Great voice, lot of emotion. Dennis Locorriere, the lead singer and guitarist of Dr. Hook, passed away peacefully on May 16, 2026, at the age of 76. His death followed a long battle with kidney disease, an illness that prompted his retirement from the road in November 2025
I searched and didn’t see a thread.
My condolences to the Medicine Show.
Unless I misread, all of the original members have shuffled off including Sylvia’s mother.
Which was based on real events by an actual Sylvia.
I saw him with the Ringo Starr All Star Band. They were excellent.
Is it bad that my favorite song from him was “Cover of the Rolling Stone”?
No, whats really bad is I remember really liking the song Only Sixteen when I was an early teen. At the time for me a 16 y/o was an older woman, a mysterious and fascinating creature!
Kind of creepy now! 
But what a great group with a string of good songs. RiP.
Hey Ray, hey Sugar
Tell 'em who we are…
Talk about “A great song – I don’t care who you are…”
As a teen, I managed a Budget Rent-a-Car location that was a desk in the ground floor lobby of the plush Summerhouse Inn, in La Jolla, California.
The top floor was a wonderful Jazz club and restaurant called Elario’s. I was up there frequently.
As was Dr. Hook.
RIP, Dennis.
And most of their hits penned by Shel Silverstein. One of their most poignant, The Ballad of Lucy Jordan:
Freakin’ at the freakers ball, y’all.
Not as bad as if it were “Sylvia’s Mother.”
