yepir. I got to see Edgar Winter in '73 or '74 and Bad Company opened for them. When Edgar and the band took the stage he said, We have a Special guest tonight, and i thought it would be Johnny, but then Rick runs out on the Stage drops to his knees, slides about 20' and hops up and starts blasting. yeah, underrated isn't close...He played on Todd Rundgren's Sonething/Anything Double Album - A Classic, toured with Cindy Lauper in the 80'sand those are just 2 of his side gigs.
I remember meeting Rick back in NYC around 1985 at a guitar show and he wasn't in good shape. Also saw him play at a little bar in Greenwood Lake late 80's and there was no one there and he was uh under the weather I think. I thought and think he was an amazing guitarist who was on his way to checking out early and then somehow he pulled himself together, got sober, found God and here he is. Amazing person. He lived it and survived and he is still alive and well.
Rick is on fire here, knocking it out of the park. Ringo got it right with the whole idea of the All Starr Band. Ringo doesn't need to prove anything to anybody; all he needs to do is call up some legendary rock and roll friends, hit the road, and play a bunch of songs that everyone knows and loves and can sing along to. I went to one of the shows, and it was great fun, with three generations of fans in the audience. Peace and love!
Saw them a number of times in the 70s. EW's White Trash Live Roadwork album, especially Still Alive and Well and Livin' in the USA is still the best live rock and roll ever recorded.
Rick Derringer was also a very accomplished Session Guitarist and played with so many Musical Acts. In their prime in the 1970's -KISS brought in Rick, when Ace couldn't seem to play a solo they needed correctly. Maybe he was too wacked out on drugs or booze. So, after hours of Ace messing up - KISS brought Rick in, and he nailed the solo in one take. He was there less than 30 minutes.
@@carljacobson7156 Ace may well have been whacked, but let's face it KISS instrumentally/musicianship wise, although probably THE most brilliantly promoted act of their era are a good bar band on the best day of their lives. Which the master promoter himself Gene Simmons would be the 1st to admit. Whereas Derringer and his former bandmates The Winter Bros are amongst the premier musicians of their era.
There were thousands of Derringer-wanna-be's out there; and, thank the Rock Gods for that. What other profession saw millions and millions of wide-eyed and hopeful young people looking for that hidden talent they all truly believed they had somewhere in their musical grey matter? No one rushed out the door to be a house painter or attorney. The 50's, 60's and 70's, saw a volcanic eruption of musical styles and burgeoning genres never before seen in world history. And we teens lapped it all up. The rock 'pyramid' was being built at light speed and the great talents were discovered. But, for every great band, 100,000 garage bands went the way side, as did mine. Nonetheless, those bands have, arguably, the greatest memories of all. At least they had a chance to try. And, that was half the fun. Bragging rights.
I was sitting here watching the solo thinking, he must blow through a lot of strings. And then I thought, he must have fingertips like rhino horn. And then I just thought, wow! And then I quit thinking.... Lordy, mama.
Most Rock legends are dead by now, but Derringer aged like fine wine, mastered his instrument and is technically better playing than 30 years ago - still alive and well! Keep on rocking, and thanks for the awesome music!
I'm 63 now, when I was in my late twenties I went to see Rick Derringer at a venue in New York and my girlfriend had backstage passes so after the show we ended up in Rick derringer's hotel room partying with him and I never seen so many sandwich bags overflowing with "flour" in one place ever before. That was a good time but I was younger then.
I remember Edgar singing a vocal riff during a live show. Rick played it back note for note, they went back and forth about 5 to seven times , amazing back in the seventies.
@@stevenvox6549 . . Yeah, Jerry La Croix was the principal lead singer, and Edgar took the lead vocal on some tracks. To tell the truth, I much preferred Jerry's more mature voice to Edgar's screechy vocals. I knew a guy back in the mid-1970s who seemed to pop up everywhere back in those days. He seemed to me to be totally committed to being in show biz, even if it killed him, LOL. He was the bass player in an Art-Rock band called Gentle Art and in that capacity I'd often see him when our band was paying support to his band. He got a bit of a break when he became the night time announcer on Brisbane's 4BK radio station, from 8:00pm to midnight, Monday through Thursday nights. His show was called "The Fat Music Show", in which he played album tracks from all branches of the Rock music family tree. For example, one night he played only music from Prog Rock masters, Yes. What a night that was for me, being a massive Yes fan! Wishbone Ash used to also get a run often. I had well over 300 albums, and fully half of them came from my hearing tracks from them played by Rick on his radio program. It was there that I first heard Tobacco Road, from the Roadworx album by Edgar Winter. You better believe I wasted no time at all heading for the import record store in the city to buy it! I'd been a fan of Johnny Winter since the late 60s, when I first heard Johnny Winter And . . Live, at high school. We were always doing things to raise money for worthy charities, including running a kind of high school lunchtime radio station in which we brought our LPs and 45s to school and played tracks from them by request, which cost 10c per play, proceeds going to the charity we supported. Every little bit helped, I suppose.
Rock n' Roll Hootchie Koo is one of those great songs that whenever I hear it, it takes me straight back to my childhood. Terrific live performance Rick, Edgar and Ringo's All Star Band!
The 70’s growing up with the songs of RickD., Johnny and Edgar Winter, Aerosmith, Led Z., Kiss, Deep Purple, Styx, Foreigner, etc.! I missed those days✌🏼
Wow I don't know why I've never seen this... yeah I remember in the 70s my girlfriends and I just wanted to get up there as close to Rick Derringer as we could! LOL do believe he was greatly underrated also--
Rick Deringeer and the McCoys started out in Midwest Ohio. Rick Derringer started out life in two small bands out side Ft Recovery, Ohio where he was born but his parents moved to Union City, In/Ohio.
Watched a video of Pat Benatar earlier. Had this sudden flash of 'Holy Sh*t!' What would it have been like to hear a duet from her and Freddie Mercury?! Great musicians and great singer get together and 'magic happens'.
