […]

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But It Was Blues: What Would Nicky Hopkins Do? (Part 3)

Posted by Lance Davis - May 13, 2018 - Jimmy Page, Julian Dawson, Kinks, Nicky Hopkins, The Who, WWNHD
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  In February-March 1965, Jimmy Page was producing a session for a singer named Andy Anderson. Jeff Beck was on guitar, Carlo Little was on drums, and engineering the session was a young upstart named Glyn Johns. On keyboards? Well, that was the problem. The piano player didn’t show up for the gig. So, Carlo […]

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Diamond Tiaras: What Would Nicky Hopkins Do? (Part 2)

Posted by Lance Davis - May 5, 2018 - Big Maceo, Chopin, Cyril Davies, Floyd Cramer, Jerry Lee Lewis, Julian Dawson, Nicky Hopkins, WWNHD
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  Because my copy of Julian Dawson’s And on Piano …Nicky Hopkins: The Extraordinary Life of Rock’s Greatest Session Man arrived after I posted the first WWNHD, I wanna use this post to catch up to the story, then we’ll jam with Edward. Here’s a few notes from the early bio. Hopkins nearly died multiple […]

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7 Albums in 7 Days: #7 Fight

Posted by Lance Davis - May 2, 2018 - 7 Albums 7 Days, A Giant Dog, Andrew Cashen, Sabrina Ellis
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I’m sure this is not a shocker. If you know me, you probably could’ve guessed that my 7th of 7 albums was gonna be something by Sabrina Ellis, be it A Giant Dog, Sweet Spirit, or all the way back to Bobby Jealousy. In fact, I almost picked Bobby J’s 2012 debut, A Little Death. […]

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7 Albums in 7 Days: #6 Battle Cry For Help

Posted by Lance Davis - May 1, 2018 - 7 Albums 7 Days, Grand Champeen
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A few years ago, I wrote about the reissue of The One That Brought You. That’s probably Grand Champeen’s best album. But, Battle Cry For Help is where my love began. It’s kinda funny to think of this album marketed and/or thought of as alt.country when it was released in 2001. Not that it was […]

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