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Rick Derringer Live Lesson Thoughts


Steve Krenz

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Hey gang,

We had the live lesson with Rick Derringer last night.  What an amazing guy with such Rock and Roll history.  There's folks that know Rock history and then there's folks that lived it.  From Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, to Eric Clapton, to Weird Al Yankovic, Rick Derringer has been in the middle of that.

From the first few minutes of the live lesson I realized that my plans and script for this live lesson were going to be useless.  It was one of the few live lessons that I felt pretty out of control.  Rick just started talking and rarely came up for air, each story more amazing than the last.

I'm sure many of you were wondering why he didn't play.  (Here we had one of the greatest living guitarists, who played on countless hits, and I think he played just a handful of chords then entire broadcast.)

Well, here's the deal.  He recently, injured his hand, and the part of the finger that was still injured was just at the point where the finger contacts the strings.  Any of you who have had an injury in just that place on your finger can relate and know exactly the razor-blade like pain on touching the strings that comes with it.

I found out about it only about an hour before the show.  So, we decided to make the best of it and just talk about the guitars  that he was offering for sale at Gruhn's.

He was a very kind man on and off camera. 

I'd love to have him back sometime - and get to hear him play! - Steve

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Hi Steve, you might have to rename that show  "Every guitar has a story" LOL.   It would be great though to get some performing and playing tips from Rick since he has probably seen it all in his lifetime.  You did a good job keeping him focused and talking even if he couldn't play last night.  Thanks

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I posted the 7 guitars he had for sale in the chat feed.

All I can say is, tell him come back anytime

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Great guy, great guitars, great stories, just too much for one night. You need to get him back to do a series of sessions:

Rick Derringer - The Early Years
Rick Derringer - Stories You Just Won't Believe
Rick Derringer - (I think you get the idea.)

🙂

You did a great job!

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I know how he feels . I tore the end of my pinky finger off two weeks ago. i have not picked up a guitar since. Just the thought makes me Cringe. Its getting better but i want try it till its done healing. wish him luck,

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@Blue Dog Time to work on slide guitar until you heal.  Too bad Rick didn't show us his slide technique since his finger was cut.

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you can get little soft plastic things to go on your fingers if playing to long hurts my manager bought some on ebay and you can still play the guitar ......  well he is just starting lol

just type  4 Silicone Guitar Guard Finger Picks Protector into ebay search

when I started  learning i was in the navy and i dipped my fingers in bacardi no joke it works, drank a lot of it too but no good if you've cut the finger that would smart

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I was so excited that he answered my question about playing acoustic. I LOVED his stories.

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