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Rick Derringer

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Biography

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It seems like Rick Derringer has been on the rock & roll scene forever — actually, it's only been since 1965, which makes him one of the more enduring veterans of his generation. Derringer's work with his band the McCoys in his midteens, highlighted by the bubblegum anthem "Hang On Sloopy," gave him a claim to low-level rock & roll immortality, and his subsequent playing with Johnny (and later Edgar) Winter provided him with a degree of credibility that a lot of guitar players can only envy, especially after the release of the Edgar Winter live double album Roadwork.

Derringer began getting production experience with the McCoys, but they were never able to overcome their bubblegum rock image, and by the end of the 1960s, Derringer and his brother Randy were recruited by Johnny Winter into his band, with Derringer playing guitar and also producing. He emerged as a solo artist in the wake of his playing with Edgar Winter's White Trash. Derringer first became popular in his own right during the early/mid-'70s, beginning with a new version of his own "Rock & Roll, Hoochie Koo" (which Johnny Winter had covered for him a few years earlier) off Derringer's heavy metal-influenced debut album, All American Boy. Derringer soon had his own band, called Derringer, on the road — although his guitarist and bassist, Danny Johnson and Kenny Aaronson, left in 1977 to form Axis — and within a couple of years had established himself as a popular favorite. Derringer's recorded history was somewhat spotty, however, as his record sales never matched his favor with concert audiences — a huge gap also existed between releases, which didn't bother him; even in the late '90s, Derringer played close to 200 shows a year. He spent most of the late '70s and 1980s, however, as a producer, working with artists as diverse as Bette Midler, Kiss, Meat Loaf, Cyndi Lauper, Barbra Streisand, and Weird Al Yankovic.

Derringer is known for his hard-rocking live shows, which don't necessarily translate well to recordings, or lend themselves to much originality. As he neared age 50 in the 1990s, however, he had mellowed, and this showed when he began recording again for Shrapnel Records in 1993 with the albums Back to the Blues and Electra Blues. Years of fair to average rock and adult contemporary albums followed, but in 2002 Derringer did an about-face and tried his hands at jazz with the adventurous Free Ride.

Title: Rockin' American

Artist: Rick Derringer

Genre: Rock, Pop

Title: Greatest & Latest

Artist: Rick Derringer

Genre: Rock

Title: Hang On Sloopy

Artist: Rick Derringer

Genre: Rock

Title: Rock Spectacular

Artist: Rick Derringer

Genre: Rock

Title: Cmon Lets Go

Artist: Rick Derringer

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock, Pop

Title: Teenage Love Affair

Artist: Rick Derringer

Genre:

Collections

Title: '70's Pop Classics

Genre: Rock

Title: Classic Summer Songs

Genre: Pop

Title: Music For Grown Ups

Genre: Rock

Title: Mother's Day

Genre: Pop

Title: This Is Guitar Gods

Genre: Rock

Title: This Is Mullet Rock

Genre: Rock

Title: Classic Rock Hits

Genre: Rock

Title: Classic Rock Hits

Genre: Rock

Title: A Very '70s Christmas

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Title: Classic Rock Gems

Genre: Rock

Title: This Is Mullet Rock

Genre: Rock

Title: Super Bowl Anthems

Genre: Rock

Title: Spring Break Jams

Genre: Pop

Featuring albums

Title: @ Summerheat

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Pop

Title: OCC Rocks

Artist: Various Artists

Genre: Rock, Punk Rock

Title: True Blue

Artist: Gema Pearl

Genre: Blues

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