“The long and winding road as a rock musician all began for Derringer (1947- ) back in his native Dayton, Ohio, and nearby Indiana, where he grew up with the name Rick Zehringer. (He changed it for his first record with The McCoys.) Derringer got his first guitar at the age of nine and quickly proved his musical talents. ‘I went and jammed with my uncle, who was also a musician,’ recalls the compact and muscled Derringer. ‘We passed the hat and made $40. Then my brother started playing drums, and a neighbor kid wanted to play bass, so I showed him how. Pretty soon we called ourselves The McCoys.’ The name came from a song they played from an album by the Ventures. ‘I started playing in the school marching band, too, so I got to play a number of instruments and learned dance band and Big Band music’” (Kay Kipling, Sarasota Magazine, Apr. 2001).
The McCoys “Hang On Sloopy”
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