Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer was born in Fort Recovery, Ohio, United States on August 5th, 1947 and is the Guitarist. At the age of 76, Rick Derringer biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, songs, and networth are available.
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Rick Derringer (born Ricky Dean Zehringer; August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, Grammy Award-winning producer, and writer of several hit songs.
He rose to fame in the 1960s as a founding member of his band, the McCoys.
They were taken to New York City to record "Hang On Sloopy," the country's highest-selling hit song.
The McCoys have seven more songs to debut in the Top 100, including their versions of "Come On, Let's Go" and "Fever." "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo," Derringer's self-written song, became a big success in the 1970s.
He has worked closely with brothers Edgar and Johnny Winter, as well as releasing all of their gold and platinum disc earning recordings.
He has worked with Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper, and "Weird Al" Yankovic, who are responsible for Yankovic's Grammy Award-winning songs "Eat It" and "Who's Fat," among others.
"Eat It" featured Derringer's guitar solo, which mimics Eddie Van Halen's solo on Michael Jackson's "Beat It."
Weird Al's work convinced Vince McMahon, president of the World Wrestling Federation, that Derringer should be the producer of The Wrestling Album and then the sequel Pile Driver.
The album contained the entrance song for Hulk Hogan, "Real American," and the tag team's eponymously titled Demolition.
Life and career
Derringer was born in Celina, Ohio, and grew up in Fort Recovery, the son of Janice Lavine (Thornburg) and John Otto Zehringer, a section foreman on the Nickel Plate Railroad. Derringer said that his first major influence was an uncle, Jim Thornburg, a well-known guitarist and singer in Ohio, other than his parents' extensive record collection. Derringer recalls first hearing him play guitar in his parents' kitchen and knowing straight that he wanted to play guitar. He was eight years old at the time, and his parents gave him his first electric guitar for his ninth birthday. Randy and his brother, Randy, were playing music together for the first time.
The family migrated to Union City, Indiana, where he formed the McCoys, a boy from eighth grade. He later changed the name to the Rick Z Combo and then Rick and the Raiders before returning to the band's original name.
The McCoys were hired to support a New York-based band called the Strangeloves in concert in 1965, well before Derringer's 18th birthday. The Strangeloves were also record producers from New York City and were looking for a band to record "My Girl Sloopy," so they selected the McCoys. The derringer was later convinced by the record company that the song name should be changed to "Hang On Sloopy." Derringer and the McCoys were brought into the studio to perform on the album and then release it under their own name after the Strangeloves recorded all the guitar and instrumental parts. The album was a huge success, peaking at number one in every nation that sold records. Although "Yesterday" by the Beatles was at number one, it stayed at number one, while The Beatles' "Yesterday" was number two.
In 1969, Rick married Liz Agriss.
The derringer and his band, the McCoys, joined Johnny Winter in a band called "Johnny Winter And" referring to the McCoys. Derringer joined Edgar Winter's White Trash and then the Edgar Winter Group.
Derringer's first solo album All-American Boy, which also included his song "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo," was released in 1973. The song had appeared on Johnny Winter And (1970), as well as the White Trash Roadwork (1972) albums by then. Derringer's version soared to the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, becoming his highest-charting single. According to one commentator, the album is a "sadly neglected album of great merit."
Derringer's later albums, many as solo and with his band Derringer, included 1977's Sweet Evil, co-written with Cynthia Weil and Larry Sloman, who was re-released with liner notes by Razor & Tie in 1998, as well as his band Derringer's.
Around this time, he appeared on two Steely Dan tracks, "Show Biz Kids" on Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) and "Chain Lightning" on Katy Lied (1975). Derringer has been credited with assisting Donald Fagen in achieving a record deal in 1972.
During this period, the derringer worked with Todd Rundgren, who appeared on four of Rundgren's solo albums. He was also a regular in Andy Warhol's circle, and he frequented Warhol's studio The Factory.
Derringer performed guitar on "My Rival" on Steely Dan's Gaucho (1980) and also Fagen's first solo album, The Nightfly (1982). In 1983, he played guitar on two hit power ballads written and produced by Jim Steinman: "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" and Bonnie Tyler's "Total Eclipse of the Heart" He has said that his guitar solo in "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" is his favorite guitar solo of the many he has recorded. He played guitar parts for Meat Loaf's poorly received album Midnight at the Lost and Found in the same year. Both "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" and "Total Eclipse of the Heart" were originally released by Steinman for Meat Loaf, but Meat Loaf's record company refused to compensate Steinman for the compositions. Derringer's "Shake Me" was his first album on Good Dirty Fun in 1983. Following the video production with Derringer, Jake Hooker (the husband of Lorna Luft) produced a video.
Derringer appeared on Barbra Stover's cover version of Steinman's "Left in the Shadow," which was issued as the lead single of Emotion in 1984.
Derringer's friendship with Cyndi Lauper in 1985 inspired him and Steinman to collaborate again, Derringer releasing The Wrestling Album (1985), which was mainly composed of wrestlers' theme songs. He wrote a few songs about it, including Hulk Hogan's theme song "Reality American" with Bernard Kenny. That song was also used by US President Barack Obama at the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner, where he performed the song when announcing his birth certificate. In four videos during Donald Trump's campaign, it was also used as a campaign song by Hillary Clinton and as a victory song by Newt Gingrich.
He returned to the Meat Loaf fold for blindness in 1986 before I stopped. The song "Masculine" was co-written by the derringer.
