Dr. Hook – Collection (1996)
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Label: EMI | Cat#: 8 14465 | Genre: Pop
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show’s sardonic, country-flavored pop/rock made them one of the most fondly remembered acts of AM pop radio’s heyday in the ’70s. 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.
The band was formed in Union City, NJ, in 1968, when a young singer/songwriter named Dennis Locorriere teamed up with Alabama-born country-rocker Ray Sawyer. Sawyer’s distinctive stage presence stemmed from his enormous cowboy hat and an eye patch that hid injuries from a serious car accident in 1967. 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 John “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 began playing some of the roughest bars in the Union City area, concentrating mostly on country music out of sheer necessity. Anxious to find a more hospitable environment, the band recorded some demos, and in early 1970 their manager played the tapes for Ron Haffkine, who was working as musical director for the film Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? Haffkine had been looking for bands to perform the songs written for the soundtrack by Shel Silverstein, an ex-folkie, Playboy cartoonist, and children’s author who’d penned Johnny Cash’s hit “A Boy Named Sue.” He took an instant liking to Locorriere’s voice, and became the group’s manager and producer, signing them to record “Last Morning” for the film soundtrack and also landing a deal with CBS.
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Personnel / Credits:
• Billy Francis – keyboards (1967-1985; died 2010)
• Ray Sawyer – vocals, guitar (1967-1983)
• George Cummings – lead and steel guitars, vocals (1967-1975)
• Bobby Dominguez – drums (1967)
• Jimmy “Wolf Cub” Allen – bass (1967)
• Dennis Locorriere – vocals, guitar, bass, harmonica (1967-1985)
• Popeye Phillips – drums (1967-1968)
• Joseph Olivier – drums (1968)
• John “Jay” David – drums (1968-1973)
• Rik Elswit – lead guitar (1972-1985)
• Jance Garfat – bass (1972-1985; died 2006)
• John Wolters – drums (1973-1982, 1983-1985; died 1997)
• Bob ‘Willard’ Henke – guitar (1976-1980)
• Rod Smarr – guitar (1980-1985; died 2012)
• Walter Hartman – drums (1982-1983)
• Nancy Nash – background vocals (1977-1979)
• Carol Parks – background vocals (1977-1979)
Additional Info:
• Released Date: 1996
Disc 1
01. Sylvia’s Mother – 03:49
02. The Cover Of The Rolling Stone – 02:52
03. Better Love Next Time – 03:04
04. In Over My Head – 03:45
05. Sexy Eyes – 03:36
06. Oh! Jesse – 02:59
07. Years From You – 03:18
08. Sharing The Night Together – 02:58
09. Sweetest Of All – 02:42
10. Storms Never Last – 03:27
11. Walk Right In – 03:04
12. Love Monster – 03:19
13. I Don’t Want To Be Alone Tonight – 03:34
14. Knowing She’s There – 03:35
15. Clyde – 04:48
16. When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman – 03:05
17. Dooley Jones – 03:54
18. I Gave Her Comfort – 03:24
19. You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance – 02:31
20. More Like The Movies – 03:41
Disc 2
01. A Little Bit More – 03:18
02. The Radio – 03:33
03. Up On The Mountain – 02:43
04. Only Sixteen – 02:47
05. Jungle To The Zoo – 03:25
06. Bad Eye Bill – 02:26
07. What About You – 02:57
08. If Not You – 03:22
09. A Couple More Years – 03:15
10. Levitate – 03:06
11. Let Me Be Your Lover – 02:57
12. Mountain Mary – 02:44
13. I Got Stoned And Missed It – 03:25
14. Bubblin’ Up – 02:09
15. Wups – 02:28
16. The Millionaire – 03:02
17. Everybody’s Making It Big But Me – 03:13
18. Cooky And Lila – 03:34
19. Everybody Loves Me – 02:45
20. On The Way To The Bottom – 02:54
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