Ray Sawyer in Interview 1995
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- Ray Sawyer in Interview
Ray Sawyer (February 1, 1937 - December 31, 2018) was an American singer and vocalist with the 1970s rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show] Though primarily a backing vocalist and occasional percussionist on congas or maracas, he sang lead on their hit song "The Cover of Rolling Stone" and was a recognizable presence in the band owing to the eyepatch and cowboy hat he wore. He was also the uncle of the vocalist of Wild Fire, Zack Sawyer.
Sawyer lost his right eye in a 1967 automobile accident. He said the following about his life around the time of his accident: "I must have played all the clubs from Houston to Charleston until I decided I was going insane from too much beans and music, and I gave it up. I saw a John Wayne movie and proceeded to Portland, Oregon, to be a logger complete with plaid shirt, caulk boots, and pike pole. On the way my car slipped on the road and the accident left me with the eye patch I now wear. When I recovered I ran straight back to the beans and music and vowed, 'here I'll stay'.
Sawyer was the lead vocalist on the band's breakthrough hit, "The Cover of Rolling Stone," as well as many of the Medicine Show's earlier songs. Eventually, by the late 1970s, as the band found commercial success, Sawyer stepped back into a backing vocalist behind Dennis Locorriere, occasionally playing another instrument (for example, on "Better Love Next Time," one of the band's later hits, he can be seen with a prominent bongo part). Sawyer left the band in 1983, allegedly because he was no longer happy with the band's direction.
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show (shortened to Dr. Hook in 1975) was an American rock band, formed in Union City, New Jersey. They enjoyed considerable commercial success in the 1970s with hit singles including "Sylvia's Mother", "The Cover of 'Rolling Stone'" (both 1972), "Only Sixteen" (1975), "A Little Bit More" (1976), "Sharing the Night Together" (1978), "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (1979), "Better Love Next Time" (1979), and "Sexy Eyes" (1980). In addition to their own material, Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show performed songs written by the poet Shel Silverstein.
The band had eight years of regular chart hits in the United States, where their music was played on top-40, easy listening, and country music outlets, and throughout the English-speaking world including the UK, Canada and South Africa. Their music spanned several genres, mostly novelty songs and acoustic ballads in their early years, though their greatest success came with their later material, mostly consisting of disco-influenced soft rock, which the band recorded under the shortened name Dr. Hook.
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Ray was an amazing artist - his legacy lives forever ❤
One of The Great Musicians of the 70's decade Ray is missed.
I remember when it was announced Dr Hook had broken up the band. I was depressed for 2 week's! I still love their music! Lp, cassette tapes, CD's.... I even had these guy's on 8 track!!!
It's 2019, we've lost Ray, & some of the other's. But I am STILL listening to Dr Hook!!!
Thanks for the Great music guy's!
🥀Amazing interview with Ray Sawyer he seemed like a gentle Soul. He had some great song's. I miss him on stage but thanks to people like this Show we have our memories.
🥀RIP Ray Sawyer We Love You Forever and Always🥀✌🥀☝️🕊🥀🕊
I always liked his funny antics on stage. They always had a good time. Will always listen to them,and remember the great songs,of a better time period.
What song did they perform afterwards?
Ray Sawyer has always been my hero because of the fact that he never let his disability affect his ability to bless the fans with his amazing talent May god bless him the same way that he blessed us with his beautiful music
I had pleasure of meeting the band after the concert in Germany ,Ray talked like he knew me all along. They all were very nice,down to earth people!! REST IN PEACE RAY!
You are one of the lucky ones. Wish I had a time machine to go back to the 70's and see these guys live in concert. Dr Hook songs take me back to a simpler time and place. RIP Ray Sawyer. Thanks for putting your heart and soul into entertaining me and millions of others.
@@robertbush7290 Hey Robert,I was stationed in Germany 1971 74 in the military when we met Ray Sawyer. Believe it or not they played at a high school gynasium ! It was a good sized place , nice seats but we kind of made it to front of the stage. We kept yelling at Ray all through the show. At the end he told us to come around to the back of the stage. Then they took us to the boys dressing room and the party was on. We talked about the Army& music where we lived back home . Also seen alot of concerts there ,Great times there.✌✌
RIP I always gonna miss your voice and performance.
RIP, Mr. Ray. Thank you all for sharing this. It was very....uplifting and neat. Ray seemed like he'd been cool to have known.
🥀Amazing Interview with Ray Sawyer he was so nice I love his unique voice music and the meaning of his words.
🥀RIP Ray Sawyer We Love You Forever and Always🥀✌🥀☝️
Ray would be the coolest grampa EVER ❤
R.I.P Ray Sawyer. Txs for Memory of,All Dr Hooks Music . Was Epic to,See You all in 2006. ❤. Great Era to,Grow up with.
Simply LUVED ‘Dr. Hook’ back in the day....still do! 🥴
I have always loved Dr. Hook and the medicine show
Great talent - sad loss LOVE YOU RAY RIP
Gave me Gr8 Memories, Rest in Peace, Dr. HOOK, Ray!!
Nice guy. R.I.P. Ray. x.
RIP Ray.
Great songs yesterday,today and forever..
A Beautiful Family. RIP RAY .
What a pleasant guy Ray was...just a delightful human being.
All the guys supported each other and love each other and they had more fun then any band. Tx
dr hook buen grupo me recuerda sus canciones en mi adolecencia .
Such a nice man!
Rest in peace Ray, miss u on Dr. Hook.
