Born: Richard Zehringer, August 5, 1947, Fort Recovery, OH
Instrument: guitar, vocals
Bands: The Rick Z Combo, Rick & the Raiders (1963), Rick & the Ravens (1964), The McCoys (1965-70), Johnny Winter And… (1970-73), Edgar Winter’s White Trash (1971-72), Edgar Winter Group (1972-76), Rick Derringer (1973-), Derringer (1976-80), Weird Al Yankovich, Rick Derringer, The Derringers (2001-)
Discography:
| ALL AMERICAN BOY | 1973 |
| SPRING FEVER | 1975 |
| DERRINGER I. | 1976 |
| SWEET EVIL | 1977 |
| DERRINGER LIVE | 1977 |
| IF I WEREN’T SO ROMANTIC I’D SHOOT YOU | 1978 |
| GUITARS AND WOMEN | 1979 |
| FACE TO FACE | 1980 |
| GOOD DIRTY FUN | 1983 |
| LIVE IN JAPAN (with Edgar Winter) | 1990 |
| BACK TO THE BLUES | 1993 |
| ELECTRA BLUES | 1994 |
| BLUES DELUXE | 1996 |
| TEND THE FIRE | 1997 |
| JACKHAMMER BLUES | 2000 |
| Derringer, Bogert & Appice: DOIN’ BUSINESS AS… | 2001 |
| FREE RIDE | 2002 |
| LIVE AT CHENEY HALL (CD+DVD) | 2002 |
| REAL AMERICAN | 2007 |
| KNIGHTED BY THE BLUES | 2009 |
Albums which are released later than the recording date:
| LIVE IN CLEVELAND | 1976 |
| LIVE AT THE PARADISE THEATER | 1978 |
| LIVE ON THE KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR (Live in New York) | 1982 |
The Derringers (Rick Derringer with his family):
| AIMING 4 HEAVEN | 2001 |
| DERRINGER X2 | 2004 |
| WINTER WONDERLAND | 2005 |
| WE LIVE | 2008 |
As backing musician:
| McCoys: HANG ON SLOOPY | 1965 |
| McCoys: (You Make Me) FEEL SO GOOD | 1966 |
| McCoys: INFINITE McCOYS | 1968 |
| McCoys: HUMAN BALL | 1969 |
| Johnny Winter: AND | 1970 |
| Johnny Winter: AND LIVE (Live at the Fillmore East) | 1971 |
| Edgar Winter: WHITE TRASH | 1971 |
| Edgar Winter: ROADWORK | 1972 |
| Edgar Winter: THEY ONLY COME OUT AT NIGHT | 1973 |
| Johnny Winter: STILL ALIVE AND WELL | 1973 |
| Johnny Winter: SAINTS AND SINNERS | 1974 |
| Edgar Winter: SHOCK TREATMENT | 1974 |
| Edgar Winter: JASMINE NIGHT DREAMS | 1975 |
| Edgar Winter: EDGAR WINTER GROUP WITH RICK DERRINGER | 1975 |
| Johnny & Edgar Winter: TOGETHER (Live) | 1976 |
| D. N. A.: PARTY TESTED (with Carmine Appice) | 1983 |