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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.
Sean Hopper | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 31, 1953 |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation | Instrumentalist |
| Instrument | Keyboards |
| Member of | Huey Lewis and the News |
| Formerly of | Clover |
| Website | www |
Biography
editSean 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".
Hopper was in USA For Africa, and sang in the chorus for the charity single We Are the World. As of 2024, Hopper is still an active member of Huey Lewis and the News.
Equipment
editHopper 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
edit- ^ "Sean Hopper Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
- ^ CORRESPONDENT, HELENA FINNEGAN. "Huey Lewis and the News find it's still 'Hip to Be Square'". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. Retrieved 2024-03-14.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "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. ISBN 9781000339819.
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.
- ^ "Sean Hopper | Equipboard". equipboard.com. Retrieved 2024-03-14.