section_path: Life and career/2000s and 2010s
section_name: 2000s and 2010s
paragraph_text: 2000s and 2010s
  
  In 2001, Derringer, Tim Bogert, and Carmine Appice released the album Derringer, Bogert & Appice (DBA): Doin' Business as... on the German record label Steamhammer Records. Derringer had previously worked with Appice on an album, Party Tested by DNA (Derringer'n'Appice), and it was re-released in 2011.
  
  In 2001, Derringer, his wife and their children released the first two of four Christian music albums through Panda Studio Productions: Aiming 4 Heaven (2001), Derringer X 2 (2001), the holiday album Winter Wonderland (2004), and We Live (2008). In 2002, Derringer was featured in Dan Muise's book Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower – Their Lives and Music. In 2002 he released Free Ride Smooth Jazz, which included his smooth jazz radio hit remake "Jazzy Koo".
  
  In May 2009, he self-released the album Knighted by the Blues and its popular song, "Sometimes", co-written with Jenda. Derringer followed up with the release of The Three Kings of the Blues (Freddie King, B.B. King, Albert King) on Mike Varney 's Blues Bureau International Records.
  
  Derringer went on three world tours with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. For one, rehearsals began in June 2010 and they traveled across Europe, Russia, South America, Mexico and the USA. The tour featured Wally Palmar, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Richard Page, and Gregg Bissonette. Derringer played with Paul McCartney in a performance at New York's Radio City to celebrate Starr's 70th birthday.
  
  In 2013, Derringer and Jenda created the Asia Project after she discovered that the two largest-selling songs in history were Chinese. As Ricky Wu and Jenda Tu, the Derringers recorded and released their versions of the songs: Wang Qiwen and Yang Chengang 's 2004 song "Mouse Loves Rice" and the actress Liu Shi Shi's "Season of Waiting".
  
  In 2014, Derringer performed on Peter Frampton 's Guitar Circus tour with other notable guitarists, including B.B. King, Roger McGuinn (ex- Byrds), Don Felder (ex- Eagles), Leslie West (ex- Mountain), Cheap Trick 's Rick Nielsen, Toto 's Steve Lukather, Los Lobos ' David Hidalgo, and Pearl Jam 's Mike McCready.
  
  In 2017, Derringer was charged with carrying a loaded gun on a Delta Air Lines flight from Cancún in Mexico to Atlanta, Georgia. According to his manager, Derringer believed he was permitted to carry the gun due to his possession of a valid Florida concealed weapon permit. Derringer later pleaded guilty, agreeing to pay a $1,000 fine.
  
  In 2017, Derringer re-recorded Hulk Hogan's theme, "Real American", with updated lyrics. The re-recorded version was released on May 28, 2017. To debut and promote the re-recording, Derringer appeared on Infowars. Changes to the lyrics include "I gotta be a man, I can't let it slide" changed to "I gotta lend a hand, I can't let it slide" and "fight for the right of every man" changed to "fight for the rights of everyone." The lines "Best not mess with my US" and "Ours is a cause that's right and just, we're built on truth, in God we trust" were also added to the second verse. In 2017, Derringer collaborated with baseball players Tom Seaver and Gary Redus to release a version of " Take Me Out to the Ball Game ", honoring his lifelong love of baseball. In 2018 he toured with Vanilla Fudge, Mitch Ryder and Badfinger under the name "HippieFest." Derringer performed the guitar solo for an anti-bullying campaign version of "Hang on Sloopy" by the Love Love Kids, released in October 2019.
  
  In 2001, Derringer, Tim Bogert, and Carmine Appice released the album Derringer, Bogert & Appice (DBA): Doin' Business as... on the German record label Steamhammer Records. Derringer had previously worked with Appice on an album, Party Tested by DNA (Derringer'n'Appice), and it was re-released in 2011.
  
  In 2001, Derringer, his wife and their children released the first two of four Christian music albums through Panda Studio Productions: Aiming 4 Heaven (2001), Derringer X 2 (2001), the holiday album Winter Wonderland (2004), and We Live (2008). In 2002, Derringer was featured in Dan Muise's book Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower – Their Lives and Music. In 2002 he released Free Ride Smooth Jazz, which included his smooth jazz radio hit remake "Jazzy Koo".
  
  In May 2009, he self-released the album Knighted by the Blues and its popular song, "Sometimes", co-written with Jenda. Derringer followed up with the release of The Three Kings of the Blues (Freddie King, B.B. King, Albert King) on Mike Varney 's Blues Bureau International Records.
  
  Derringer went on three world tours with Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band. For one, rehearsals began in June 2010 and they traveled across Europe, Russia, South America, Mexico and the USA. The tour featured Wally Palmar, Edgar Winter, Gary Wright, Richard Page, and Gregg Bissonette. Derringer played with Paul McCartney in a performance at New York's Radio City to celebrate Starr's 70th birthday.
  
  In 2013, Derringer and Jenda created the Asia Project after she discovered that the two largest-selling songs in history were Chinese. As Ricky Wu and Jenda Tu, the Derringers recorded and released their versions of the songs: Wang Qiwen and Yang Chengang 's 2004 song "Mouse Loves Rice" and the actress Liu Shi Shi's "Season of Waiting".
  
  In 2014, Derringer performed on Peter Frampton 's Guitar Circus tour with other notable guitarists, including B.B. King, Roger McGuinn (ex- Byrds), Don Felder (ex- Eagles), Leslie West (ex- Mountain), Cheap Trick 's Rick Nielsen, Toto 's Steve Lukather, Los Lobos ' David Hidalgo, and Pearl Jam 's Mike McCready.
  
  In 2017, Derringer was charged with carrying a loaded gun on a Delta Air Lines flight from Cancún in Mexico to Atlanta, Georgia. According to his manager, Derringer believed he was permitted to carry the gun due to his possession of a valid Florida concealed weapon permit. Derringer later pleaded guilty, agreeing to pay a $1,000 fine.
  
  In 2017, Derringer re-recorded Hulk Hogan's theme, "Real American", with updated lyrics. The re-recorded version was released on May 28, 2017. To debut and promote the re-recording, Derringer appeared on Infowars. Changes to the lyrics include "I gotta be a man, I can't let it slide" changed to "I gotta lend a hand, I can't let it slide" and "fight for the right of every man" changed to "fight for the rights of everyone." The lines "Best not mess with my US" and "Ours is a cause that's right and just, we're built on truth, in God we trust" were also added to the second verse. In 2017, Derringer collaborated with baseball players Tom Seaver and Gary Redus to release a version of " Take Me Out to the Ball Game ", honoring his lifelong love of baseball. In 2018 he toured with Vanilla Fudge, Mitch Ryder and Badfinger under the name "HippieFest." Derringer performed the guitar solo for an anti-bullying campaign version of "Hang on Sloopy" by the Love Love Kids, released in October 2019.