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| 1 01 KBFH Intro00:37 2 02 I Play Guitar06:41 3 03 Guitars and Women03:53 4 04 On My Way Up04:16 5 05 Party At The Hotel05:06 6 06 Tobacco Road10:55 7 07 Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo05:05 8 08 What's the Matter Baby04:43 9 09 Love In Action04:22 10 10 Hang On Sloopy03:56 11 11 KBFH Outro |
The Rock world lost another veteran rocker this week, as Rick Derringer passed away at the age of 77 in Ormond Beach, FL. In tribute to Rick, here he is with a lot of special guests at a benefit concert at The Palladium in New York City on 9/13/1981, billed as "A Special Evening with Rick Derringer and Friends".
This concert was a benefit for none other than Rick Derringer himself. Just a few weeks prior to this concert, Derringer was on the road touring with his band, when the truck containing all their equipment was stolen. Unable to replace the truck and gear himself, Derringer and his band were suddenly in serious peril. Help was on the way, however, and arrived when a friend, singer Lorna Luft, came up with the idea to do this special show. Within days of the robbery, she started calling other artists, many of whom had benefited from Rick's work as a guitarist and producer over the years. In less than a week, she had assembled an all-star lineup.
I saw Rick Derringer twice live in concert. The first was the Frampton comes Alive tour in 1976. Derringer opened for Frampton. In my opinion of that concert, Derringer kicked Frampton rear. He was amazing live. Frampton was like hearing the album, little change from it. Our group attended concerts religiously in the 70s through the 90's. During the festival seating days, we had a location we always sat at when not on the floor. Most concert goers stumbled around everyone asking, "where do you want to sit?" We already had it planned and we zipped right past all these folks right to our planned seats. Great view, sound and easy in and out.
The 2nd Rick Derringer concert was even better. Rick was playing a small venue in New Castle Indiana. I was out hunting relics when I drove past and seen the small sign out in front of a medium size restaurant/club. I called and got tickets immediately for a paltry sum of $25.00 each, at a private table, only about 20 feet from the stage. When we arrived for the show, I discovered why the private table. Every group had their own private table. Only many 125 people in the entire place, if that. The stage was right in front of us, and the waiter brought us buckets of beers. No opening act. Just Rick and his band, who gave an eyeball shaking rock and roll show like their lives depended on it. After the show as we milled about with the others, we found out it was Ricks graduation class "sort of reunion." Simply the best.
