Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem playing has the sound of a tenor saxophone and his instrument appears to be an alto saxophone. In "", it's revealed that he celebrates Hanukkah. Lips joined the Electric Mayhem for several numbers during the final season of "The Muppet Show", playing the trumpet. His name naturally refers to the fact that trumpet players use their lips to play. He has yellow hair, goatee and a permanent squint. His appearances on the "Muppet Show" were few and far between and when he did appear in the later episodes or movies, he rarely did anything besides play the trumpet. One of
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show mistakenly lead some people to believe that Sawyer was 'Dr. Hook'. When anyone asked the band which one of them was 'Dr Hook' they always directed everyone to the bus driver. The band played for a few years in New Jersey, first with drummer Popeye Phillips (who had also been in The Chocolate Papers), who went on to be a session drummer on The Flying Burrito Brothers' first album, "The Gilded Palace of Sin". Citing musical differences, Popeye returned home to his native Alabama, and was replaced by local drummer Joseph Olivier. When the band began recording their first album,