{"id":1976,"date":"2009-02-24T23:15:13","date_gmt":"2009-02-25T04:15:13","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-02-24T23:15:36","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T23:15:36","slug":"rick-derringer-says-put-me-in-the-foyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rick-derringer-says-put-me-in-the-foyer\/","title":{"rendered":"Rick Derringer Says, &#8220;Put Me in the Foyer of Fame!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SQC1xodg-HU?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\nWith the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2009\/01\/02\/which-artist-is-most-deserving-of-induct\">Second Annual RTH Foyer of Fame&#8217;s Partial Lifetime Achievement Award and Chili Cookoff<\/a><\/strong> on the horizon (stay tuned for the announcement of a mid-March date!), The Back Office recently received an interesting letter from semi-legendary &#8217;70s rocker <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rick_Derringer\" target=\"_blank\">Rick Derringer<\/a><\/strong>. It turns out music business friends of Rick had been asking him when he was going to get consideration for our partial lifetime achievement award. Rick was unaware of the Foyer of Fame, but after a few minutes of investigation and consultation with an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/2008\/03\/10\/rth_exclusive_paul_rodgers_seger_inducti\">old friend and Foyer inductee<\/a>, he came to the conclusion that this was an honor suited for his diverse talents and oddly influential career. Following the jump, we share Mr. Derringer&#8217;s letter. Although the Foyer cannot promise any last-minute adjustments to this journeyman-packed event, we will take his plea into consideration.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/thArnGiCjMY?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><br \/>\n<code>To whom it may concern,<\/p>\n<p>This is Rick Derringer, Mr. Rock and Roll Hoochie Coo to some, the teenage band leader behind <strong>The McCoys<\/strong>' \"Hang on Sloopy\" to others, and the firepower behind <strong>Edgar Winter Band<\/strong>'s \"Free Ride\" to yet others. I even recorded with Steely Dan (betcha didn't know that!), which tells you something about my chops! It was with great interest that I read about Rock Town Hall's upcoming Second Annual RTH Foyer of Fame's Partial Lifetime Achievement Award and Chili Cookoff, and I am writing in hopes of consideration for induction in either this or a future class. <\/p>\n<p>I was not aware of your innaugural event, but shortly after my musical associates and highly deserving peers, Bob Seger and Steve Miller, were inducted, friends in the biz started asking me, \"Hey Rick, when are you gonna get the call from the Foyer of Fame?\" Despite my achievements, I told them, I had no business in the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame! They explained that the RTH Foyer of Fame was something else, something more fitting to my legacy and - no offense guys - after looking into the place I couldn't agree more.<\/p>\n<p>You may think that my career fizzled after the initial burst of \"Sloopy\" and the long-overdue highs of \"Free Ride\" and \"Rock and Roll, Hoochie Coo.\" You may think that I'm bitter that my three most-popular hits were each eclipsed as archetypal go-to records of their era used by advertisers, film makers, and video game producers by \"Louie Louie,\" \"Slow Ride,\" and \"Ballroom Blitz,\" but that's not the case. When most artists might have faded into the oldies circuit - or worse - I hitched onto two massive waves of innovation in entertainment in the '80s and early '90s: discovering and producing rock parodist <strong>\"Weird Al\" Yankovic<\/strong> (whom I like to refer to as \"The Elvis of Rock Parodists\") and performing \"Real American\" for the <strong>World Wrestling Federation<\/strong>'s <em>The Wrestling Album<\/em>, a track that would later be used as <strong>Hulk Hogan<\/strong>'s entrance music. Mix in a few years playing with <strong>Cyndi Lauper<\/strong> and we're talking a killer three-decade span!<\/p>\n<p>I kicked back from the industry a bit in the '90s to pursue more pressing matters: the newfound love for my wife Jenda and the raising of our beautiful children as well as the undeniable call from the Man Upstairs. He requested that I mix some of His word into my mix of rock 'n roll and smooth jazz, and who was I to question. I came into this business as part of a family band, and now I've come full circle. The 2008 release of our family's live album, <strong>The Derringers<\/strong>' <em>We Live<\/em>, is the highlight of a long and fruitful career that never stops believing in tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your time and consideration. I will be happy to discuss the possibility of induction with you in greater detail at your convenience.<\/p>\n<p>Rock and Roll, God Bless You,<br \/>\nRick Derringer<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the Second Annual RTH Foyer of Fame&#8217;s Partial Lifetime Achievement Award and Chili Cookoff on the horizon (stay tuned for the announcement of a mid-March date!), The Back Office recently received an interesting letter from semi-legendary &#8217;70s rocker Rick Derringer. It turns out music business friends of Rick had been asking him when he <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/rick-derringer-says-put-me-in-the-foyer\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[79],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}