Starting in 1974 I was accepted as a regularly hired freelance photographer by the now defunct Rock Superstar Poster Magazine. I covered concerts in the NYC / Long Island region under Mr. Francois Matheis. As I like to say: "I photographed everyone from Aerosmith to Zappa". Rick Derringer however was more than just an assignment. When Rick hit the stage, you got a hell of a show. I remember going to My Father's Place in Roslyn, Long Island and before Rick Derringer started his performance I gave him a 16 x 20 inch portrait I took of him from a previous show with the words: "RICK & ROLL" on the glass frame. A brilliant and talented guitarist, lyricist and entertainer. As Rick says in the song "Uncomplicated: "You can keep on rocking til the day you die..." Keep on rocking Rick!
I saw him live with his band in the 70’s in Springfield MA, I was a teen guitar player, it was formative... “teenage love affair” ... across the universe......
That was a great gift for Rick, Shakti. I was just 14 in the fall of 1965 when my older cousin took me to the Van Wert, Ohio County Fairgrounds to see Rick and The McCoys play their monster hit "Hang On Sloopy." He was born Rick Zehringer just 40 miles south of Van Wert in Fort Recovery, Ohio.
@@blakewhittington4336 If you look closely at the closeups of his hands, it looks to me like it is a pick. I am not 100% sure but that is what it looks like to me.
Absolutely genius guitarist, songwriter and what an effortless voice...and FUN! I was 15 in 75 a young guitarist and I bought everything RD... high school bands and the road throughout my 20''s..RD and his music were like bread and water. LEGEND!
The drummer Gregg Bisonette is having the time of his life back there playing with his hero Ringo! We had him in a clinic at a store I worked at a while ago and he was a humble gentleman. He’s a Beatles fanatic and was so stoked to be able to play with Ringo. Good for him, he deserves every minute of it.
Thanks for clarifying who the 2nd drummer was. At first I thought it could be Ed Cassidy of the old Spirit band, but Bisonette has more hair and is younger. Think Cassidy passed away around this time as well, possibly a bit prior.
LEGENDARYLEAD-GUITAR PLAYERS DON'T DIE...THEY JUST KEEP "RIFFIN' & ROCKIN" INTO THOSE "PEARLY GATES" & START PARTYIN" IN THERE, RAISIN'-UP THOSE CLOUDS EVEN HIGHER!!! OLD ROCKERS JUST RIFF INTO THE"MUSIC THEATER UP THERE"!!! > KEEP RIFFIN' MY BRÒ... < 👉🇵🇷🇺🇸🧔😎🏄♂️🏝🏖🍍🥥🌋🤙🤘🤟👋👊✌🌏 ...👉🤘🤙🤟✌🇵🇷🇺🇸DÁGO, PUERTO RICO🇵🇷 IN THE STATE OF HAWAI'I🧔😎🏄♂️🏝👊✌🤟🤙🤘👋🌏🏖🍍🥥🌋🏄♂️🏝🎵🎶🎼🎸🥁🎹🎙... ¡¡¡ AL-O-O HA !!! & "CHAKA, BRADAH!!!
LEGENDARYLEAD-GUITAR PLAYERS DON'T DIE...THEY JUST KEEP "RIFFIN' & ROCKIN" INTO THOSE "PEARLY GATES" & START PARTYIN" IN THERE, RAISIN'-UP THOSE CLOUDS EVEN HIGHER!!! OLD ROCKERS JUST RIFF INTO THE"MUSIC THEATER UP THERE"!!! > KEEP RIFFIN' MY BRÒ... < 👉🇵🇷🇺🇸🧔😎🏄♂️🏝🏖🍍🥥🌋🤙🤘🤟👋👊✌🌏 ...👉🤘🤙🤟✌🇵🇷🇺🇸DÁGO, PUERTO RICO🇵🇷 IN THE STATE OF HAWAI'I🧔😎🏄♂️🏝👊✌🤟🤙🤘👋🌏🏖🍍🥥🌋🏄♂️🏝🎵🎶🎼🎸🥁🎹🎙... ¡¡¡ AL-O-O HA !!! & "CHAKA, BRADAH!!!
LEGENDARYLEAD-GUITAR PLAYERS DON'T DIE...THEY JUST KEEP "RIFFIN' & ROCKIN" INTO THOSE "PEARLY GATES" & START PARTYIN" IN THERE, RAISIN'-UP THOSE CLOUDS EVEN HIGHER!!! OLD ROCKERS JUST RIFF INTO THE"MUSIC THEATER UP THERE"!!! > KEEP RIFFIN' MY BRÒ... < 👉🇵🇷🇺🇸🧔😎🏄♂️🏝🏖🍍🥥🌋🤙🤘🤟👋👊✌🌏 ...👉🤘🤙🤟✌🇵🇷🇺🇸DÁGO, PUERTO RICO🇵🇷 IN THE STATE OF HAWAI'I🧔😎🏄♂️🏝👊✌🤟🤙🤘👋🌏🏖🍍🥥🌋🏄♂️🏝🎵🎶🎼🎸🥁🎹🎙... ¡¡¡ AL-O-O HA !!! & "CHAKA, BRADAH!!!
If you were going to introduce someone to Rock N Roll who’s never heard it, this is the song to start with!! Never gets old, stands the test of time, pure perfection!
Freaking Rick Derringer tearing it up like no other. The man makes use of the entire fretboard with a flurry of hard to pull off licks like it is second nature. He is one of the best ever. Awesome display of musicianship.
@@groovy56 You've mentioned that a few times ("world class lead guitarist"). I'm not saying you're not. Do you have any links, or should I just check out your channel?
Derringer is so good... love his playing, what a career..... Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo is a classic. Goosebumps listening this song..... His Derringer Live is an amazing album.
he played on Todd Rundgren's Double Album Sonething/Anything. followed him since and saw him in '73 or '74. Bad Company opened and Edgar Winter Headlines and he came out and said, "Good Evening, We have a Special Treat for you Tonight." i thought Johnny was there and then Rick runs out on stage drops to his knees and slides about 20 feet, hops up and Starts Wailing. Oh man, Epic. Wish i could have seen him playing on Cyndi Lauper's Tour.
