Rick Derringer
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.
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All American Boy (Expanded Edition)
Rock - Released by Epic - Legacy on Oct 19, 1973
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Sweet Evil (Bonus Track)
Pop - Released by Columbia - Legacy on Feb 1, 1977
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The Best Of Rick Derringer: Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo
Pop/Rock - Released by Epic - Associated - Legacy on Sep 3, 1996
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Roadwork (Live in New York City & Los Angeles, 1971)
Pop/Rock - Released by Epic on Sep 28, 1972
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Playlist: The Very Best of Rick Derringer
Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on May 27, 2014
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Jackhammer Blues
Blues - Released by Shrapnel Records, Inc. on May 9, 2000
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Electra Blues
Blues - Released by Shrapnel Records, Inc. on Aug 23, 1994
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Blues Deluxe
Blues - Released by Shrapnel Records, Inc. on Jun 23, 1998
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The Best Of - Rock N' Roll Hoochie Coo
Rock - Released by Cleopatra Records on Mar 7, 2006
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Back to the Blues
Blues - Released by Shrapnel Records, Inc. on Jun 22, 1993
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The Three Kings of the Blues
Blues - Released by Shrapnel Records, Inc. on May 25, 2010
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Spring Fever (Expanded Edition)
Rock - Released by Epic - Legacy on Mar 1, 1975
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Live in Japan
The Edgar Winter Group, Rick Derringer
Rock - Released by Synergie OMP on Jul 10, 2011
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Free Ride
Jazz - Released by BIG 3 ENTERTAINMENT on Sep 17, 2002
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Guitars and Women
Rock - Released by Columbia - Legacy on Sep 1, 1979
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Derringer (Bonus Track)
Pop - Released by Columbia - Legacy on Feb 1, 1976
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If I Weren't So Romantic, I'd Shoot You (Bonus Track)
Pop - Released by Columbia - Legacy on Feb 1, 1978
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Face To Face (Expanded Edition)
Rock - Released by Epic - Legacy on Sep 1, 1980
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Frankestein (Live)
Rock - Released by Discos Cada on Jan 3, 2011
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Beat The Clock (Rerecorded)
Rock - Released by Music Manager on Jun 19, 2015
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