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Rick Derringer

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It's a great relationship when you can work with the person who you consider to be your soul mate.


— Rick Derringer


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Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.


— Rick Derringer


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Brenda did some little vocal arrangements for us and she got to sing as well. So, we're happy to be able to work together and that's another reason why we look forward to doing more of these.


— Rick Derringer


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I just really longed to do music that reflected me as an adult and music that I thought was for other adults.


— Rick Derringer


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I started The McCoys in 1962, so I'm approaching my 40th year in the entertainment business.


— Rick Derringer


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I took the rhythm place, which a lot of people didn't know how to do the way I could, and this was really the first time that Johnny had a rhythm guitar player.


— Rick Derringer


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I wanted to play some more grown-up music - jazz.


— Rick Derringer


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I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing rock.


— Rick Derringer


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I've always been a guy who's pretty supportive, its just my nature, so I came in to the situation with the attitude that I wanted to support Johnny and make it work.


— Rick Derringer


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If my musical tastes are continuing to grow up, and I am not really too interested in the music that my kids listen to, then I assume that the audience is doing the same.


— Rick Derringer


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About Rick Derringer

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Did you know about Rick Derringer?

The old lyric of "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo" was rewritten into "Read the Word Live It Too" and his new life was breathed into "Still Alive And Well". "Real American" is featured in the episode "Gumball Special" of Jackass. He has played for "Weird Al" on many of his albums playing guitar and mandolin; on the track "Eat It" Derringer played the guitar solo an homage/parody to Eddie Van Halen's solo on the Michael Jackson song "Beat It".

Derringer came to prominence in the 1960s as a member of The McCoys who had a number one hit single with "Hang on Sloopy. Derringer then turned to blues rock scoring a 1970 hit with "Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo".

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