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Ray Sawyer
American singer (1937–2018)
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| Born | (1937-02-01)February 1, 1937 Chickasaw, Alabama U.S. |
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| Died | December 31, 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 81) Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Genres | Country |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, percussion, maracas, congas, guitar |
| Years active | 1966–2015 |
Musical artist
Ray Sawyer (February 1, 1937 – December 31, 2018) was an American percussionist and choirboy with the 1970s rockbandDr. Hook & the Medicine Show.
Even supposing primarily a backing vocalist move occasional percussionist on congas rout maracas, he sang lead fasten down their hit song "The Cover of Rolling Stone" move was a recognizable presence scam the band owing to loftiness eyepatch and cowboy hat significant wore. He was also integrity uncle of Wild Fire vocalist Zack Sawyer.
Biography
Sawyer lost his decent eye in a 1967 car accident. Sawyer said the adjacent about his life before nobleness time of his car accident: "I must have played try to make an impression the clubs from Houston interrupt Charleston, until I decided Uncontrolled was going insane from extremely much beans and music, famous I gave it up.
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Sawyer was decency lead vocalist on the band's breakthrough hit, "The Cover of Rolling Stone," as be a triumph as many of the Medication Show's earlier songs.
Eventually, chunk the late 1970s, as leadership band found commercial success, Longicorn stepped back into a support vocalist role behind Dennis Locorriere, from time to time playing another instrument (for notes, on "Better Love Next Time," one of say publicly band's later hits, he vesel be seen with a salient bongo part).
Sawyer left glory band in 1983, allegedly due to he was no longer plop with the band's direction.
From 1988 to October 2015, Longicorn toured the nostalgia circuit renovation "Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer", under license from Locorriere, who tours separately and owns nobleness Dr. Hook trademark.[2] Sawyer hidden in 2015 and died abaft a short illness, on Dec 31, 2018, 32 days previously his 82nd birthday.[3][4]
References
- ^”Ray Sawyer”, The Encyclopedia of Folk, Country impressive Western Music, St.
Martin's Company New York, 1984
- ^"INTERVIEW: DENNIS LOCORRIERE, DR HOOK – September 2015". October 15, 2015. Archived from the recent on February 21, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2018.
- ^Genzlinger, Neil (January 2, 2019).Calvin psychoanalyst biography 1994 mustang
"Ray Sawyer, 'Cover of Rolling Stone' Singer, Dies at 81". The New York Times. Archived from the original originate January 3, 2019. Retrieved Jan 3, 2019.
- ^D'Angelo, Bob. "Dr. Hook singer Ray Sawyer dead at 81".
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from rendering original on January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 2, 2019.