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The Sucarnochee Revue returns to the Temple Theater in Meridian, Mississippi January 7th at 7 pm for another live taping of the nationally syndicated radio and television program. This edition of the show will showcase the music and friends of George Cummings, co-founder of Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.
George Cummings was born and raised in Meridian and now resides in Bayonne, New Jersey. He played football and baseball at East Mississippi Community College and baseball at the University of West Alabama. In the early 1960’s, after a short stint with the legendary Meridian rock band Darryl Vincent and the Flares, and serving in the Marines, George joined Ray Sawyer, Bill Francis, Bobby Dimingus, Popeye Phillips, and Jimmy “Wolf Cub” Allen to form the Chocolate Papers, a tremendously popular Gulf Coast club act that eventually moved to Chicago.
However, Cummings found his greatest fame with Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show, the group he co-founded in Union City, New Jersey in 1968. Several members of the Chocolate Papers joined the new group. They recorded their debut album for CBS/Columbia in 1970, and sold a million copies of their single, “Sylvia’s Mother,” when it was re-released in July, 1972. The group is also remembered for their single, “On the Cover of the Rolling Stone” which led to them being caricatured on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
For health reasons, Cummings left the Dr. Hook group in August, 1975, moving from San Francisco to Nashville, where he collaborated on songs with guitar legend Lonnie Mack and Delta bluesman Big Joe Williams while performing with The Raven and other Nashville country and rock bands. While in Nashville, George co-wrote one of the biggest country novelty songs of all-time, “Where’s the Dress” by Moe Bandy and Joe Stampley.
In recent years, George has concentrated on songwriting, and guitar while continuing his education and providing influence for younger musicians.
Additional artists performing include Jacky Jack White, producer/host; Mississippi Chris Sharp and the Jangalangs; J. Burton Fuller; Chris Ethridge; Jessica Strenth; and Britt Gully. Admission is $8 at the door. Contact 205 499 9988 for more info.
This performance will be recorded by Mississippi Public Broadcasting for their Sucarnochee Revue TV series which is scheduled to begin airing in April 2011. I will be directing cameras from a small room under the stage.
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