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 Janice Lavine (Thornburg) and John Otto Zehringer, a section foreman on the Nickel Plate Railroad. The albums included the entrance song for Hulk Hogan, "Real American", and the Demolition tag team, "Demolition". The work he did with Yankovic convinced Vince McMahon, the president of the World Wrestling Federation, that Derringer should be the producer of The Wrestling Album (1985) and then the follow-up, Piledriver: The Wrestling Album II (1987). "Eat It" included Derringer's guitar solo, which emulated Eddie Van Halen's solo on Michael Jackson's " Beat It".
He has worked with Steely Dan, Cyndi Lauper and "Weird Al" Yankovic, producing Yankovic's Grammy Award-winning songs " Eat It" and " Fat". He has worked extensively with the brothers Edgar and Johnny Winter, playing lead guitar in their bands, and also producing all of their gold and platinum disc recordings.
In March 1974, Derringer had another major hit 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". At that time, they went to New York City to record what became the number one hit song " Hang on Sloopy". 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.
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