RIP Rick Derringer

[dmn23]

I saw him wandering the aisles at a guitar show in Nashville years ago and it was one of the most fun random spottings I had while I was living there.

He's better known for other songs, but the solo on this just kills.

 

[xStonr]

 

[tiger roach]

Great player! Adios RD

 

[smurfco]

RIP

 

[Andrew Sak]

Such a monster player. RIP.

Nothing to see here. Just Rick Derringer playing in Cyndi's band. What a band it was!

 

[jrockbridge]

R.I.P.

 

[shoeless]

R.I.P. RIck, helluva player, who for whatever reason was destined to be a band member rather than a front man.

 

[Honkridge]

Saw him w/ Johnny Winter way back when. I was very stoned. But I remember him playing a red 335 thru some twins or maybe Ampegs. Couldn't hear him that well unfortunately.

RIP

 

[shoeless]

Saw him w/ Johnny Winter way back when. I was very stoned. But I remember him playing a red 335 thru some twins. Couldn't hear him that well unfortunately.

RIP

Not uncommon for shows of that era. I think the bands and sound guys were as stoned as the audience was.

 

[dmn23]

Nothing to see here. Just Rick Derringer playing in Cyndi's band. What a band it was!

That's the most '80s thing I've seen in a long time. DX-7, Steinberger, Simmons drums, etc.

 

[mongooz]

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RIP

ummmmm.......that's Tom Berrenger.

 

[mongooz]

i saw him and met him when he and his band (don't remember which one) played the Youngstown Agora. around 1968/9

 

[Honkridge]

ummmmm.......that's Tom Berrenger.

Umm that's Smurfco

 

[micwalt]

RIP!

 

[Andrew Sak]

That's the most '80s thing I've seen in a long time. DX-7, Steinberger, Simmons drums, etc.

Hopefully you stuck around for the Derringer solo at the end. Wow!

*On a side note, Lauper might be the greatest front-person.

 

[Knox in Box]

RIP, great player.

 

[Knox in Box]

Such a monster player. RIP.

Nothing to see here. Just Rick Derringer playing in Cyndi's band. What a band it was!

No joke, that band was cooking with gas.

Wish I had appreciated as a young man how unconventionally beautiful Cyndi was. I won't bore you with the details as to why.

 

[Frank Prince]

Rick was a prodigy. Hang On Sloopy at 18 years old, produced several Johnny and Edgar Winter records starting around age 23, and had a solo career plus side jaunts with folks like Cyndi Lauper, Steely Dan, and Weird Al. I lived and breathed his Derringer Live album for a while as a teenager learning to play guitar.

I finally got to see him live a few years ago. It was kind of a weird gig. A large food festival downtown, and the stage was across a small lake from the festival, so you couldn't see the band very well, but the sound was amazing. He played Frankenstein, Free Ride, and Hoochie Koo among others, and killed on all of them.

RIP.

 

[bsman]

I never realized he was such a musical polymath.

 

[Andrew Sak]

No joke, that band was cooking with gas.

Wish I had appreciated as a young man how unconventionally beautiful Cyndi was. I won't bore you with the details as to why.

Because you mentioned it, I'm wanting to be bored with the details.