I remember hearing about Rick Derringer “back in the day” and I’ve been watching a few biography type TH-cam videos in learning more and more about the McCoys and Rick Derringer. Man Rick doesn’t get his due!!!! He is just as good as all the other guys, but you never hear his name called as one of the best guitarists. It’s BS, he wrote one of the most classic rock songs ever, that never gets old!!!! And man can he play. And he is one great human being. Thanks Rick!
@@duffgordon9005 Exactly his music and fingers do all the talking. and from Playing on Todd Rundgren's Something/Anything to playing with Cindy Lauper She's So Unusual Tour...music fans know who Rick Derringer is, what he can play and we don't need a magazine or Critics to tell us about him - we know.
When I was 14 in 74' I had this song on 45. Me and the girlfriend wore out at least 6 needles and finally the 45. This is an awesome version, so bitchen! Thanks Rick so much!
Rick is just really, really, really solid guitar player. You don't get to be on Steely Dan tracks unless you're waaaaay above average. For some reason I love that Ringo is here -- it just gives the whole thing good vibes
OH...MY...GOD!!! I'm 59 & this "old man" has put me to shame with his energy in this performance. This is one of the best live performances I've ever seen, & I've seen a lot. I remember when this song came out. I was 14, & every time it came on the radio, I'd scream & turn it up. Those were the days. It's refreshing to see my generation hasn't completely retired to our rocking chairs.
JFC. Derringer is in his 70's, and still just nails it. He excels at every aspect of musicianship. He wrote this classic tune, and still sings and plays it as well as he did in his 20's. Actually, his guitar solo shows that he continues to get better. Just a monumental AMERICAN talent.
Great to see Rick, nailing it and still going all these years. The song is absolute balls to the wall Rock N' Roll! Never gets old, always gets you going! Love it man! ⚡⚡⚡⚡🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠
This guy walks in my store in 2006 and wants a safe to put a guitars in it. I had no idea it was Mr Derringer.Nice guy so glad i got to meet this legend and his lovely wife.
Sure it wasn't a safe for his massive collection of guns? Rick had a bad habit of forgetting to take his firearms out of his carry on luggage. Got busted a few times by TSA. LOL
@@erikl6983 When your surname is Derringer , you've got to carry. Actually , I think that his real surname is Zehringer. Probably not a descendant of gunsmith Henry Deringer.
Rick Derringer & Rock n Roll Hoochie Coo was the ultimate song 🎵 SCHOOL, SURF,N SMOKE ONE!! ANAZING THNX Ringo & Edgar Woweee Rick really naked it!! Love from S.Florida!!
Ive been listening to Rick Derringer since Hang On Sloopy, I still have that scratched 45 worn out from listening to great solo over and over, then heard him on Roadwork with Edgar Winter, a real rock and roll guitarist! Always gets better. What he does on this video is fantastic. One of the best players Ive heard.
Originally, before Ticketron, we used to see 3 bands for $5 bucks in and around Chicago!!!! One of my 1st shows was at the Aragon Brawlroom in 1971--- Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, McKendree Spring, and Spooky Tooth!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@williamrichardson2344 In 1979, that's when tickets went up from $7.50-- That year we saw Pink Floyd at Soldier Field, (Pigs tour) The Stones, and Emerson, Lake , and Palmer
WOW, Rick is still a super performer. I saw him in the 70's with Edgar Winter and in 81 Rick with ZZ TOP. This brings back so many memories. "Keep Rocking"
Christopher Parkening ( the worlds greatest classical guitarist) is also a devoted Christian. I'm just a guy that spent many years in Catholic school but i respect both Parkening and Derringer because they could have gone down the road of materialism but they stuck with something much more profound.
Old men making music that their grandkids couldn't even attempt to duplicate. Ringo gets by with a little help from his friends. Love it that Rick can do the Eddie Van Halen stuff,too.
Um- Twas actually Eddie doing Rick D as Ricky was doing that harmonic tapping way before EVH. There are some very early Van Halen clips in their club days here on YT, where they did a lot of covers of Rick D and Edgar Winter Group tunes. Eddie learned from the best!
Doesn't matter who came first-the chicken or the egg-all I know is that I loved Rick D in High School and still think he's great in my Social Security years. The riff sounds like "Eruption" ,though , so that's where the EVH comparison came from.
What song defines early 70s hard rock? Here you go! This song is awesome on so many levels, it's ridiculous! And Rick is an incredible singer - wow! Still got it!
@@thomasfoss9963 yeah he played a lot of stuff of of All-American Boy....i sure remember Frankenstein and Keep Playin' That Rock and Roll!..that was so long ago i can't remember every song and that was the only time i saw The Edgar Winter Group....sorry it took me a year to respond...
@@tonyspada2744 Never got to see them with Montrose....i did see the band Montrose with Sammy Hagar on vocals....I remember Bad Motor Scooter.....they played a concert with Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie here in 1975...it was billed as Humble Pie's "farewell" tour...this was with Clem Clempson and Greg Ridley......where i live, my city was bad about not getting certain bands until they were kinda on their way down....i always wanted to see the Doobie Brothers but they didn't come here until the Stampede album...i would have loved to see the Captain and Me tour.....there were lots of bands i didn't get to see until they had made a name for themselves for 4 or 5 years....
Indeed. Although I only saw RD a couple of times, I saw Travers a couple *dozen* times in various small venues around DC. Always a great show. Had to go to the Baltimore Civic Center to see Trower in his heyday though...way too big an act for small clubs in those days. And don't forget Rory Gallagher...he was always playing around here, and his shows would go 2 1/2 or 3 hours all the time.
OK, I'll chime in. I saw Rick Derringer in Tampa circa 1979. Roy Buchanan opened. Derringer blew the roof off. Both bands kicked ass. The Derringer Live album is unbelievable. He plays better live than in a studio. There's a hell of a lot of top rated guitarists that can't do that.
