The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins is now available to watch on Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B0DBPKT9K7/ as well as Google Play, VUDU, XBox, Apple TV.
The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins DVD is available at:
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Session-Man-Peter-Frampton/dp/B0DXRBWPV5
Amazon Canada: https://www.amazon.ca/Session-Man-DVD-Peter-Frampton/dp/B0DXRBWPV5


The Session Man: Nicky Hopkins, a 90-minute documentary feature film, tells the story of Nicky Hopkins, the highly gifted and prolific session pianist, and unsung hero.
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. So many of them remain popular today. The generations that followed the Golden Era of Rock And Roll soon discover 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 from his Imagine album and You Are So Beautiful by Joe Cocker.
Nicky’s story is told in the film by 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 Session Man’s narrator, Bob Harris, former presenter of the BBC’s Old Grey Whistle Test, had no hesitation at the end of the film in confirming that, “Nicky Hopkins’ contributions made him rock and roll’s greatest session man.”
ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTEE 2025
MUSICAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
https://rockhall.com/inductees/nicky-hopkins/
MIKE TREEN
The Session Man Ltd are sad to announce the passing of producer and director Mike Treen in April 2025, just weeks before the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame class of 2025 was announced. Producer John Wood will carry the film forward and continue to educate the world about the legendary work of Nicky Hopkins.
World Premiere: Doc’n Roll Festival, Barbican Centre, London, 26 Oct 2023 – OFFICIAL SELECTION

Berlin Independent Film Festival, Babylon Berlin, 16 Feb 2024 – WINNER: Best Low Budget Feature

LA Indie Film Fest, Let Live Theater, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, 16 Mar 2024
Kingston International Film Festival (KIFF), Rose Theatre, Kingston-Upon-Thames, 22 Jun 2024 – WINNER: Best Documentary

North American Launch, Angelika Film Center, New York, 25 Sept 2024 in association with irocku, Berklee College of Music and MusicGurus.
Japanese website: www.sessionman.jp