{"id":77327,"date":"2025-06-01T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/?p=77327"},"modified":"2025-06-27T08:02:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T12:02:30","slug":"legendary-musician-rick-derringer-passes-away-at-77","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/legendary-musician-rick-derringer-passes-away-at-77\/77327\/","title":{"rendered":"Legendary Musician Rick Derringer Passes Away at 77"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"440\">Rick Derringer, the iconic guitarist and singer best known for hits like <em data-start=\"135\" data-end=\"153\">\u201cHang on Sloopy\u201d<\/em> and <em data-start=\"158\" data-end=\"176\">\u201cReal American,\u201d<\/em> has passed away at the age of 77. His wife, Jenda Derringer, confirmed that he died on <strong data-start=\"264\" data-end=\"280\">Memorial Day<\/strong> after being taken off life support. The rock legend had been hospitalized in recent weeks and had undergone <strong data-start=\"389\" data-end=\"421\">three heart bypass surgeries<\/strong> in the last month.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"442\" data-end=\"832\">Derringer\u2019s close friend, Tony Wilson, shared that Rick had appeared to be doing well just days before his passing. However, on Monday night, while reaching for his pillow before bed, his heart suddenly gave out. Doctors believe he experienced a <strong data-start=\"688\" data-end=\"704\">sudden shock<\/strong>, which led to his death. Jenda expressed her heartbreak, saying, <em data-start=\"770\" data-end=\"832\">\u201cWe thought we had years left, but God\u2019s timing is perfect.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"892\" data-end=\"1186\">Rick Derringer made a lasting impact on the world of rock music. He first rose to fame in the 1960s with the McCoys\u2019 chart-topping hit <em data-start=\"1027\" data-end=\"1046\">\u201cHang on Sloopy.\u201d<\/em> In the 1970s, he became a force in New York\u2019s rock scene, especially after producing the Edgar Winter Group\u2019s massive hit <em data-start=\"1169\" data-end=\"1186\">\u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1188\" data-end=\"1430\">Derringer later became the guitarist for the Edgar Winter Group and went on to collaborate closely with Johnny Winter, serving as both guitarist and producer. Throughout his career, he was part of multiple successful tours and album releases.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1432\" data-end=\"1721\">He was also known for his ties to pop culture. While working and performing with various bands, Rick met his first wife, Liz Derringer, in the orbit of Andy Warhol\u2019s artistic circle. The couple became familiar faces in the rock world and appeared in several music publications of the time.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1723\" data-end=\"1932\">One of Derringer\u2019s most enduring contributions was writing and producing <em data-start=\"1796\" data-end=\"1814\">\u201cReal American,\u201d<\/em> a powerful anthem later embraced by public figures including <strong data-start=\"1876\" data-end=\"1909\">Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton<\/strong>, and <strong data-start=\"1915\" data-end=\"1931\">Donald Trump<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1967\" data-end=\"2235\">Rick Derringer is survived by his wife, <strong data-start=\"2007\" data-end=\"2026\">Jenda Derringer<\/strong>, and their daughter, <strong data-start=\"2048\" data-end=\"2073\">Lory Loving Derringer<\/strong>. Fans, fellow musicians, and loved ones are mourning the loss of a man whose guitar work and songwriting helped shape the sound of American rock for generations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2237\" data-end=\"2261\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rick Derringer, the iconic guitarist and singer best known for hits like \u201cHang on Sloopy\u201d and \u201cReal American,\u201d has passed\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":77328,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[30055],"class_list":["post-77327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-rick-derringer"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}