Rick Derringer

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  • Classic Rock
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  • 1965
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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. ~ Bruce Eder, Rovi

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    Rick Derringer
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Tour Dates

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  • Jun 5 Wednesday
    Tokyo, Japan Billboard Live
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  • Jun 6 Thursday
    Tokyo, Japan Billboard Live
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  • Jun 8 Saturday
    Osaka, Japan Billboard Live
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  • Jun 15 Saturday
    Central City, CO, US Reserve Casino Hotel's Lava Room
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  • Jul 28 Sunday
    Saratoga, CA, US Mountain Winery
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  • Jul 30 Tuesday
    San Diego, CA, US Humphrey's Concerts by the Bay
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  • Aug 2 Friday
    Anaheim, CA, US City National Grove of Anaheim
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  • Aug 3 Saturday
    Flagstaff, AZ, US Pepsi Amph
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  • Aug 4 Sunday
    Tucson, AZ, US Fox Tucson Theatre
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  • Aug 7 Wednesday
    Apple Valley, MN, US Weesner Amphitheater, Minnesota Zoo
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  • Aug 7 Wednesday
    Minneapolis, MN, US Minneapolis Zoo
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  • Aug 9 Friday
    Chicago, IL, US Country Club Hills Theater
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  • Aug 10 Saturday
    Sterling Heights, MI, US Freedom Hill Amphitheatre
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  • Aug 11 Sunday
    Yonkers, NY, US Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway
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  • Aug 13 Tuesday
    Westbury, NY, US Music Theater
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  • Aug 14 Wednesday
    Glenside, PA, US Keswick Theatre
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  • Aug 15 Thursday
    Cranston, RI, US Park Theater
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  • Aug 16 Friday
    Englewood, NJ, US Bergen Performing Arts Center
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  • Aug 18 Sunday
    Kettering, OH, US Fraze Pavilion
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  • Sep 7 Saturday
    Livermore, CA, US Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center
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  • Oct 5 Saturday
    High Point, NC, US High Point Theatre
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Discography

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  • Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo Spectacular (2010)
    Rick Derringer
    Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo Spectacular (2010)
    Rockarola
  • Knighted by the Blues (2009)
    Rick Derringer
    Knighted by the Blues (2009)
    Mascot Music
  • Live at the Ritz, NY (2009)
    Rick Derringer
    Live at the Ritz, NY (2009)
    Universal Distribution
  • Rockin' American (2007)
    Rick Derringer
    Rockin' American (2007)
    Sound Ground
  • Live at Cheney Hall (2005)
    Rick Derringer
    Live at Cheney Hall (2005)
    Provogue Music Productions
  • Spring Fever/Sweet Evil (2004)
    Rick Derringer
    Spring Fever/Sweet Evil (2004)
    Wounded Bird
  • Rock & Roll Tragedy (2004)
    Rick Derringer
    Rock & Roll Tragedy (2004)
    Zero Velocity
  • Free Ride (2002)
    Rick Derringer
    Free Ride (2002)
    Big3 Records
  • Jackhammer Blues (2000)
    Rick Derringer
    Jackhammer Blues (2000)
    Blues Bureau International
  • Live at the Paradise Theater Boston, Massachusetts: July 7, 1978 (2000)
    Rick Derringer
    Live at the Paradise Theater Boston, Massachusetts: July 7, 1978 (2000)
    Phoenix (Rock)
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