Man I'm 28 years old and been listening to ya since I was a little guy, my dad is 70 and he raised me on REAL music thank god for that and thank god for Rick Derringer! Happy 4th brotha keep on rockin!!!
True Musicians with unbelievably RARE talent. Not like the current music of today when so few can play an instrument and is highly produced by technology. Call me old, but I will take this true music until I breath my last breath. 🤩🤩
Derringer has ALWAYS been grossly underrated.
People should listen to ROADWORK by Edgar Winter and White Trash
yepir. I got to see Edgar Winter in '73 or '74 and Bad Company opened for them. When Edgar and the band took the stage he said, We have a Special guest tonight, and i thought it would be Johnny, but then Rick runs out on the Stage drops to his knees, slides about 20' and hops up and starts blasting. yeah, underrated isn't close...He played on Todd Rundgren's Sonething/Anything Double Album - A Classic, toured with Cindy Lauper in the 80'sand those are just 2 of his side gigs.
I remember meeting Rick back in NYC around 1985 at a guitar show and he wasn't in good shape. Also saw him play at a little bar in Greenwood Lake late 80's and there was no one there and he was uh under the weather I think. I thought and think he was an amazing guitarist who was on his way to checking out early and then somehow he pulled himself together, got sober, found God and here he is. Amazing person. He lived it and survived and he is still alive and well.
Good for him
I live in Orange County and can now add this to the list of big names I've heard of playing hole in the wall places here. Thanks for the story 😊
The master
Omg
Rick is on fire here, knocking it out of the park. Ringo got it right with the whole idea of the All Starr Band. Ringo doesn't need to prove anything to anybody; all he needs to do is call up some legendary rock and roll friends, hit the road, and play a bunch of songs that everyone knows and loves and can sing along to. I went to one of the shows, and it was great fun, with three generations of fans in the audience. Peace and love!
I saw them on this tour. I had never seen Rick or Edgar before. They were bada**. I'd love to go see EW again. He's incredible.
RICK DERRINGER is a ROCK GUITARIST ICON... and can SING his A** OFF!! I LOVE THIS SONG TO DEATH!!!
Right On!!
Saw them a number of times in the 70s.
EW's White Trash Live Roadwork album, especially Still Alive and Well and Livin' in the USA is still the best live rock and roll ever recorded.
Dafuq is up with there being a 2nd Drummer, though?.? It seems odd and pointless.
Who wouldn't Love this!? God bless Ringo for putting these shows together! Rick in fine form!!!
Rick Derringer is on the list of Most Underrated Guitar Players Ever.
He's been on my list of all time fave six string slingers since the 70's....
h1machiii Right!!!! He mesmerizes me!!!! 👍👍👍👍👍☮️❤️🇺🇸
The end is rather pointless don’t you think?
h1machiii he's never under rated you twat. He's a legend
@@jean-marieboucherit4716 Maybe, but it was impressive and sounded great.
Rick is a master technician and an humble Christian, too. What a national treasure we have here, folks!
Hello Andy how are you😊
I know Rick Derringer from Baggies, NYC. Remember Hang on Sloopy. He invited me back to his home with wife Liz
This guy is a master. Period.
Amongst the most underrated guitar players of all time.
Yes he’s really that good.
He was a master when he was 19.
He was never underrated by anyone in the know
@@brin57 I agree with that
Rick Derringer was also a very accomplished Session Guitarist and played with so many Musical Acts.
In their prime in the 1970's -KISS brought in Rick, when Ace couldn't seem to play a solo they needed correctly. Maybe he was too wacked out on drugs or booze.
So, after hours of Ace messing up - KISS brought Rick in, and he nailed the solo in one take. He was there less than 30 minutes.
@@carljacobson7156 Ace may well have been whacked, but let's face it KISS instrumentally/musicianship wise, although probably THE most brilliantly promoted act of their era are a good bar band on the best day of their lives. Which the master promoter himself Gene Simmons would be the 1st to admit. Whereas Derringer and his former bandmates The Winter Bros are amongst the premier musicians of their era.
Derringer is a monster. I'm an old guitar player. The fact he can still move his fingers like that is impressive enough.
There were thousands of Derringer-wanna-be's out there; and, thank the Rock Gods for that. What other profession saw millions and millions of wide-eyed and hopeful young people looking for that hidden talent they all truly believed they had somewhere in their musical grey matter? No one rushed out the door to be a house painter or attorney. The 50's, 60's and 70's, saw a volcanic eruption of musical styles and burgeoning genres never before seen in world history. And we teens lapped it all up. The rock 'pyramid' was being built at light speed and the great talents were discovered. But, for every great band, 100,000 garage bands went the way side, as did mine. Nonetheless, those bands have, arguably, the greatest memories of all. At least they had a chance to try. And, that was half the fun. Bragging rights.
Damn striaght bro!
Ummm..WOW!
I've sat down at his house in colchester and listened to him play anything you can think of hes an amazing person and super talented
I was sitting here watching the solo thinking, he must blow through a lot of strings. And then I thought, he must have fingertips like rhino horn. And then I just thought, wow! And then I quit thinking....
Lordy, mama.
Most Rock legends are dead by now, but Derringer aged like fine wine, mastered his instrument and is technically better playing than 30 years ago - still alive and well! Keep on rocking, and thanks for the awesome music!
I second that.
He's played on sooo many albums and toured with so many artists. He's a Guitar Machine.
I mean Somehow Ozzy Osborne... I think, hard to tell when he sounds like he's still trying to understand english.
I'm 63 now, when I was in my late twenties I went to see Rick Derringer at a venue in New York and my girlfriend had backstage passes so after the show we ended up in Rick derringer's hotel room partying with him and I never seen so many sandwich bags overflowing with "flour" in one place ever before. That was a good time but I was younger then.
