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Related: About this forumDr. Hook's Ray Sawyer, 'Cover of Rolling Stone' Singer, Dead at 81
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/dr-hook-ray-sawyer-dead-773938/Ray Sawyer, the Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show member who sang the 1973 Shel Silverstein-penned hit The Cover of Rolling Stone,' has died at the age of 81.
The Alabama-born Sawyer who founded the group with Dennis Locorriere, Billy Francis and George Cummings was a member of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show from 1969 to 1981. A few years before the bands formation, Sawyer lost his right eye in a car accident; Sawyer wore an eyepatch that made him resemble the Peter Pan villain Captain Hook, which served as the inspiration for the Dr. Hook moniker.
In 1970, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Shows demo tapes wound up in the hands of author and songwriter Shel Silverstein, who recruited the band to become a vessel for his music: The group would turn Silverstein-written tracks like Sylvias Mother and The Cover of Rolling Stone' into hits and released two albums of Silverstein-penned songs, 1971s Dr. Hook and 1972s Sloppy Seconds.
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Dr. Hook's Ray Sawyer, 'Cover of Rolling Stone' Singer, Dead at 81 (Original Post)
DinahMoeHum
Jan 2019
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mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)1. Aw, man! RIP Dr. Hook! They had some great ones and my dad had most of their records growing up ..
Another classic ...
MontanaMama
(23,314 posts)2. I used a Dr. Hook song
as the recessional at my wedding. Years From Now...
GemDigger
(4,305 posts)3. The funniest show I have ever seen. Repeatedly.
Rest in Peace, or smoke em if you have them. Thanks for all the laughs through the years.
akraven
(1,975 posts)4. Still have the album!
We transferred it to cassette in about 1976; now have it on DVD. I know every. single. word. (both sides)!
Ray, you'll be missed not just for your music, but for your humor! Thanks for being with us this long.
redstateblues
(10,565 posts)5. Ray Sawyer was a good man. RIP Brother
ornotna
(10,800 posts)6. RIP Ray Sawyer
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,972 posts)7. How sad
OnlinePoker
(5,719 posts)8. I can still hear my departed mother asking which one was the doctor.
I had to explain it was just the name of the band.