Rock & Roll Great And Master Guitarist Rick Derringer, Dead At 77

Posted • May 28, 2025: Derringer had been ill in recent months. […] Rick's career started in the late '60s with his first band, "The McCoys," best known for their hit "Hang on Sloopy." His breakout hit came in 1973 with "Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo," but Rick went on to work with an impressive variety of performers, ranging from Steely Dan's Donald Fagen, Cyndi Lauper, the Edgar Winter Group (he played guitar on their amazing instrumental piece "Frankenstein") Cyndi Lauper and Weird Al Yankovic. […] Rick Derringer tearing it up with Ringo Starr and Edgar Winter in concert playing Rock and Roll Hootchie Koo including an amazing Rick Derringer Solo. (…)

• More at: RedState - RIP Rick Derringer, a Rock & Roll Great and a Master Guitarist
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