Sean Hopper
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Sean Hopper | |
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| Born | Script error: No such module "person date". San Francisco, California, U.S. |
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| Genres | Rock |
| OccupationTemplate:Pluralize from text | Instrumentalist |
| InstrumentTemplate:Pluralize from text | Keyboards |
| Member of | Huey Lewis and the News |
| Formerly of | Clover |
| Website | www |
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Sean Thomas Hopper is an American musician, playing keyboards. He is a founding member of the American rock band Huey Lewis and the News.
Biography
Sean Hopper was born in San Francisco on March 31, 1953.[1]
Hopper has played in bands since the eighth grade, his first band being the Round the Bend Blues Band.[citation needed] Prior to HLATN, he and frontman Huey Lewis were members of the band Clover. In 1977, Hopper backed Elvis Costello as a pianist and organist on Costello's first album, My Aim Is True. Lewis and Hopper eventually formed Huey Lewis and the News in 1979.
The News' sound draws upon early pop, rnb, doo-wop, blue-eyed soul and new wave.[2][3][4] They had many top ten hits in the 1980s, including "Do You Believe in Love", "Heart and Soul", "I Want a New Drug", "The Heart of Rock & Roll", "If This Is It", "Hip to Be Square", "I Know What I Like", "Doing It All for My Baby" and "Perfect World".
Equipment
Hopper has used a Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha DX7, Roland D-50, Roland Juno-60, Hohner Clavinet D6, Vox Continental, and Yamaha CP-80 Electric Grand Piano during his career.[5]
References
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sean Hopper Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Finnegan, Helena. "Huey Lewis and the News find it's still 'Hip to Be Square'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Archived from the original on 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Huey Lewis: Bearing Down". Washington Post. 2024-02-23. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ Tratner, Michael (February 25, 2021). Love and Money: A Literary History of Desires. Taylor & Francis. Template:ISBN.
The chapter reads as a review evaluating the qualities in Huey Lewis' albums— some are New Wave... some bring out his quintessential bluesiness— and these shifts in musical style of this bands are as much 'events' in the novel as anything happening in the lives of the characters.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sean Hopper | Equipboard". equipboard.com. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
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