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12-665: Darryl Vincent and the Flares was formed in Meridian, Mississippi in 1956, and Cummings joined the group in 1959. In the 1960s, Cummings was a member of the Chocolate Papers, along with Ray Sawyer , Bill Francis, Bobby Dominguez, Popeye Phillips, and Jimmy "Wolf Cub" Allen. The Chocolate Papers toured clubs in Mississippi, Alabama, and South Carolina, before settling in Biloxi as the house band at

24-403: A 1967 automobile accident. Sawyer said the following about his life before the time of his car accident: "I must have played all the clubs from Houston to Charleston , until I decided I was going insane from too much beans and music, and I gave it up. I saw a John Wayne movie and then proceeded to Portland, Oregon , to be a logger complete with plaid shirt, caulk boots , and pike pole . On

36-472: A backing vocalist role behind Dennis Locorriere , occasionally playing another instrument (for example, on " Better Love Next Time ," one of the band's later hits, he can be seen with a prominent bongo part). Sawyer left the band in 1983, allegedly because he was no longer happy with the band's direction. From 1988 to October 2015, Sawyer toured the nostalgia circuit as "Dr. Hook featuring Ray Sawyer", under license from Locorriere, who tours separately and owns

48-722: A million copies of their single, "Sylvia's Mother," when it was re-released in July, 1972. The group was caricatured on the cover of Rolling Stone . Cummings sang the bass-register lead vocal on the second verse of " The Cover of the Rolling Stone ", as well as playing the comical lead guitar on the instrumental break in concerts (Locorriere actually played it on the recording). He also sang "Makin' It Natural", "Penicillin Penny" (both written by Shel Silverstein ), and "I Got Stoned and I Missed It" (co-written by Cummings with Silverstein). In 1978, at

60-476: The Muscle Shoals Sound Studio , he collaborated with the legendary Delta bluesman Big Joe Williams on one of the singer's last albums, The Final Years: Big Joe Williams . Co-produced by Cummings, Joe B. Stewart, and Ken Hatley, this album was released in 1993 by Gitanes Jazz/Verve. In 2003, Cummings worked with Ken Hatley on the soundtrack for Florida City , a film drama about advance knowledge of

72-455: The Dr. Hook trademark. Sawyer retired in 2015 and died after a short illness, on December 31, 2018, 32 days before his 82nd birthday. Caulk boots Caulk boots or calk boots (also called cork boots , timber boots , logger boots , logging boots , or corks ) are a form of rugged spike-soled footwear that are most often associated with the timber industry. They are worn for traction in

84-622: The Pearl Harbor attack. In the spring of 2004, the Flares were reborn in Lebanon, Tennessee when Cummings joined original members Jim Pasquale (guitar) and Norman "Knobby" Lowell (drums), along with Nashville singer-songwriters Scotty Cothran, Harold Hutchcraft, Jack Bond, and Forest Borders, to cut the comeback album, It Is What It Is . In September 2005, Cummings began recording a solo CD, working with Pasquale and Hutchcraft. Ray Sawyer Ray Sawyer (February 1, 1937 – December 31, 2018)

96-684: The band achieved success, and Francis rejoined Cummings shortly after Locorriere joined.) Cummings brought the nineteen-year-old Dennis Locorriere into the band as a bass player. While playing the Bandbox club in Union City, the owner asked George what the name of his band was, and on the spur of the moment, he wrote down "Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show, Straight from the South, serving up Soul Music". They recorded their debut album for CBS/Columbia in 1970, and sold

108-807: The popular 800-seat Gus Stevens Restaurant , the first Gulf Coast supper club to offer upscale entertainment with such headliners as Elvis Presley , Andy Griffith , Mel Tormé , Jayne Mansfield , and Mamie Van Doren . The Chocolate Papers moved to Chicago, but Cummings soon decided to form his own band in the New York area. Cummings found fame with Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show , the group he named and founded in Union City, New Jersey in 1968. He invited former Chocolate Papers bandmates Ray Sawyer, Billy Francis, and Popeye Phillips to join his new band (Phillips left to join The Flying Burrito Brothers before

120-427: The way, my car slipped on the road and the accident left me with the eye patch I now wear. When I recovered, I ran straight back to the beans and music and vowed, 'Here, I'll stay'." Sawyer was the lead vocalist on the band's breakthrough hit, " The Cover of Rolling Stone ," as well as many of the Medicine Show's earlier songs. Eventually, by the late 1970s, as the band found commercial success, Sawyer stepped back into

132-566: The woods and were especially useful in timber rafting . These boots were part of the traditional lumber worker's basic equipment, along with axe , peavey and crosscut saw . Caulk boots are distinguished by their soles' steel spikes (calks) added for traction. They are typically made of leather or rubber uppers extending over the ankle, with a thick rubber sole. Ceramic calks are also available and have been reported to be less prone to wear and damage than steel. In spite of their cost (often more than $ 400, as of 2015), caulk boots are usually

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144-443: Was an American percussionist and vocalist with the 1970s rock band Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show . Though primarily a backing vocalist and occasional percussionist on congas or maracas , he sang lead on their hit song " The Cover of Rolling Stone " and was a recognizable presence in the band owing to the eyepatch and cowboy hat he wore. He was also the uncle of Wild Fire vocalist Zack Sawyer. Sawyer lost his right eye in

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