The ace says he never knew the outcome of a session. ”They would never tell you whether what you played would be kept or not.

For those who want to hear live Grateful Dead, Steely Dan and John Prine covers, it's time to look for local tribute band The ...

When Dave Russell walked into George Benson’s Lahaina Sound Recording Studio to record a song as the singing conductor on ...

Of all the words one might use to describe Steely Dan, “sentimental” would probably show up way down near the bottom of the list. If anything, Donald Fagen and Walter Becker went the other direction ...

The Dans bring the sounds of Steely Dan to Old City Prime’s Upper Lounge this Saturday. Photo courtesy of Nathan Santos LIMA — Fans of live, local music may see a lot of familiar faces at Old City ...

A Vulture series in which studio musicians select their best performances. “We were baffled because, to us, it was very much a ‘Here’s the 11th-hour, late-bloomer song that went on the record.’” Photo ...

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Rick Derringer, the guitarist and songwriter who wrote “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” (1970), and worked extensively with Weird Al Yankovic, the co-creator of a memorable wrestling theme song, died on ...

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded "Hang On Sloopy," had a hit with "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo" and earned a Grammy Award for producing ...

Legendary guitarist Rick Derringer, who rose to fame with his band The McCoys and produced several Grammy-winning records, died on Memorial Day. He was 77. Derringer died in Ormond Beach, Florida on ...

Derringer's band, the McCoys, was behind the 1965 hit "Hang On Sloopy," and he collaborated with the likes of Barbra Streisand and Steely Dan. Ryan Coleman is a news writer for Entertainment Weekly ...

Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The McCoys recorded “Hang On Sloopy,” had a hit with “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo” and earned a Grammy Award for producing ...