Shel Silverstein

Shel Silverstein
Shel Silverstein was a brilliant songwriter who wrote many hit songs for various artists. He also was a writer of childrens’ books and at one time a cartoon artist for Playboy. He wrote “The Unicorn” for the Irish Rovers, “A Boy Named Sue” for Johnny Cash, “Numbers” for Bobby Bare and “The Cover Of The Rolling Stone” for Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show. Most of the songs that Dr. Hook and Bobby Bare recorded were composed by Shel Silverstein. In 1972 he released “Freakin’ At The Freakers Ball”, a collection of well-versed oddball songs with “Frank Zappa” like themes, such as “I Got Stoned And I Missed It”,”Sahra Cynthia Syliva Stout Would Not Take The Garbage Out”, “Stacy Brown Got Two”,”Polly In A Porny”,”Don’t Give A Dose To The One You Love The Most” and “Masochistic Baby”. He also wrote “Silvia’s Mother” and “Queen Of The Silver Dollar”. Thru-out the 80’s and 90’s he spent most of his time in Key West, were he died from a heart attack on May 10th, 1999 at the age of 66.