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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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!
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--
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!
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.
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.
I remember hearing about Rick Derringer “back in the day” and I’ve been watching a few biography type CZcams 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.
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!!!
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.
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.
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.
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'.
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
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!
@@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.
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.
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! ⚡⚡⚡⚡🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠
Rick i have been a fan sincethe edgar winter band seen you hell i dont know over 30 times live and you still blow my mind everytime i watch you play....thanks for all the years of amazing music improvisation and the great times.
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.
The amazing thing is that Rick's voice sounds like it's 1973, about 40 years before this performance! And wow, the guitar chops are all an audience could ever want. Rick's like fine wine, improving with age.
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"
There is only one. Spent decades trying to play the guitar because of this man, at the end of the day I bow in humble admiration. God bless you Derringer.
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.
I have been a huge fan of Rick Edgar and Johnny since jr high. Mid 70s have seen them live several times. Ringo did hit the nail on the head. Had the good fortune of seeing an l star show too! Keep playing that rock and roll.
Ringo is the Star that spreads the Live Music news now. Such a great show every Time! Peace for Nostalgic Love in the Heartbeat of Classic Live Music. THX gizzillions!
@@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....
Love you Rick and your music!!!! Been listening to you since the 60's, and with the Edgar Winter Band, too. Glad to see Edgar on stage, wish we could have brought back Johnny Winter. When I think of this song, I hear Johnny Winters vocals but know that Rick wrote this song. Rick is a guitar God for me and most guitar players, too. Now lets here some Free Ride.
I saw Rick more than once in Memphis in the '70's with Edgar and Johnny. Some of the best shows I have seen, ever. Damn, It seems he has just gotten better. Bravo Rick !!!!!
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!
I grew up listening to Rick on 8 track tapes in my car, played at high volume. Loved "Beyond the Universe" and the epic solo on Loosen your Grip" still sends chills down my spine. Keep on Rockin' , Rick!
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?
I jammed this on a 45 like 10,000 frickin times when I was a kid , this song is part of the fiber that makes me who I am , I knew every word and got so much enjoyment out of it still to this day , one of the greatest rock and roll songs ever made , thank you .
I was just out of the Navy when this song came out. I bought the album and was dumb-struck by Rick Derringer's talent. Played this album until the grooves wore out. Saw him on tour where he did this song live. It still gives me goosebumps to think about. And now, to see this live performance, I get goosebumps all over again. Rick Derringer is AWESOME!
Rick is definitely feelin' his Wheaties on this one, but he, like all musicians just enjoys performing, especially when the crowd is showing the love. 😁
I always here musicians refer to Ringo perhaps not the best solo drummer, but one of the best who never misses a beat and always plays in harmony with his band mates, always compliments, never overwhelms.
Derringer has ALWAYS been grossly underrated.
People should listen to ROADWORK by Edgar Winter and White Trash
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.
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 😊
Who wouldn't Love this!? God bless Ringo for putting these shows together! Rick in fine form!!!
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.
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!
He always looks likes he is happy and having fun when he performs...
That lead is one for the record books!! Always loved the tune. Edgar &Rick , a killer combo.
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.
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.
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 ?
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.
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.
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.
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.
W O W...SPEECHLESS..HE KILLED THAT GUITAR🎼🎼🎼❤️
Hello Fran how are you 😊
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!
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.
One of the best rock and roll guitarists to have made it with a band. Just great.
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 😊
I remember hearing about Rick Derringer “back in the day” and I’ve been watching a few biography type CZcams 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.
Holy Smokes - Great Job Rick - Got to meet him at Ft Myers Beach - Great Guitarist and Christian - helped us name our Rock Group
Among musicians, Rick has never been underrated.
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! 🤩🥳😎
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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... < 👉🇵🇷🇺🇸🧔😎🏄♂️🏝🏖🍍🥥🌋🤙🤘🤟👋👊✌🌏
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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... < 👉🇵🇷🇺🇸🧔😎🏄♂️🏝🏖🍍🥥🌋🤙🤘🤟👋👊✌🌏
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One of the best solo openings to any song in recording history. Derringer is the balls!
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.
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.
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!
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'.
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
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!
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.
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!
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.
Good to see Rick has come full circle w religion...sounds great. 😮 ❤ An eternal King.
What a great tune from the age of Classic Rock. Thanks Edgar and Rick. Later Bros.
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 😊
Excellent! Sorry I missed the event! 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Rick i have been a fan sincethe edgar winter band seen you hell i dont know over 30 times live and you still blow my mind everytime i watch you play....thanks for all the years of amazing music improvisation and the great times.
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!!
Rick is one of the all time greats.....
I know Rick Derringer from Baggies, NYC. Remember Hang on Sloopy. He invited me back to his home with wife Liz
Still jamming to this in 2024!
Awesome 😎
Ringo looking so cool not sweating it, a great performance by the band.
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.
I've got blisters on my fingers just from watching that. DAMN, son!
The amazing thing is that Rick's voice sounds like it's 1973, about 40 years before this performance! And wow, the guitar chops are all an audience could ever want.
