Lesser Known Guitar Gods

JohnDee

JohnDee

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Greetings guitar fans...
Not sure if Rick Derringer qualifies. I saw him with the McCoys in Fargo, ND 1966 after their lame hit song "Hang on Sloopy" His guitar playing blew everyone away...

 
too larry

too larry

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JohnDee said:
Greetings guitar fans...
Not sure if Rick Derringer qualifies. I saw him with the McCoys in Fargo, ND 1966 after their lame hit song "Hang on Sloopy" His guitar playing blew everyone away...

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I saw Rick in Dothan Al in the early 80's. Him and the Winter Brothers opened for the Allman Brothers, and out played them by far. Rick had a reflective plate on his guitar, and used it to reflect a spotlight all around the civic center while doing airplane sounds. A real showman.
 
JohnDee

JohnDee

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Amos Otis said:
I dig "Hang On, Sloopy", fwiw.
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I have to admit that back then I kinda liked it too. It had that early 60s sensibility about a sexy girl from the wrong side of the tracks. Hell, without girls like Sloopy...none of us horndogs would ever have gotten laid. So hats off to Sloopy oh and to xylophone instrumentals too...

too larry said:
I saw Rick in Dothan Al in the early 80's. Him and the Winter Brothers opened for the Allman Brothers, and out played them by far. Rick had a reflective plate on his guitar, and used it to reflect a spotlight all around the civic center while doing airplane sounds. A real showman.
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I heard that he played with the Winter Bros for awhile. I remember seeing Edgar with his White Trash group but not sure if Derenger was there too. Lucky to remember the event at all!
JD
 
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