Rick Derringer R.I.P

Unfortunately, another major 70’s guitar player checked in for "The Great Gig in the Sky."

Rick Derringer was one of those unique "did everything with everyone " musicians.

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tablejockey OP Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 4,038 posts 05-30-2025 at 11:15pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "Ricky Don't Lose That Number" is about Derringer. Becker and Fagan went to meet him but couldn't convince him to team up with them at the time." lordmelton, I enjoys learning trivia facts about Steely Dan cuts. Not until now did I pull up the wiki take on Rikki- No mention of Rick? Rikki Don't Lose That Number - Wikipedia Of course wiki is info can be limited by whoever last edited info. Perhaps they were not privy to the Derringer thing?
slaw Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,974 posts 05-30-2025 at 11:43pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete His early work was an influence on my musical life.
lordmelton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,027 posts 05-31-2025 at 11:19am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @tablejockey I bought the 45 in ’74 immediately upon release and that was the story in the music press at the time. About 20 years before the internet became commonplace.
rbull11 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 48 posts 05-31-2025 at 10:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete 1st concert, Styx and Rick Derringer, Boston Garden 1978 !!
immatthewj Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,037 posts 06-01-2025 at 12:10am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete @tablejockey , Wiki is the safe bet on this one.