Although the band had a reputation as a mouthpiece for humorist Shel Silverstein , who supplied several of their biggest hits including "The Cover of Rolling Stone" , they didn't rely exclusively on his material by any means. And, during their peak years, they were just as famed for their crazed stage antics, which ranged from surreal banter to impersonating their own opening acts. Sawyer 's distinctive stage presence stemmed from his enormous cowboy hat and an eye patch that hid injuries from a serious car accident in Sharing the spotlight on guitar and lead vocals, the duo teamed up with Sawyer 's bandmates from a group called the Chocolate Papers: George Cummings lead and steel guitars , Billy Francis keyboards , and Popeye Phillips drums. Phillips soon moved home to Alabama and was replaced by local drummer Jay David. Sawyer 's eye patch inspired the nickname Dr. Hook , after the Captain Hook character in Peter Pan; with the rest of the band christened the Medicine Show a possible drug reference. They started out playing some of the roughest bars in the Union City area, concentrating mostly on country music out of sheer necessity.


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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, 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. They had played the southern USA, its east coast and midwest before breaking up.
Ray Sawyer, the Dr. Hook moniker. In , Dr. The latter single, a tongue-in-cheek paean to the magazine and rock stardom with Sawyer on vocals, became a Top 10 single on the Billboard Hot and resulted in Dr. Following their Silverstein partnership, the band shortened their name to Dr. Bruce Springsteen also notably served as Dr. After nine albums with Dr.