Label: Blue Sky Records (US), ZK 32481
Style: Pop
Country: Celina, Ohio, U.S. (August 5, 1947)
Time: 40:07
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 254 Mb
When
Rick Derringer, about to turn 26, went into the studio to record his
debut solo, All American Boy, he was already a veteran of the music
scene who had lived it all. Before he was 18 he had sung and recorded
one of the biggest hits of the 60's with his band The McCoys, Hang On
Sloopy, he had also seen his band move away from the bubblegum sound -
and success - seeking greater credibility, he had also, along with his
McCoy bandmates, accompanied the Winter brothers, Johnny and Edgar, in
several of their incarnations, forming Johnny Winter And, with the
former, and White Trash and Edgar Winter Group, with the latter. His
song Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo had become something of a classic and had
been recorded in 1970 with Johnny Winter and again, in 1972, on a
record by Edgar's White Trash.
So he decided to try his luck on his
own and did so by relying on his trump card, Rock And Roll Hoochie Koo.
The song became a hit, approaching the Top 20 in the U.S., however the
album on which it appeared, this All American Boy, did not have the same
luck and Derringer remained affiliated with Winter for much of the
decade. It's a shame because the album was not bad at all and the
version of his best known song is true apotheosis - with a Derringer
unleashed in the solo, demonstrating that the former teenage star had
become a guitar ace.
Joy Ride is an instrumental in the manner of
the Allman Brothers, although the production seems a bit overdone.
Cheap Tequila sees him approaching the country and honky tonk sound,
showing that he's not bad on slide either. Uncomplicated is another of
the album's big moments, a very typical hard rocker of the era that
could have become his second hit. While Teenage Love Affair anticipates
the sound with which Kiss would triumph a couple of years later - and
also includes a solo with a Talk Box, shortly before Peter Frampton
turned the gadget into a sensation. Derringer used to play it in his
live appearances with Edgar Winter's band using his rare Gibson
Explorer, although the most iconic guitar on the album is the
Stratocaster on the cover, an instrument that had belonged to John
Hammond and that he gave to Bob Dylan, who gave it to Mike Bloomfield
during the recording of Highway 61 Revisited. The legendary guitarist
gave this '59 model to the no less legendary Johnny Winter from whom
Derringer decided to borrow it to put it on the cover of his first
album, despite being known more for his preference for Gibson models,
such as Les Paul or 335.
Hold is a ballad with strings and backing
vocalists, closer to Elton John than Johnny Winter; the most interesting
thing about it is a lyric composed by a then unknown Patti Smith. Slide
On Over Slinky is another powerful rocker with an interesting riff and,
again, great slide work from the guy who was once told by Duane Allman
that he had been one of his inspirations for putting the Coricidin tube
on his finger. Jump, Jump, Jump, Jump closes the album with a ballad
sung in falsetto that serves as a vehicle for his six-string prowess,
with the second best solo on the album, behind the portentous Rock And
Roll Hoochie Koo.
Evidently All American Boy is not a classic, but
it is a very attractive album for all those in love with the sounds of
seventies rock. There are no other songs on the level of Rock And Roll
Hoochie Koo, but it is proof that Derringer was an interesting composer
and a fabulous musician.
(guitarsexchange.com/en/unplugged/1110/rick-derringer-all-american-boy-1973/)
01. Rock And Roll, Hoochie Koo (03:42)
02. Joy Ride (Instrumental) (01:50)
03. Teenage Queen (03:38)
04. Cheap Tequila (02:35)
05. Uncomplicated (03:39)
06. Hold (03:12)
07. The Airport Giveth (The Airport Taketh Away) (02:49)
08. Teenage Love Affair (03:19)
09. It's Raining (02:04)
10. Time Warp (Instrumental) (02:53)
11. Slide On Over Slinky (04:20)
12. Jump, Jump, Jump (06:00)
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