Ah..God rest the soul of Nicky Hopkins. I saw him in Joe's band when they toured Oz and NZ in 77/78, at Festival Hall in Brisbane. What an awful, echo-filled barn of a place that was! For me, Nicky's precise and ultra-melodic playing that night was one of the main inspirations for me to seek out piano lessons years after the event. I may never be Nicky Hopkins, but I'll also never die wondering.
I'm just trying to imagine these three guys sitting together in heaven, having a blast just like in the old days. R.I.P. Nicky Hopkins (1944-1994), Bobby Keys (1943-2014) and Joe Cocker (1944-2014) - they don't make musicians like these any more. (Btw just noticed that Bobby passed only 3 weeks before Joe).
It is from a two disc DVD called Nightmoves: an Australian late 70s early 80's TV show. The interviews were from a tour two years before the one filmed in Melbourne (without Bobby Keys and the great keyboardist, Nicky Hopkins.)
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Ah..God rest the soul of Nicky Hopkins. I saw him in Joe's band when they toured Oz and NZ in 77/78, at Festival Hall in Brisbane. What an awful, echo-filled barn of a place that was! For me, Nicky's precise and ultra-melodic playing that night was one of the main inspirations for me to seek out piano lessons years after the event. I may never be Nicky Hopkins, but I'll also never die wondering.
Wow
Who played lead guitar on that tour?
What a mad dog Joe was! Love the guy!
Glad Joe was able to return up where he belongs! ❤️
I'm just trying to imagine these three guys sitting together in heaven, having a blast just like in the old days.
R.I.P. Nicky Hopkins (1944-1994), Bobby Keys (1943-2014) and Joe Cocker (1944-2014) - they don't make musicians like these any more.
(Btw just noticed that Bobby passed only 3 weeks before Joe).
Brilliant unseen footage cocker power the world
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Hi, any chance of knowing where this footage came from?
It is from a two disc DVD called Nightmoves: an Australian late 70s early 80's TV show.
The interviews were from a tour two years before the one filmed in Melbourne (without Bobby Keys and the great keyboardist, Nicky Hopkins.)
If you specialize in liver transplants, this would be the dream team.
He had a concert in my town, i missed it. What a failure