Hello Donald how are you😊
I don't normally comment, but you are "gorgeous"!!!@@mariarusso1155
Wow cool story.
One of the best rock and roll guitarists to have made it with a band. Just great.
Derringer and Edgar Winter, say no more!
Hello Ted how are you😊
Isn't that Joe Bonamassa on bass ???? If not a dead ringer ...
Thank you God for this!
And THAT, boys and girls, is HOW IT'S DONE.
As someone who was fortunate enough to see Rick with Edgar AND Johnny Winter live a number of years back, all I can say is this is awesome!
Yep ! Mt Vernon, N.H. 1972 ?
I love how Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer did this Together, it’s amazing.
I remember Edgar singing a vocal riff during a live show. Rick played it back note for note, they went back and forth about 5 to seven times , amazing back in the seventies.
@@RobertLofrano . . That was on the song Tobacco Road, from the legendary live album Roadworx. One of the greatest live Rock albums ever recorded!
@@arthurblackhistoric I loved it too. It had a different lead vocalist on some tracks, and it had a variety of cuts - and it was a double LP.
@@stevenvox6549 . . Yeah, Jerry La Croix was the principal lead singer, and Edgar took the lead vocal on some tracks. To tell the truth, I much preferred Jerry's more mature voice to Edgar's screechy vocals.
I knew a guy back in the mid-1970s who seemed to pop up everywhere back in those days. He seemed to me to be totally committed to being in show biz, even if it killed him, LOL. He was the bass player in an Art-Rock band called Gentle Art and in that capacity I'd often see him when our band was paying support to his band. He got a bit of a break when he became the night time announcer on Brisbane's 4BK radio station, from 8:00pm to midnight, Monday through Thursday nights. His show was called "The Fat Music Show", in which he played album tracks from all branches of the Rock music family tree. For example, one night he played only music from Prog Rock masters, Yes. What a night that was for me, being a massive Yes fan! Wishbone Ash used to also get a run often. I had well over 300 albums, and fully half of them came from my hearing tracks from them played by Rick on his radio program. It was there that I first heard Tobacco Road, from the Roadworx album by Edgar Winter. You better believe I wasted no time at all heading for the import record store in the city to buy it!
I'd been a fan of Johnny Winter since the late 60s, when I first heard Johnny Winter And . . Live, at high school. We were always doing things to raise money for worthy charities, including running a kind of high school lunchtime radio station in which we brought our LPs and 45s to school and played tracks from them by request, which cost 10c per play, proceeds going to the charity we supported. Every little bit helped, I suppose.
Light that fuse!! Rick could keep that fuse lit like no other!
Rick Derringer he was good.
He's better than he ever was.
Pretty impressive Rick.
Inspirational.
He proved he was earlier then Eddie Van Halen.
Nice Rock and Roll haiku 😁
Great voice
Sounds like Eddie slowed fown
Down
Rock n' Roll Hootchie Koo is one of those great songs that whenever I hear it, it takes me straight back to my childhood. Terrific live performance Rick, Edgar and Ringo's All Star Band!
It takes me straight up out of my chair!!
The 70’s growing up with the songs of RickD., Johnny and Edgar Winter, Aerosmith, Led Z., Kiss, Deep Purple, Styx, Foreigner, etc.! I missed those days✌🏼
Wow I don't know why I've never seen this... yeah I remember in the 70s my girlfriends and I just wanted to get up there as close to Rick Derringer as we could! LOL do believe he was greatly underrated also--
Yes ..Johnny’s version.. Rick’s version is sloppy noise.
Rick Derringer is/was/will always be one of THE undisputed greats of rock guitar. His sheer ability is unparalleled.
Hello how are you 😊
@@mariarusso1155 Hello, I am fine, but I can't play guitar like Rick!
@@BigBri550 Hello, me too, but my late dad used to play guitar and he’s all fan of Rick. Where do you live if i my ask? I’m in Minnesota ok
@@mariarusso1155 I live in Montana. Technically, I live on an Indian reservation that is separate from the state, but that's another story.
Rick Deringeer and the McCoys started out in Midwest Ohio. Rick Derringer started out life in two small bands out side Ft Recovery, Ohio where he was born but his parents moved to Union City, In/Ohio.
I love his playing. There are shitloads of great guitarists, but there is something special about Rick’s style. Beautiful.
Agree!
You can't hear that song without your spirit getting a lift.
I love it when you see the greatest musicians together having fun.
Watched a video of Pat Benatar earlier. Had this sudden flash of 'Holy Sh*t!'
What would it have been like to hear a duet from her and Freddie Mercury?!
Great musicians and great singer get together and 'magic happens'.
W O W...SPEECHLESS..HE KILLED THAT GUITAR🎼🎼🎼❤️
Hello Fran how are you 😊
Starting in 1974 I was accepted as a regularly hired freelance photographer by the now defunct Rock Superstar Poster Magazine. I covered concerts in the NYC / Long Island region under Mr. Francois Matheis. As I like to say: "I photographed everyone from Aerosmith to Zappa". Rick Derringer however was more than just an assignment. When Rick hit the stage, you got a hell of a show.
I remember going to My Father's Place in Roslyn, Long Island and before Rick Derringer started his performance I gave him a 16 x 20 inch portrait I took of him from a previous show with the words: "RICK & ROLL" on the glass frame. A brilliant and talented guitarist, lyricist and entertainer. As Rick says in the song "Uncomplicated: "You can keep on rocking til the day you die..." Keep on rocking Rick!
Shakti Subramanian yeah ok
Shakti Subramanian Great Story!
I saw him live with his band in the 70’s in Springfield MA, I was a teen guitar player, it was formative... “teenage love affair” ... across the universe......
That was a great gift for Rick, Shakti. I was just 14 in the fall of 1965 when my older cousin took me to the Van Wert, Ohio County Fairgrounds to see Rick and The McCoys play their monster hit "Hang On Sloopy." He was born Rick Zehringer just 40 miles south of Van Wert in Fort Recovery, Ohio.
