“If we were in the black when we finished a tour, we’d party into the red”: Dr. Hook’s enigmatic guitarist and vocalist, Dennis Locorriere, dead at 76

Dennis Locorriere.

American songwriter Dennis Locorriere, best known as the guitarist in Dr. Hook, has died at 76.

Locorriere joined the American rock band, originally named Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show, in 1968 as a bass player. By the time of the release of their debut album, Doctor Hook, in 1972, he was fronting the band alongside Ray Sawyer and also handling guitar, bass, and harmonica.