"R I P RICK DERRINGER LEGENDARY GUITARIST ENTERTAINER PRODUCER WRITER - HANG ON SLOOPY ROCK AND ROLL HOOCHIE KOO - REAL AMERICAN - RICK THE YACHT RICK AND JENDA DERRINGER YOU WILL BE MISSED GREATLY," ...

Rick Derringer, the pioneering guitarist, frontman of the influential, proto-garage rock act the McCoys, and a Grammy-winning producer for Weird Al, has died at 77.