Shakti Subramanian Beautiful tribute to a legend!!! Rick Derringer So underrated IMO!
Rick still kickn' it playing awesome riffs with a coin!
Cool Eric- I'm subbed to your channel too. You're no slouch yourself sir! Cheers P[>
Does he use a coin for a pick?
If so has he always?
@@blakewhittington4336 If you look closely at the closeups of his hands, it looks to me like it is a pick. I am not 100% sure but that is what it looks like to me.
Rick Derringer-pure unadulterated genius.
Rhomboid Imason True! He does for the love of the music not to be a rock star! Gifted, gifted man!
Thank you for the kind words
Absolutely genius guitarist, songwriter and what an effortless voice...and FUN!
I was 15 in 75 a young guitarist and I bought everything RD... high school bands and the road throughout my 20''s..RD and his music were like bread and water. LEGEND!
One of the best solo openings to any song in recording history. Derringer is the balls!
The drummer Gregg Bisonette is having the time of his life back there playing with his hero Ringo! We had him in a clinic at a store I worked at a while ago and he was a humble gentleman. He’s a Beatles fanatic and was so stoked to be able to play with Ringo. Good for him, he deserves every minute of it.
Thanks for clarifying who the 2nd drummer was. At first I thought it could be Ed Cassidy of the old Spirit band, but Bisonette has more hair and is younger. Think Cassidy passed away around this time as well, possibly a bit prior.
Me & Greg share the same birthday June 9th 1959! 🤩🥳😎
LEGENDARYLEAD-GUITAR PLAYERS DON'T DIE...THEY JUST KEEP "RIFFIN' & ROCKIN" INTO THOSE "PEARLY GATES" & START PARTYIN" IN THERE, RAISIN'-UP THOSE CLOUDS EVEN HIGHER!!! OLD ROCKERS JUST RIFF INTO THE"MUSIC THEATER UP THERE"!!! > KEEP RIFFIN' MY BRÒ... < 👉🇵🇷🇺🇸🧔😎🏄♂️🏝🏖🍍🥥🌋🤙🤘🤟👋👊✌🌏
...👉🤘🤙🤟✌🇵🇷🇺🇸DÁGO, PUERTO RICO🇵🇷 IN THE STATE OF HAWAI'I🧔😎🏄♂️🏝👊✌🤟🤙🤘👋🌏🏖🍍🥥🌋🏄♂️🏝🎵🎶🎼🎸🥁🎹🎙... ¡¡¡ AL-O-O HA !!! & "CHAKA, BRADAH!!!
LEGENDARYLEAD-GUITAR PLAYERS DON'T DIE...THEY JUST KEEP "RIFFIN' & ROCKIN" INTO THOSE "PEARLY GATES" & START PARTYIN" IN THERE, RAISIN'-UP THOSE CLOUDS EVEN HIGHER!!! OLD ROCKERS JUST RIFF INTO THE"MUSIC THEATER UP THERE"!!! > KEEP RIFFIN' MY BRÒ... < 👉🇵🇷🇺🇸🧔😎🏄♂️🏝🏖🍍🥥🌋🤙🤘🤟👋👊✌🌏
...👉🤘🤙🤟✌🇵🇷🇺🇸DÁGO, PUERTO RICO🇵🇷 IN THE STATE OF HAWAI'I🧔😎🏄♂️🏝👊✌🤟🤙🤘👋🌏🏖🍍🥥🌋🏄♂️🏝🎵🎶🎼🎸🥁🎹🎙... ¡¡¡ AL-O-O HA !!! & "CHAKA, BRADAH!!!
LEGENDARYLEAD-GUITAR PLAYERS DON'T DIE...THEY JUST KEEP "RIFFIN' & ROCKIN" INTO THOSE "PEARLY GATES" & START PARTYIN" IN THERE, RAISIN'-UP THOSE CLOUDS EVEN HIGHER!!! OLD ROCKERS JUST RIFF INTO THE"MUSIC THEATER UP THERE"!!! > KEEP RIFFIN' MY BRÒ... < 👉🇵🇷🇺🇸🧔😎🏄♂️🏝🏖🍍🥥🌋🤙🤘🤟👋👊✌🌏
...👉🤘🤙🤟✌🇵🇷🇺🇸DÁGO, PUERTO RICO🇵🇷 IN THE STATE OF HAWAI'I🧔😎🏄♂️🏝👊✌🤟🤙🤘👋🌏🏖🍍🥥🌋🏄♂️🏝🎵🎶🎼🎸🥁🎹🎙... ¡¡¡ AL-O-O HA !!! & "CHAKA, BRADAH!!!
Rick is one of the all time greats.....
Holy Smokes - Great Job Rick - Got to meet him at Ft Myers Beach - Great Guitarist and Christian - helped us name our Rock Group
If you were going to introduce someone to Rock N Roll who’s never heard it, this is the song to start with!! Never gets old, stands the test of time, pure perfection!
Freaking Rick Derringer tearing it up like no other. The man makes use of the entire fretboard with a flurry of hard to pull off licks like it is second nature. He is one of the best ever. Awesome display of musicianship.
Derringer is a ROCKER of the 1st degree! Those pussies out there today won’t be doing this shit even close to this at 70, guaranteed.
@D. Dalton Roc'zombie Lay off the pipe Zombie!!
Scott Tracy the guy is unbelievable good, top 10 ever!
@@groovy56 You've mentioned that a few times ("world class lead guitarist"). I'm not saying you're not. Do you have any links, or should I just check out your channel?
@D. Dalton Roc'zombie ?
Derringer is so good... love his playing, what a career..... Rock n Roll Hoochie Koo is a classic. Goosebumps listening this song..... His Derringer Live is an amazing album.
he played on Todd Rundgren's Double Album Sonething/Anything. followed him since and saw him in '73 or '74. Bad Company opened and Edgar Winter Headlines and he came out and said, "Good Evening, We have a Special Treat for you Tonight." i thought Johnny was there and then Rick runs out on stage drops to his knees and slides about 20 feet, hops up and Starts Wailing. Oh man, Epic. Wish i could have seen him playing on Cyndi Lauper's Tour.
