The Session Man, the recent documentary about lauded session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins, will be released as a digital video on November 5. It also will be available on DVD in December. The film looks ...

"We were coming up with songs [that were] absolutely beyond Stew's level of capability," Richard says. "Stew called and said, 'The only guy that can handle this is Nicky Hopkins." Session pianist ...

From “Wichita Lineman,” to “Rhinestone Cowboy,” Glen Campbell‘s wealth of hits too often overshadows his prolific early career as a session player in the 1960s. As member of the famed Wrecking Crew—an ...

The fictional heavy metal band courted esteemed sideman Nicky Hopkins, Spinal Tap's Harry Shearer reveals in the documentary 'The Session Man' Jeremy Helligar is Deputy Editorial Director at PEOPLE ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Huey “Piano” Smith, a beloved New Orleans session man who backed Little Richard, Lloyd Price and other early rock stars and with his own group made the party favorites “Don’t You Just ...

When we talk about first-call session players and the electric guitars they take into battle, we tend to talk versatility. Who knows what the artist or the producer is going to ask for. Session ...

In 1991, he earned an Academy Award for writing and directing the short film 'Session Man.' By Gregg Kilday Freelance Contributor Seth Winston, a long-time senior lecturer at the AFI Conservatory and ...