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In summer 1965, before Derringer turned 18, the McCoys were hired to back up a New York–based band called the Strangeloves in concert. He later changed the name to the Rick Z Combo and then Rick and the Raiders before going back to the band's original name. It was not long before he and his brother, Randy, were playing music together.Īfter the eighth grade, the family moved to Union City, Indiana, where he formed a band that he called the McCoys. He was then eight years old and his parents gave him his first electric guitar for his ninth birthday. Derringer has related first hearing him play guitar in the kitchen of his parents' home, and knowing immediately that he wanted to play guitar. According to Derringer, other than his parents' extensive record collection, his first major influence was an uncle, Jim Thornburg, a popular guitarist and singer in Ohio. Life and career Early life and 1960s ĭerringer was born in Celina, Ohio, and grew up in Fort Recovery, the son of John Otto and Janice Lavine (Thornburg) Zehringer, a section foreman on the Nickel Plate Railroad.

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Derringer also produced three songs from the soundtrack of the 1984 Tom Hanks movie Bachelor Party. The albums included the entrance song for Hulk Hogan, 'Real Australian ', and the Demolition tag team, 'Demolition'. Derringer also produced the World Wrestling Federation's album The Wrestling Album (1985) and its follow-up Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II (1987). He has additionally worked with Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper and 'Weird Al' Yankovic, producing Yankovic's Grammy Award-winning songs ' Eat It' (1984) and ' Fat' (1988).

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He also worked extensively with the brothers Edgar and Johnny Winter, playing lead and backing guitar in their bands and producing all of their gold and platinum recordings, including Edgar Winter's hits ' Frankenstein' and ' Free Ride' (both 1973). In 1974, Derringer reached the US top 30 with his own song, ' Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo'. The McCoys then had seven songs that charted in the top 100, including versions of ' Fever' and 'Come on Let’s Go'. Their debut single, ' Hang on Sloopy', was a number-one hit in 1965 and became a classic of the garage rock era. He came to prominence in the 1960s as founding member of his band, the McCoys. Rick Derringer (born Richard Dean Zehringer August 5, 1947) is an American guitarist, vocalist, producer and songwriter.