section_path: Life and career/1970s
section_name: 1970s
paragraph_text: 1970s
  
  Derringer and the McCoys joined Johnny Winter in a group called "Johnny Winter And", with the "And" referring to the McCoys. Derringer later became part of Edgar Winter's White Trash and the Edgar Winter Group. After the McCoys split up, Derringer played guitar on albms by, among others, Steely Dan, Alice Cooper, Bette Midler and Barbra Streisand.
  
  In 1973, Derringer released his first solo album, All American Boy, which featured his hit song " Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo ". The song had already appeared on the albums Johnny Winter And (1970) and Roadwork (1972). Derringer's version reached the Top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming his highest-charting single, but despite the single's success the album, All American Boy, was not commercially successful. One critic called it a "sadly neglected album of great merit".
  
  Derringer's later albums, both solo and with his band Derringer, included 1977's Sweet Evil, co-written with Cynthia Weil and Rolling Thunder Revue author Larry Sloman. He released the critically acclaimed album Guitars and Women in 1979, which was re-released with liner notes by Razor & Tie in 1998. He played guitar on two Steely Dan tracks, "Show Biz Kids" on Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) and "Chain Lightning" on Katy Lied (1975), and is credited with having helped Donald Fagen to secure a record deal in 1972. Derringer collaborated with his neighbor Todd Rundgren, playing on four of Rundgren's solo albums. He was a regular in Andy Warhol 's circle and frequently visited Warhol's studio, The Factory.
  
  Derringer and the McCoys joined Johnny Winter in a group called "Johnny Winter And", with the "And" referring to the McCoys. Derringer later became part of Edgar Winter's White Trash and the Edgar Winter Group. After the McCoys split up, Derringer played guitar on albms by, among others, Steely Dan, Alice Cooper, Bette Midler and Barbra Streisand.
  
  In 1973, Derringer released his first solo album, All American Boy, which featured his hit song " Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo ". The song had already appeared on the albums Johnny Winter And (1970) and Roadwork (1972). Derringer's version reached the Top 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming his highest-charting single, but despite the single's success the album, All American Boy, was not commercially successful. One critic called it a "sadly neglected album of great merit".
  
  Derringer's later albums, both solo and with his band Derringer, included 1977's Sweet Evil, co-written with Cynthia Weil and Rolling Thunder Revue author Larry Sloman. He released the critically acclaimed album Guitars and Women in 1979, which was re-released with liner notes by Razor & Tie in 1998. He played guitar on two Steely Dan tracks, "Show Biz Kids" on Countdown to Ecstasy (1973) and "Chain Lightning" on Katy Lied (1975), and is credited with having helped Donald Fagen to secure a record deal in 1972. Derringer collaborated with his neighbor Todd Rundgren, playing on four of Rundgren's solo albums. He was a regular in Andy Warhol 's circle and frequently visited Warhol's studio, The Factory.