I've blogged before about Ray Sawyer, of Dr Hook..... but today I'd like to write another short piece on him.
Ray was a versatile songster and clearly loved singing and performing. He was often thought of as "Dr Hook" because of his eye patch.. but he was not the lead singer of the band. Dennis Locorriere was the lead and had a better voice - Ray's was more of a country voice and he liked to sing the more country numbers.
He released a record called Ray which was mainly country numbers, penned by various writers. After leaving the band he settled for some years in Nashville where he wrote and then went on tour as Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer", under license from Locorriere. He went on singing till he retired in 2015, due to declining health and his voice had begun to fail. He then lived with his family in Daytona Beach Florida.. till his death at the end of 2018.
Ray was born in the South, in Chickasaw Alabama, in 1937 and loved music as a boy. He used to go into blues clubs, to hear African American music and started out singing blues....
More to follow-
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