'Dr. Hook' Founder Ray Sawyer Dies at 81

newsmax ^ | Tuesday, 01 January 2019 | Jason Devaney

[Eddie01]

Always liked those guys.

"Cover of the Rolling Stone."

"Freakin' at the Freakers Ball" ...or was if Freepin' and the Freeper's Ball... I can never remember.

[over3Owithabrain]

Sylvia’s Mother is one of my favorite songs

[CaliforniaCraftBeer]

[Snickering Hound]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4up6_OphOMY

Dr Hook & The Medicine Show - “Cover Of The Rolling Stone”

Wow, he made it past 80...

[D_Idaho]

RIP old Ray. You made me smile many times.

[cabbieguy]

I agree, Sylvia’s Mother and also Dooley Jones. This group and the Amazing Rhythm Aces never got the recognition they deserved.

[x]

Put out an album cover like that today and people are going to assume things ...

[moovova]

Classic.

[I cannot think of a name]

I remember the HUGE controversy about “I was stoned and I missed it” including the line, “it took 16 weeks of urging just to get the local virgin.........”

Funny how all that stuff seems so completely innocent compared to any of today’s rap lyrics.

[Huskrrrr]

One of the best antedotes to the Disco virus.

[Carriage Hill]

I vaguely remember them:

Dr. Hook “Sharing The Night Together”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_v4Eo4aRVI&list=PL4yb6ubWokIgPF7oeKoj3shhiJ0BxAqtC&index=1

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Dr Hook “The Cover of The Rolling Stones”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npxRpGguGGI&list=PL4yb6ubWokIgPF7oeKoj3shhiJ0BxAqtC&index=2

[rockinqsranch]

So of course I had to go to youtube, and play the song. Hadn’t thought about it in years. Enjoyed it again.

R.I.P. Ray Sawyer.

[Seaplaner]

The group was even better than their hits.

Some of their songs (my favorite was "Last Mornin'") were ahead of their audience.

RIP

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[Flycatcher]

As a teenager, I owned their album “Bankrupt.” It’s out of print now, but it was a classic of hysterical stoned-out silliness. The video you posted illustrates this.

Fun, classic 70s....

[ohiobushman]

I remember them on the “Midnight Special” with Wolfman Jack. Sure miss those days.

[smalltownslick]

I mostly liked his stuff after he decided to go solo, and in a more country direction. Really loved A Couple More Years and Cooky and Lila.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

‘Sylvia’s Mother’

Makes me cry EVERY time I hear it!

[Yo-Yo]

My favorite Dr. Hook song was Only Sixteen

[MayflowerMadam]

“Cover of the Rolling Stone.”

Yup. Love that one.

[neal1960]

Just damn. Pleasure and Pain was my wife and myselfs “album” when we were dating 38 years ago. Thanks for the memories Ray.