I remember hearing about Rick Derringer “back in the day” and I’ve been watching a few biography type TH-cam videos in learning more and more about the McCoys and Rick Derringer. Man Rick doesn’t get his due!!!! He is just as good as all the other guys, but you never hear his name called as one of the best guitarists. It’s BS, he wrote one of the most classic rock songs ever, that never gets old!!!! And man can he play. And he is one great human being. Thanks Rick!
He doesn't CARE!!!!!
@@duffgordon9005 Exactly his music and fingers do all the talking. and from Playing on Todd Rundgren's Something/Anything to playing with Cindy Lauper She's So Unusual Tour...music fans know who Rick Derringer is, what he can play and we don't need a magazine or Critics to tell us about him - we know.
He always looks likes he is happy and having fun when he performs...
When I was 14 in 74' I had this song on 45. Me and the girlfriend wore out at least 6 needles and finally the 45. This is an awesome version, so bitchen! Thanks Rick so much!
Rick is just really, really, really solid guitar player. You don't get to be on Steely Dan tracks unless you're waaaaay above average. For some reason I love that Ringo is here -- it just gives the whole thing good vibes
OH...MY...GOD!!! I'm 59 & this "old man" has put me to shame with his energy in this performance. This is one of the best live performances I've ever seen, & I've seen a lot. I remember when this song came out. I was 14, & every time it came on the radio, I'd scream & turn it up. Those were the days. It's refreshing to see my generation hasn't completely retired to our rocking chairs.
Hello Sylvia how are you 😊
Holy smoke batman! Love and respect R'D!.
Among musicians, Rick has never been underrated.
JFC. Derringer is in his 70's, and still just nails it. He excels at every aspect of musicianship. He wrote this classic tune, and still sings and plays it as well as he did in his 20's. Actually, his guitar solo shows that he continues to get better. Just a monumental AMERICAN talent.
Ringo is always in the best bands
He HIRES them.!!.....it's a cash cow for RICHARD STARSKY
@@kendallevans4079 Yep Kendall true. He always has a drummer to cover his arse as well.
@@joemorris143 Why would Ringo need to cover his arse?
He was in another band?
That lead is one for the record books!! Always loved the tune. Edgar &Rick , a killer combo.
It's good to see Ringo back on drums.
Thanks for Sharing... You can Really Tell he's Played Guitar a Bit. WOW!
Great to see Rick, nailing it and still going all these years. The song is absolute balls to the wall Rock N' Roll! Never gets old, always gets you going! Love it man! ⚡⚡⚡⚡🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠
Hello how are you 😊
When I saw him he looked so Young in the 70s
@@scottkane3776 Hey Scott 😊
Mannnnn, I miss those days
Hello Donald how are you😊
This guy walks in my store in 2006 and wants a safe to put a guitars in it. I had no idea it was Mr Derringer.Nice guy so glad i got to meet this legend and his lovely wife.
Sure it wasn't a safe for his massive collection of guns?
Rick had a bad habit of forgetting to take his firearms out of his carry on luggage. Got busted a few times by TSA. LOL
@@erikl6983 When your surname is Derringer , you've got to carry. Actually , I think that his real surname is Zehringer. Probably not a descendant of gunsmith Henry Deringer.
, probably donated some autographs to TSA agents all over the country!
Excellent! Sorry I missed the event! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Rick Derringer & Rock n Roll Hoochie Coo was the ultimate song 🎵
SCHOOL, SURF,N SMOKE ONE!! ANAZING THNX Ringo & Edgar
Woweee Rick really naked it!!
Love from S.Florida!!
Isn't that Joe Bonamassa on bass ???? If not a dead ringer ...
Still got it Rick!!
Good to see Rick has come full circle w religion...sounds great. 😮 ❤ An eternal King.
Derringer is a Goddamn beast and I love the Eruption licks he through into his solo!!!!!
Came here because I had this song going through my head. Little did I know I would get to hear such a great guitar solo.
Ive been listening to Rick Derringer since Hang On Sloopy, I still have that scratched 45 worn out from listening to great solo over and over, then heard him on Roadwork with Edgar Winter, a real rock and roll guitarist! Always gets better. What he does on this video is fantastic. One of the best players Ive heard.
What a great tune from the age of Classic Rock. Thanks Edgar and Rick. Later Bros.
Isn't that Joe Bonamassa on bass ???? If not a dead ringer ...
Rick Derringer is absolutely one of the best to ever do the thing!! 🤘 Rock on Rick!!!
1966...Detroit...Cobo Hall...opened for the Stones. I had never heard a guitar played the way he did. Oh yeah....$5.50 a ticket.
you go to a concert now a days it costs up to $80 or more ....first concert i went to cost 10.50 .....in 1979
Would’ve loved to have been there but was 3 lol.
Originally, before Ticketron, we used to see 3 bands for $5 bucks in and around Chicago!!!! One of my 1st shows was at the Aragon Brawlroom in 1971--- Peter Greens Fleetwood Mac, McKendree Spring, and Spooky Tooth!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@@williamrichardson2344 In 1979, that's when tickets went up from $7.50-- That year we saw Pink Floyd at Soldier Field, (Pigs tour) The Stones, and Emerson, Lake , and Palmer
And what a great player Rick is!
Rick is a true virtuoso on the guitar and highly underrated! What a performance!
Best song ever written
I remember Rick from The McCoys ,he is a great great guitar player,with many fantastic songs.
WOW!!! Rick, I had no idea!!! You ROCK, if I may say so!
I've got blisters on my fingers just from watching that. DAMN, son!
saw edgar early 1970s brought rick along on tour great show.
Ringo looking so cool not sweating it, a great performance by the band.
