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Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo: Best of

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RICK DERRINGER-ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO/THE BEST OF RICK DERRINGER: Multi-faceted guitar slinger Rick Derringer has just about done it all. He was a teen star in the 60's group The McCoys, supported both Johnny and Edgar Winter in their best bands, played on Steely Dan, Alice Cooper, and Kiss albums, created Hulk Hogan's theme song for the WWF, and recently released a solid series of blooze albums. Yet he's mainly remembered for two songs...the McCoys' bubble-rock chart killer HANG ON SLOOPY, and his big solo hit, the earphone-melting ROCK & ROLL HOOCHIE KOO. Unfortunately, a lame reggae-styled update of SLOOPY appears on this retrospective, and a decent remake of Warren Zevon's LAWYERS, GUNS AND MONEY is MIA. That leaves the fiesty Johnny Winter-associated STILL ALIVE AND WELL and a small handful of gems from his breakthrough album ALL AMERICAN BOY as points of interest. No doubt about it, the little dude can play...but at 16 selections, BEST OF has too much unfamiliar material to digest at one sitting for the casual fan.

RATING: THREE BULLETS

"Rock & Roll Hoochie Koo" has been my official theme song for years now. Derringer is a guitar god, sadly unrecognized by most. When I hear this music, I feel like I'm being crazy at a wild college party. I see kegs of beer and pure madness, and I love it! The other songs on the collection are all great too.

Just purchased this cd, looks like it is full or great tunes, I am just wondering about the cd version of Derringer Live that was issued back in the late 70's. I played that eight track to death! It rocked so much harder than the studio stuff and featured big fat sound. I believe it was on Big or Blue Sky records. If any Derringer fans know if this is available on cd, please let me know.