All American Boy (Rick Derringer album)

All American Boy
Studio album by Rick Derringer
Released October 1973
Recorded 1973 at Caribou Ranch, Nederland, CO
Genre Rock, hard rock, blues rock
Length 44:28
Label Blue Sky
Producer Bill Szymczyk, Rick Derringer
Rick Derringer chronology
All American Boy
(1973)		 Spring Fever
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Džuboks(favorable)[2]

All American Boy is the debut solo studio album by Rick Derringer, it was released on Blue Sky Records in late 1973. "Joy Ride" and "Time Warp" (not to be confused with The Rocky Horror Picture Show song) are instrumentals.

Critical reception

Reviewing for AllMusic, critic Cub Koda wrote of the album "this is simply Rick Derringer's most focused and cohesive album, a marvelous blend of rockers, ballads, and atmospheric instrumentals.", and they added that it was "one of the great albums of the '70s that fell between the cracks."[3]

Later releases

This album was reissued on the Super Audio CD format in April 2018 by UK label Dutton Vocalion, Remastered in both Stereo and Surround Sound from the original analogue tapes by Michael J. Dutton and released as a 2-fer with 1975's "Spring Fever". The Surround Sound portion of the disc features the Quadraphonic mixes of both "All American Boy" and "Spring Fever" made available for the first time in over 40 years.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rick Derringer; except where indicated

  1. "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo"[4] - 3:43
  2. "Joy Ride" - instrumental - 1:50
  3. "Teenage Queen" - 3:31
  4. "Cheap Tequila" - 2:44
  5. "Uncomplicated" - 3:40
  6. "Hold" (Derringer, Patti Smith) - 3:12
  7. "The Airport Giveth (The Airport Taketh Away)" - 2:49
  8. "Teenage Love Affair" - 3:20
  9. "It's Raining" - 2:05
  10. "Time Warp" - instrumental - 2:53
  11. "Slide On Over Slinky" - 4:21
  12. "Jump, Jump, Jump" - 6:00

Track-by-track Personnel

"Rock and Roll Hoochie-Koo"
"Joy Ride"
  • Rick Derringer - guitar, bass
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums
  • Joe Lala - congas, cowbell
"Teenage Queen"
"Cheap Tequila"
  • Rick Derringer - acoustic guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, tambourine, lead vocals
  • David Bromberg - dobro
  • Paul Harris - piano
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums
  • Carl Hall - backing vocals
  • Lani Groves - backing vocals
  • Tasha Thomas - backing vocals
"Uncomplicated"
  • Rick Derringer - lead guitar, lead vocals
  • Joe Walsh - electric guitar
  • Kenny Passarelli - bass
  • Joe Vitale - drums
  • Joe Lala - cowbell
"Hold"
  • Rick Derringer - acoustic guitar, bass, lead vocals
  • Edgar Winter - piano
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums
  • Carl Hall - backing vocals
  • Lani Groves - backing vocals
  • Tasha Thomas - backing vocals
"The Airport Giveth (The Airport Taketh Away)"
  • Rick Derringer - guitar, bass, organ, tambourine, lead vocals
  • Edgar Winter - piano
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums
  • Carl Hall - backing vocals
  • Lani Groves - backing vocals
  • Tasha Thomas - backing vocals
"Teenage Love Affair"
  • Rick Derringer - guitar, bass, lead vocals, backing vocals
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums
"It's Raining"
  • Rick Derringer - guitar, bass, lead vocals
  • Jean "Toots" Thielemans - chromatic harmonica
  • Paul Harris - piano
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums
  • Joe Lala - congas
"Time Warp"
  • Rick Derringer - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric sitar, bass, tambourine, maracas
  • Edgar Winter - organ
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums
  • Joe Lala - congas
"Slide On Over Slinky"
  • Rick Derringer - guitar, bass, hair-drum, cowbell, lead vocals
  • Edgar Winter - synthesized clavinet
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums
  • Carl Hall - backing vocals
  • Lani Groves - backing vocals
  • Tasha Thomas - backing vocals
"Jump, Jump, Jump"
  • Rick Derringer - guitar, bass, gong, lead vocals
  • Edgar Winter - electric piano, acoustic piano
  • Bobby Caldwell - drums

[5]

References

  1. ↑ Coda, Cub. All American Boy at AllMusic
  2. ↑ "All American Boy - Rick Derringer". Džuboks (in Serbian). Gornji Milanovac: Dečje novine (5 (second series)): 22. |access-date= requires |url= (help)
  3. ↑ http://www.allmusic.com/album/all-american-boy-mw0000199224
  4. ↑ This song first appeared on the album Johnny Winter And from artist Johnny Winter. Rick Derringer played guitar and sang vocals for that album.
  5. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/it/Rick-Derringer-All-American-Boy/release/1880578
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