Rick n Stevie would’ve had a jam to remember! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
WOW, Rick is still a super performer. I saw him in the 70's with Edgar Winter and in 81 Rick with ZZ TOP. This brings back so many memories. "Keep Rocking"
Saw him in 1974 with Edgar Winter in the Hollywood Sportatorium and they wore yellow jump suits, and about 40 pounds lighter. Still amazing!!!!
Have never seen Ringo play that fast and hard amazing.
One of my favorite Jonny Winter / Rick Derringer love your song
Hello Clay how are you😊
Rick still has it all those long years ago. Nice to know he has become a born again Christian I'm one and proud of it. Thanks for sharing the video.
Christine Klinger I’m glad Rick turned his life around.
Christopher Parkening ( the worlds greatest classical guitarist) is also a devoted Christian. I'm just a guy that spent many years in Catholic school but i respect both Parkening and Derringer because they could have gone down the road of materialism but they stuck with something much more profound.
I'm flattered.
ANY born again christian is my friend. Sure helps when they can play like Rick! Haha!!!
Rick Derringer tearing it up I haven't seen Rick I have seen Edgar twice saw Johnny once
The amount of talent on that stage is mind blowing !
Richard Page seems to be immune to getting old.
And Gary Wright from Spooky Tooth!!!!!
Driving stoned doing the air guitar at 17 in Florida, in 1976. Good times.
Old men making music that their grandkids couldn't even attempt to duplicate. Ringo gets by with a little help from his friends. Love it that Rick can do the Eddie Van Halen stuff,too.
Um- Twas actually Eddie doing Rick D as Ricky was doing that harmonic tapping way before EVH. There are some very early Van Halen clips in their club days here on YT, where they did a lot of covers of Rick D and Edgar Winter Group tunes. Eddie learned from the best!
Doesn't matter who came first-the chicken or the egg-all I know is that I loved Rick D in High School and still think he's great in my Social Security years. The riff sounds like "Eruption" ,though , so that's where the EVH comparison came from.
I'm with you bro, my first album was Johnny Winter And live; kinda set my musical taste towards great guitar playing ever since.
Don't forget that Rick was playing the EVH solo on the live version of Weird Al's Eat It!!!
@@tleroi7182 Thank you for the kind words T.
What song defines early 70s hard rock? Here you go! This song is awesome on so many levels, it's ridiculous! And Rick is an incredible singer - wow! Still got it!
AMAZING.......GETTING THE CHILLS......RICK STILL PLAYS GREAT !!!! ALL AMERICAN BOY BABY...
Outstanding!
Had front row seats to the Edgar Winter Group in 1976.....i still have the guitar pick Rick Derringer threw off stage...
Cool--Did they play Teenage love affair?
i saw Edgar many times with Montrose on guitar-he smoked Derringer
@@thomasfoss9963 yeah he played a lot of stuff of of All-American Boy....i sure remember Frankenstein and Keep Playin' That Rock and Roll!..that was so long ago i can't remember every song and that was the only time i saw The Edgar Winter Group....sorry it took me a year to respond...
@@tonyspada2744 Never got to see them with Montrose....i did see the band Montrose with Sammy Hagar on vocals....I remember Bad Motor Scooter.....they played a concert with Spooky Tooth and Humble Pie here in 1975...it was billed as Humble Pie's "farewell" tour...this was with Clem Clempson and Greg Ridley......where i live, my city was bad about not getting certain bands until they were kinda on their way down....i always wanted to see the Doobie Brothers but they didn't come here until the Stampede album...i would have loved to see the Captain and Me tour.....there were lots of bands i didn't get to see until they had made a name for themselves for 4 or 5 years....
🤣Blew all those old geezers right outta their chairs🧙♂🧝🧝♂🧝♀🤶🎅🤣🤣🤣😛
Rick , pat travers, Robin Trower, certainly in same brood
They all have provided me with yrs of great music
Rock on!
Indeed. Although I only saw RD a couple of times, I saw Travers a couple *dozen* times in various small venues around DC. Always a great show. Had to go to the Baltimore Civic Center to see Trower in his heyday though...way too big an act for small clubs in those days. And don't forget Rory Gallagher...he was always playing around here, and his shows would go 2 1/2 or 3 hours all the time.
Used to listen to Trower in the early 70s!
I used to have this album back in the 70's, he was a little cutie , played guitar with gloves on, he was only 18 when he did this song
Rick you shredded the hell out of that guitar solo!! This is rockn roll ! Hoochie Koo!
Sounds great Rick!
Still jamming to this in 2024!
Awesome 😎
I saw Rick with Edgar Winter in Toronto a long time ago. Great concert.
Nag’s Head North in the 80’s for me!
I'm 57, this song came out when I was 9 or 10. They are more amazing now than ever.
I would say the most underrated guitar player on the planet
edgar and rick are both innovators. Together they we a decade ahead of everyone else.
OK, I'll chime in. I saw Rick Derringer in Tampa circa 1979. Roy Buchanan opened. Derringer blew the roof off. Both bands kicked ass. The Derringer Live album is unbelievable. He plays better live than in a studio. There's a hell of a lot of top rated guitarists that can't do that.
WOW This Video Kicks ASS. this was too awesome I am Freaking OUT man Groovy
Man I'm 28 years old and been listening to ya since I was a little guy, my dad is 70 and he raised me on REAL music thank god for that and thank god for Rick Derringer! Happy 4th brotha keep on rockin!!!
Just looked in the mirror,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Yep Rick's guitar just melted my face off!!!!!!! WOW still got mad skill
Hello how are you 😊
You want to see a REAL rock and roll star doing live what is on records ? There he is
RD can still ROCK MERCY!
The greatest rock song ever written.
Saw this Legend way back in the day at the Pioneer Club in Pulaski Tn…
A guitar Genius in his time .. still is . I saw him in the 80's at Barrymores in Ottawa and he was on fire
That’s badass
True Musicians with unbelievably RARE talent. Not like the current music of today when so few can play an instrument and is highly produced by technology. Call me old, but I will take this true music until I breath my last breath. 🤩🤩