In a review of the album for AllMusic, Thom Jurek commented that "this one blows away the JWA [Johnny Winter And] studio version or Derringer's own hit single take", although he felt it did not measure up to the other songs recorded that night.
[5] Rick Derringer recorded the song for his 1973 solo debut album All American Boy.
[9] Edited for release as a single on Winter's Blue Sky Records, it reached number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974.
[6] Over the years Derringer recorded several live versions of "Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo".
[6] Derringer's version of the song was included in the 1993 comedy film Dazed and Confused, and season 4 of the Netflix science-fiction horror television series Stranger Things in 2022.