Rock and roll, hoochie koo (Rick Derringer) (LP 232-233)

Rick Derringer All American Boy (Vinyl- Epic, 1973) ***
Rick Derringer Derringer Live (Vinyl- CBS, 1977) ***

Genre: Power Pop  

Places I remember: Real Groovy Records (Auckland) 

Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Teenage Love Affair (two versions for y'all - studio and live - you choose!)






Gear costume:  Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo; Jump Jump, Jump (guitar chops galore); Beyond The Universe

Active compensatory factors: Rick seems to have been around forever. In 1965, age 17, he was that voice on The McCoys' Hang On Sloopy, and he's still singing and playing in 2018 (a rarity for Goo Goo artists).

Teenage Love Affair and Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo did the trick for me in 1973. And they still do, although my response isn't as hormone fuelled as it was as a 15 year old male desperate to meet a cute little thing about 15 who liked to make the school boys stare!

Four years on and Derringer Live only has three All American Boy songs. New recruits to the gig list almost hold their own with the others. Almost. 

Best amongst them is the Hendrix-ian Beyond The Universe - sure 'nuff!!

Bottom line: the studio versions are still where things are captured best for Rick (but I hope you had a look at that live version above - Rick TEARS IT UP!!!).

Where do they all belong? Solo debut All American Boy was the best studio album, a few live albums to come on CD that sum up the years since this peak.