Dr. Hook

Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer

Show Starts at 08:00 PM
Friday, September 5, 2008
River Rock Show Theatre

Ray Sawyer, the spirited, eye-patched lead singer of the group Dr. Hook, whose soulful and sometimes comic vocals fronted the band’s breakthrough to international superstar status in the early 70’s and 80’s, has been touring Canada, the United States and overseas since the break-up of the group in 1984 with a new band and a new twist to his familiar sound. Ray‘s current style is harder edged and more soulful then his previous country-rock and pop efforts. Born and raised in Alabama, Ray got his first job as a professional musician at the age of fourteen playing drums with a local band and soon developed a style that extracted honesty and emotion … the best traits of both country music and R&B. Ray’s trademark eye patch was acquired following a car accident in 1967 which left him without his right eye. It was then in 1968 when Ray set out for Los Angeles working his way back to New York where the nucleus of Dr. Hook was formed in time to record the score for the Dustin Hoffman film, Who is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? in 1971. Accumulating a total of sixty Gold and Platinum Records worldwide with Dr. Hook, he has gained the confidence of a seasoned entertainer. Hit singles include “Sylvia’s Mother,” “The Cover of the Rolling Stone,” “Only Sixteen,” “A Little Bit More,” “Sharing the Night Together,” When You’re In Love With A Beautiful Woman” and “Sexy Eyes.” In 2005, he was inducted into the “Alabama Music Hall of Fame.” Ray still continues to travels the world with his band which includes his son, Cayce who has been touring with them since he was thirteen years old playing percussion and singing background vocals. With an abundance of stage energy, a prankish sense of humor, an unmistakable voice and image and a unique ability to reflect his good times in good music, Ray Sawyer is definitely a song stylist of the first order and never was it more evident than today.

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Tickets: Cabaret Seating | $39.50 | plus service charges

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