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I was almost kind of trapped by my own success into only doing rock.

Rick Derringer

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Rick Derringer
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: August 5
Artist
Composer
Guitarist
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Fort Recovery
Ohio
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Trapped
Rock
Rocks
Almost
Success

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