Derringer Live

CD reissue of this extremely rare "radio station only" album, Live In Cleveland. Only a handful of lucky disc jockeys and hardcore collectors have ever owned this album! The album features a 12 minute version of his classic 'Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo'. Rick Derringer is a guitar virtuoso who started out with The McCoys, worked with Edgar Winter and then issued numerous critically acclaimed solo albums.

Take a hard rocking trip through the musical legacy of Rick Derringer as the famed guitarist takes the stage for a special night of music highlighting hits both old and new. With Bruce Waibel on bass and Tim Curiale on drums, the long-time trio offer twenty four songs and instrumentals spanning Derringer's entire career.

Aside from the fact that Rick Derringer seems to have lost the biggest part of his voice prior to this recording, the album serves as a rocking documentation of Winter in Japan, where he is revered as a star of the highest magnitude. And why not? After all, it was Edgar Winter who led that powerhouse rock & roll band called White Trash in the early '70s. Here, he recreates the sound of that band with "Fly Away" and "Keep Playing That Rock and Roll."

Edgar Winter and Rick Derringer have spent most of their adult lives playing the blues, something which is immediately apparent from this live performance at the MZA, Tokyo, Japan on 24 Jan. 1990. Songs features include "Keep Playing that Rock 'n' Roll," "Free Ride," and many more.

It was recorded a couple of years ago and is a great portrait of where Rick is today. The sound is fantastic throughout. The songs are a nice mixture of old and new. Fans of RD probably have noticed a spiritual theme in his latest batch of newer songs but he does still have the chops to rock and roll.

Guitar legend live in 1988 in NYC with special guests Warren Haynes, Jack Bruce, Mick Taylor & Rick Derringer on Allman Brothers classics and more Previously available as a double-vinyl LP, the CD debut will add seven tracks to present for the first time the complete 1988 concert. In 1969, Betts became a founding member of the legendary Allman Brothers Band, with whom he would make his name as a composer, vocalist, and guitarist. He took on sole lead guitar duties at the peak of the band's commercial success in the mid-1970s and wrote and sang their classic hit, "Ramblin' Man."

Rick Derringer's 1982 Rock Spectacular show was an all-star beanfest featuring guest appearances from Karla DeVito, Ted Nugent, Southside Johnny, Carmine Appice, and Tim Bogart, with every one of them taking a turn in the limelight.

Rick Derringer's 1980 release Face to Face is a disappointing return to mediocrity after the fresh and fun Guitars and Women album from the previous year. The majority of the tracks are heavy, piano-led ballads that Derringer can't pull off due to his Twiggy-thin vocals. The only songs that give any indication of Derringer's strengths are the rocking "I Want a Lover" and the sticky-sweet bubblegum pop tune "Let the Music Play," though his guitar pyrotechnics on the cover of Neil Young's "My My, Hey Hey (Out of the Blue)" and the overly long "Jump, Jump, Jump" give you an idea of why he was a much sought-after sideman. Mostly the record sounds like it was cut by a guy who is out of gas and out of ideas.