Meat Loaf appeared on Way Off Broadway, a nationally distributed cable television show starring Derringer as the music director, with the show's host, Comedienne/interviewer Joy Behar. Larry Carlton, Robbie Dupree, and Edgar Winter were among the show's other guests.
Also in 1987, Derringer returned to the World Wrestling Federation and released its second music album, Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II. He co-wrote the Demolition tune and then produced a new version of "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" as a duet with Gene Okerlund.
In the 1980s, he worked for several New York City-based jingle houses. "Weird Al" Yankovic's first album, "Weird Al" Yankovic (1983), derringer went on to produce "Weird Al" Yankovic's first album, "Weird Al" Yankovic's first album. Derringer produced six Yankovic albums between 1983 and 1989; for this work, he received his first Grammy Award. Yankovic has stated that he is interested in working with Derringer once more.
Derringer converted to be an Evangelical Christian in 1997. Since then, he has consistently supported conservative causes in the United States. Derringer calls himself a "Jesus freak."
Derringer, Bogert & Appice (DBA): Doin' Business As... on the German record label Steamhammer Records, Tim Bogert and Carmine Appice released the album Derringer, Bogert & Appice (DBA) in 2001. Derringer appeared on an album before, entitled Party Tested by DNA (Derringer'n'Appice), and it was re-released in 2011.
The couple and their children released the first of four Christian music albums in 2001: Aiming 4 Heaven (2001), Derringer X 2 (2001), and We Live (2008).
Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower - Their Lives and Music was published in 2002.
He released Free Ride Smooth Jazz (2002), which featured vocals by his wife Jenda (née Brenda Jean), who performed "Free Ride" and wrote the song "Hot & Cool" with Derringer. "Jazzy Koo," a smooth jazz radio hit re-make, is also included.
He self-released the album Knighted by the Blues and its hit song, "Sometimes," co-written with Jenda in May 2009. Freddie King, B.B., followed Derringer with the unveiling of The Three Kings of the Blues. King Albert King (Japan) on Mike Varney's Blues Bureau International Records.
Voices, a company that hosts private functions several times a year, includes derringer and a number of hitmakers. Tone-Loc, Wally Palmar, Kim Carnes, Belinda Carlisle, Belinda Burton, Martin McGrath, Skip Martin, Skip Martin, Natasha Bedingfield, Jonathan Rzeznik, Martha Davis, Smith, Jeff Lyons, and the Rembrandts are among the artists featured in Voices.
With Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band, the performer went on three world tours. In June 2010, rehearsals began. They travelled in Europe, Russia, South America, Mexico, and the United States. Wally Palmar, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Richard Page, and Gregg Bissonette were among the tour's participants.
He formed the Kodomo Band in the 1980s. He has toured in Asia, including with Edgar Winter on the 1990 White Lightning Tour in both Japan and Germany.
In 2010, two of Derringer's homes in Florida were foreclosed after he defaulted on a $46,000 line of credit that his wife Brenda J. Hall was obtained in 2004 by Branch Banking & Trust Co. The loan was secured by Derringer's Florida home. BAC Home Loan Servicing, a mortgage company that was under another loan for Fannie Mae, had him also sued him. According to BAC, Derringer made no monthly payments in 2010 and owe $242,366 in principal and interest as of October 2010. "Anyone can be affected by this huge issue, even ourselves," Derringer attributed the circumstances. In another foreclosure case involving a separate residence in Manatee, Florida, the defendant was also named as defendant.
After she discovered that the two best-selling songs in history are Chinese, he and Jenda formed the Asia Project in 2013. The Derringers filmed and released their versions, including Ricky Wu and Jenda Tu. The songs include Wang Qiwen and Yang Chengang's 2004 album "Mouse Loves Rice" and actress Lui Shi Shi's "Season of Waiting."
In 2014, Derringer appeared on Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus tour with other well-known guitarists, including B.B. Roger McGuinn (ex-Byrds), Don Felder (ex-Mountain), Leslie West (ex-Mountain), Rick Nielsen, Toto's Steve Lukather, Los Lobos' David Hidalgo, and Pearl Jam's Mike McCready all appeared.
On a Delta Air Lines flight from Cancn, Mexico, to Atlanta, Georgia, Derringer was charged with carrying a loaded weapon. Derringer's boss said he was allowed to carry the weapon because he was in possession of a valid Florida concealed weapons license. The derringer later pleaded guilty, agreeing to pay a $1,000 fine, saying that it would not happen again, "not even a water pistol."
On May 28, 2017, a re-recorded recording of 1985's "Real American" with updated lyrics was announced on Alex Jones' radio show. "I gotta be a man, but I can't let it go away" was replaced by "I gotta lend a hand, I can't let it go" and "fight for the rights of every man" was rewritten into "fight for the interests of everyone." Before the second verse, "we should not mess with my US," is added, and a new line reads: "Ours is a cause that is correct and right, and we're built on faith in God we trust." In the same year, Derringer appeared on Alex Jones' show, where he was questioned by political consultant Roger Stone about Derringer's support for Donald Trump.
In 2017, Derringer co-created with baseball players Tom Seaver and Gary Redus to create a version of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" recognizing his lifelong love of baseball.
Under the banner "HippieFest," Derringer, Vanilla Fudge, Mitch Ryder, and Badfinger embarked on a tour with Vanilla Fudge, Mitch Ryder, and Badfinger.
At Patton, he began a "uncomplicated" crowdfunding page in early 2019. For $10 a month, the derringer promises exclusive content such as new music premieres.
He appeared on guitar solo in an anti-bullying campaign based on the Love Love Kids' "Hang on Sloopy" that was released in October 2019.