Ray was a good guy RIP ray
RIP OLD FRIEND
this group is so much more then people know it is the start of the fall of good music love this group
I Loved these guys ... it’s so sad the band split up R.I.P. Captain Hook
R.i.p Ray Sawyer
Greatest interview
LOOKING GOOD BROTHER RAY!!!!!🎶🎤🎵😍😁😁😁😎
What a great guy.
R.I.P. Ray
RIP ray sawyer God bless you
Un gran artista. Tenía un carisma que lo hizo único. Debe tener miles de admiradores
Calls him Roy at the start, then says when u came here with Ray and the band... he is Ray. What a poor interviewer that guy is to talk to a legend that way. Bless Ray he just keeps it going as a professional 🙏 ❤💙💚
How it should be. RIP brother.
Love ray
I luved Them together,
The other guy had the voice, but you had me..
Ray, thanks for saving my ass from the cops at your Rock Valley Illinois concert back in the 70s 😆
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Great band, ! It's sad,
Thank you for sharing Ronja
Have a beautiful week-end
Cheyenne
I'm sure missing him today!
❤
Ra Ra Ra Ray love love love
i seen Dr hook in the seventies in Glasgow pavilion wonderful i got ray sawyers solo album butt lost it would love to get it agen on CD that wause grate
DIE ZWEI SIND KLASSE 😘😘 SO SYMPATHISCH !👏👏❤❤❤
Love Dr. Hook--Shel Silverstein wrote most of their early stuff.
Incorrect. They did a lot of Silverstein material but they only had the opportunity to do that because of their established success. The band actually broke up because of all the novelty bs they were doing in place of their own art. I do love the Silverstein stuff too though.
RIP Ray
I'm very surprised he didn't mention he started playing in Union City , New Jersey. ( Transfer Station). This was in the late 60's early 70's. It was a very rough area.
How do you know? Did you knew ray? :)
I'd love him to be my grandpa!
omg he looks like my ex love all the works from head to toe more less my ex love looks like Ray! recently i lost my ex love who i miss very much. but i cant watch ray day an night/ Ilove u
Asking all the questions...he was stoned and he missed it!
Had a crush on ray
Dennis say's they were together for 16 years...from '69 to '85??
Sexy eye!.....Love it!
Dennis always says that they never spoke since ray left in the 80 s but ray is saying different in this interview.i wonder what the truth is
Ray Sawyer playing with Alice Cooper and Donny & Marie! And Alice Cooper telling Ray how weird he was!
He Looks Like Marty Robbins.
Angus Pangus He looks like Ray Sawyer to me!!!😊 Also Dennis says they broke up in 1985
Maybe a little. They ( Marty in his style ) and Ray I n his.
Angus Pangus , yes your right, he does, never notice ,before
Marty Robins ain't a patch on Ray Sawyer !
yes they could pass for brothers !!
To bad they aren't together,
What a shame, 😔
So he does have a daughter named Amy!... he says so in this video.... online it only shows he has a son. Can anyone tell me what happened to her does she still exist, is she still alive? someone said she was killed by drunk driver. I tried to Google and do some research but I couldn't find out. Anyone?....
Yes indeed sweet Amy does exist. She lives in Florida as does his wife of 49 years at his passing. Amy is gorgeous! They are an extremely tight knit family
That little new granddaughter he was talking about in this video is herself now a mom of 2 beautiful children, thus making Ray a great grandfather. He got to know them and love on them before he crossed over.
But again to reinerate, Amy Sawyer (I won't say here last name here,) is alive and well and beautiful, and misses her Daddy every day.
Don't know where a car wreck would come in except for the one in 1967 that Ray was in where he lost his eye and was in a wheelchair for a year.
Sexiest songs ever!!!! (I'm gonna love you a little bit more, being my favoutite). We've got to get rid a few of the guitars and introduce a few horns!!! (Maybe you've gotta be British/Irish to get the joke. ). Hilarious. Still, and always will be my favourite group/songs ever.
God bless you ray sawyer from trev dec singer songwriter I'm on CZcams go on CZcams and put home trev dec and you will hear my song thanks
Dr. Hook was part of my childhood. They were fantastic until they tried to convert Dennis into a pretty boy raspy voiced sex symbol.. Going into the 1980's that was career suicide.. Love was out by that time and glam rock was coming in. Poor management... In my opinion. Better together....
They were done before alright, by Dennis Loc....u no talent yap.
lol. ray sawyer help make dr hook.
DuaneMThomas
You have alot of big words in your comment. Pretty easy to do, when that person isn't standing in front of you?? Your a sissy boy.
Dennis is and was the talented one, so much for jealousy!
Dennis was the band,,,,,,not Ray. He was not the musician Dennis was, nor could he sing even half as well as Dennis. It would never be the same without Dennis....plain and simple.
Sorry junior , without Ray , Dr Hook wouldn't be Dr.Hook . Ray was the Dr , Dennis was the balance for Ray , both of them made the group .
Not true. Dennis had the voice, played several musical instruments and all the talent. They harmonized well together but on his own, Ray was very flat. Dennis was the backbone, not Ray. It will never be the same, but, Dennis voice still sounds fantastic. He’s doing great on his own,
You are 100% correct, Mason Kissel!
@Iceman 23 Exactly, Dennis was the soul of Dr. Hook, Ray was cool and could sing country songs, but Dennis' voice was and is unique!
Mason Kissel,Ray and Dennis were 50/50% contributors to the band,not one could sing better than the other,you are clearly missing the point.