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American singer (–)

Ray Sawyer
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Born	()February 1, Chickasaw, Alabama U.S.
Died	December 31, () (aged&#;81) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Genres	Country
Occupation	Singer
Instrument(s)	Vocals, percussion, maracas, congas, guitar
Years active	–

Musical artist

Ray Sawyer (February 1, – December 31, ) was an American percussionist and vocalist with the s rockbandDr.

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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 Wild Fire vocalist Zack Sawyer.

Biography

Sawyer lost his right eye in a automobile accident.

Sawyer said the following about his life before the time of his car 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 then proceeded to Portland, Oregon, to be a logger complete with plaid shirt, caulk boots, and pike pole.

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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'."^[1]

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 s, as the band found commercial success, Sawyer stepped back into a backing vocalist role 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 , allegedly because he was no longer happy with the band's direction.

From to October , Sawyer toured the nostalgia circuit as "Dr.

Dr hook ray sawyer biography Accept and continue. The band's name was inspired by the association between Sawyer's eye patch and the famed Peter Pan pirate character Captain Hook. This is for Illmatic , this is for Nas. Lamar can be seen sporting a crown of thorns on the Mr.

Hook featuring Ray Sawyer", under license from Locorriere, who tours separately and owns the Dr. Hook trademark.^[2] Sawyer retired in and died after a short illness, on December 31, , 32 days before his 82nd birthday.^[3][4]

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