Rick's like fine wine, improving with age.
I remember Rick from The McCoys ,he is a great great guitar player,with many fantastic songs.
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.
I'm 57, this song came out when I was 9 or 10. They are more amazing now than ever.
Well, that just put a smile on my face. You can't be pure rock and roll.
AMAZING.......GETTING THE CHILLS......RICK STILL PLAYS GREAT !!!! ALL AMERICAN BOY BABY...
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?
Rick is a true virtuoso on the guitar and highly underrated! What a performance!
There is only one. Spent decades trying to play the guitar because of this man, at the end of the day I bow in humble admiration. God bless you Derringer.
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!
Awesome rockin' solo! Rick sounds so good here.
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 have been a huge fan of Rick Edgar and Johnny since jr high. Mid 70s have seen them live several times. Ringo did hit the nail on the head. Had the good fortune of seeing an l star show too! Keep playing that rock and roll.
Hello Richard how are you 😊
Ringo is the Star that spreads the Live Music news now. Such a great show every Time! Peace for Nostalgic Love in the Heartbeat of Classic Live Music. THX gizzillions!
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....
It's good to see Ringo back on drums.
one of the GOATS of true Rock N Roll. Thank you Rick Derringer
Love you Rick and your music!!!! Been listening to you since the 60's, and with the Edgar Winter Band, too. Glad to see Edgar on stage, wish we could have brought back Johnny Winter. When I think of this song, I hear Johnny Winters vocals but know that Rick wrote this song.
Rick is a guitar God for me and most guitar players, too. Now lets here some Free Ride.
I feel so fortunate to have seen them in the early 80’s. Incredible!
Rick Derringer is absolutely one of the best to ever do the thing!! 🤘 Rock on Rick!!!
Always loved Ricks music!!!! still do🌟
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!!!!!
The greatest rock song ever written.
I saw Rick more than once in Memphis in the '70's with Edgar and Johnny.
Some of the best shows I have seen, ever. Damn, It seems he has just gotten better. Bravo Rick !!!!!
That sure brings back a lot of good memories from a great era in music and society.
Hello Randy how are you 😊
Ringo's idea of year after year touring with legends of rock and roll was and still is brilliant. I have several of his All Star Band recordings.
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!
Wow, still so very impressive as to what a great guitar player he really is!!
Thank you Mr Derringer!
Rick you shredded the hell out of that guitar solo!! This is rockn roll ! Hoochie Koo!
When I saw Rick open for Boston & ARS early '77, he absolutely stole the show! One of my all-time favorites.
Derringer is a Goddamn beast and I love the Eruption licks he through into his solo!!!!!
Wow! Amazing where following the trail of Sloop Girl will take you! Superb Rickness! 🤩💯❤💋
The “Derringer Live” album 1977, is a spectacular display of guitar chops and feel. Go RICK!!
Still in my rotation! Amazing record!!
Who ever thought the kid that sang hang on sloopy would someday shred a guitar solo like that!!!
The solo on Sloopy was no slouch either, especially for a pop record in 1965!
My first concert was Rick Derringer at the old College of Staten Island, sometime around 1980. I was in awe then and still am to this day.
Rick Derringer and the Winter Bros are national treasures.Rick just gets better with age.
I grew up listening to Rick on 8 track tapes in my car, played at high volume. Loved "Beyond the Universe" and the epic solo on Loosen your Grip" still sends chills down my spine. Keep on Rockin' , Rick!
He's the Real McCoy!!!! It was Hang on Sloopy and Teenage Love Affair for me!!!!!!!!
Hello Karl how are you 😊
Man, that was one bad ass live version of that song ever.👍🎸
This Man Definitely Deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame PERIOD.
Light that fuse!! Rick could keep that fuse lit like no other!
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 ?
Thank you Ringo for all you have done for Rock and Roll. You brought these legends back to us for many years!!
I saw Edgar Winter in concert during the time Rick was in the band. This was one of the songs they played for their encore.
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
I jammed this on a 45 like 10,000 frickin times when I was a kid , this song is part of the fiber that makes me who I am , I knew every word and got so much enjoyment out of it still to this day , one of the greatest rock and roll songs ever made , thank you .
I was just out of the Navy when this song came out. I bought the album and was dumb-struck by Rick Derringer's talent. Played this album until the grooves wore out. Saw him on tour where he did this song live. It still gives me goosebumps to think about. And now, to see this live performance, I get goosebumps all over again. Rick Derringer is AWESOME!
Rick is definitely feelin' his Wheaties on this one, but he, like all musicians just enjoys performing, especially when the crowd is showing the love. 😁
Wow ! Just Wow...... Rick still can move his fingers, he was amazing.
Hello Ron how are you 😊
I always here musicians refer to Ringo perhaps not the best solo drummer, but one of the best who never misses a beat and always plays in harmony with his band mates, always compliments, never overwhelms.
Hear?
I would say the most underrated guitar player on the planet
I saw that tour ....my second Beatle George in74 in Oakland.
Saw Derringer and Winter in the early seventies! Frankenstein was the HIT!