Now, over 30 years after his death at the age of 50 from complications of Crohn's disease, the "unsung piano genius" — who'll be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this month — is finally getting his own documentary, as Flood Magazine reported, thanks to producer John Wood.
“I just thought, ‘How come nobody’s heard of this guy?’” Wood said. “He’s worked with the biggest names in rock, played on some of the most important tracks ever recorded in rock history, and made them sound fantastic, and no one knows his name. I mean, obviously the hardcore fans and musicians know him, but the general public have no idea who’s playing the piano on ‘Angie,’ you know? They don’t even question it. I always felt that was wrong, and I just really wanted to right that wrong.”
View this post on Instagram“Mick and I were down at the club to see Cyril, to see what his new band was like,” Richards recalls in The Session Man, “and the piano player, he just blew us away. There’s this little white kid, and he’s sounding like he’s in the back room of somewhere in Mississippi or Chicago…Mick and I just looked at each other like, ‘Whoa, where did Cyril find this guy?’”
Though his unique talents are stamped all over some of the bestselling and most critically-acclaimed albums of all time, his chronic illness often prevented Hopkins from touring.
In addition to being remembered for his work, Hopkins will forever be known as a "lovely person," according to Wood.
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