Unidentified Nicky Hopkins Instrumentals

update: Mark Mattson has identified the number as “Lucky Old Sun” – wow!

There may be others, but I am right now pondering two distinct instrumentals that Nicky does out of “Lady Sleeps” with the JGB in the last month or so of his run with the band.

11/23/75: about 1:38:30ff here –> https://ia600902.us.archive.org/9/items/jgb1975-11-23MackeyAuditoriumBoulderCO/jgb1975-11-23MackeyAuditoriumBoulderCO.mp3
He announces that one before as one of his originals, I think.
12/19/75: about 51:30ff here–> http://www.archive.org/serve/jgb1975-12-19WinterlandArenaSanFranciscoCA/jgb1975-12-19WinterlandArenaSanFranciscoCA.mp3 a little peppier, sounds kind of Beatles-ish to me (though it’s not “Mother Nature’s Son”)
Help!

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2 responses to “Unidentified Nicky Hopkins Instrumentals”

  1. Unknown Avatar

    These are both versions of Lucky Old Sun

  2. Nick Avatar

    nice catch! I agree. Pretty cool!

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