Sylvia's Mother by Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show

Don’t hang up! It’s the newest episode of THE STORY SONG PODCAST. In this episode, your hosts review the 1972 soft rock hit, “Sylvia’s Mother” by Dr. Hook and The Medicine Show. We’ll discuss Mrs. Avery’s true motives, payphone inflation, and the works of Shel Silverstein (both for children and for adults). So get your calling card ready, grab your umbrella (‘cause, listener, it’s starting to rain), and listen to this week’s episode of — forty cents more for the next three minutes — THE STORY SONG PODCAST.  Continue the conversation; follow THE STORY SONG PODCAST on social media. Follow us on Twitter (@story_song), Instagram (storysongpodcast), and Facebook (thestorysongpodcast). THE STORY SONG PODCAST is a member of the Forge Audio Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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THE STORY SONG PODCAST is the music review, comedy, pop culture podcast that provides commentary, analysis, and the history of narrative songs from all genres and all eras—from obscure one-hit wonders to well-known classics, and some of the biggest hits of all time. Join your hosts as they discuss details only hinted at in the lyrics and speculate about every aspect of each song. We tell the story of the songs that tell a story.