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Ray Sawyer (born February 1 1937, Chickasaw
Chickasaw, Alabama

Chickasaw is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, Alabama, United States. As of July 2007, the population was 5,979. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area....
, Alabama
Alabama

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, United States
United States

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) is a singer best known as a lead vocalist with the 1970s rock band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show was a pop -country rock band formed around Union City, New Jersey in 1969....
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As a youth
Adolescence

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, he idolized Hank Williams, and at 14 he was playing with a local country
Country music

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 band, eventually leading the house band at Al Cottrill's club in Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
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Ray Sawyer (born February 1 1937, Chickasaw
Chickasaw, Alabama

Chickasaw is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, Alabama, United States. As of July 2007, the population was 5,979. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area....
, Alabama
Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the Southern United States of the United States of America. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west....
, United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
) is a singer best known as a lead vocalist with the 1970s rock band
Band (music)

In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform songs. The following articles concern types of musical bands:...
, Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show was a pop -country rock band formed around Union City, New Jersey in 1969....
.

As a youth
Adolescence

Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental Human development that occurs between childhood and adulthood. This transition involves biological , social, and psychological changes, though the biological or physiological ones are the easiest to measure objectively....
, he idolized Hank Williams, and at 14 he was playing with a local country
Country music

Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
 band, eventually leading the house band at Al Cottrill's club in Mobile
Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern United States United States state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama....
. In 1959 he signed with Sandy Records
Sandy Records

Sandy Records was a short-lived but influential independent rock and roll record label established in Mobile, Alabama by Johnny Bozeman and Paul Dubois in early 1957 in music....
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Chocolatepapers
His first hit
Hit single

A hit single is a Sound recording track or Single that has become very popular. Although it is sometimes used to describe any widely-played or big-selling song, the term "hit" is usually reserved for a single that has appeared in an official Record chart through repeated airplay and/or significant commercial sales....
 single
Single (music)

In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
 was "Rockin' Satellite", released in 1960, followed by "I'm Gonna Leave" (Sandy, 1037). In 1965 he played in The Chocolate Papers with several musician
Musician

A musician is a person who plays or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument....
s who later became members of Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show.

He lost his right eye in a 1967 automobile
Automobile

An automobile or motor car is a wheeled motor vehicle for transportation passengers, which also carries its own car engine or motor. Most definitions of the term specify that automobiles are designed to run primarily on roads, to have seating for one to eight people, to typically have four wheels, and to be constructed principally f...
 accident that left him with his signature
Signature

A signature is a handwritten depiction of someone's name, nickname or even a simple "X" that a person writes on documents as a legal proof of Identity and intent....
 eyepatch
Eyepatch

An eyepatch is a small patch that is worn in front of one eye. It may be a cloth patch attached around the head by an elastic band or by a string, or an adhesive bandage....
. He said the following about his life around the time of his accident:

In 2007, Sawyer along with Dr. Hook appeared at the Havelock Country Jamboree
Havelock Country Jamboree

The Havelock Country Jamboree is a four-day country music camping festival held annually in the small village of Havelock, Ontario . The festival runs Thursday through Sunday on the third weekend in August....
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See also

  • List of people from Mobile, Alabama
    List of people from Mobile, Alabama

    Notable people, past and present, who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Mobile, Alabama:...


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