This is the last photo of The McCoys, a Hoosier garage band that topped the charts in 1965 with “Hang On Sloppy.” The occasion – a Labor Day rock benefit in 1981 in their hometown of tiny Union City, Indiana. Left to right: Randy Zehringer was out of music, brother Rick Zehringer (aka Rick Derringer) was vying for a comeback after his last hit, “Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo,” in 1973, Randy Hobbs played area bars, and Ronnie Brandon was living nearby. Derringer arrived by private jet and electrified the crowd on his guitar, playing on a flatbed truck. The other McCoys watched. Backstage, the four chatted briefly, the photo was snapped, and they went their separate ways. Hobbs died of heart failure in 1993 at age 45.
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