Watching the video for their performance of Shambala, I am convinced that Danny is part of the inspiration for Gene Frinkel from the More Cowbell SNL skit
Great seeing those locations , thanks for keeping the memories alive. BTW, lets not gloss over that Tim does all the cool backing music in these videos. Great stuff 🎸
I can remember the music of three dog night and especially the Randy song “Mama told me not to come”. It was also played a lot on Dutch radio back in the day. Great story again Tim! Thanks for charing! Keep’m coming.
I can’t believe how people can discredit this band’s impact on the American music scene of the early 70s. Give me their music library any day. Oh, btw, a few other songs not getting their proper due on here: Easy To Be Hard, Family of Man, Pieces of April.
He attended Hippiefest more than a decade ago in Seattle, and had quite the sense of humor about aging, asking the audience about sleeping through the night without having to use the restroom😂
I was working at a Wearhouse in Chatsworth, CA , and one of the guys I worked with went to see the dog at the Whiskey, I asked him how was the show he said they just blew everyone away, and he said these guys are going places.
Two of the original members/lead singers are still touring small theaters. I went to one of their concerts 11 months ago. Even at their age, they gave a great concert.
I'm a 67 year old fan of Rock music and I find it surprising that so many people seem to overlook what Three Dog Night did in the world of Rock music. Most people seem to think of them as a Pop band, or Yacht Rock, but before they were consumed by ABC Dunhill's demands for hit records, and the schmalzy things they were asked do by that record company, Three Dog Night were outstanding in concert. I'm an east coast person, so I saw them when they toured here, mainly as an opening band for lead bands like Steppenwolf etc., but when they were on stage those three voices were like magic. The band was also damn good. The 1970 album It Ain't Easy should be in every Classic Rock collection as an essential album. The song Out In The Country, which was the B-Side for Mama Told Me Not To Come is one of my all time favourite songs by Three Dog Night. Not all of their albums were great, some were just ridiculous because of the record company capitalising on them, but they have several outstanding songs within their discography.
My first apartment in LA was on Kings Road and I was told that the building was a Three Dog Night investment. They had built the building and owned it. It was a great apartment building.
Mamma Told Me Not to Come was a theme song for my friends and me when we were in high school. Loved Three Dog Night, I remember when they first started out. It doesn't seem like all of this time has flashed by, it seems like yesterday, especially when I hear their music. Brings back so many fun memories.
Recently, one day at work in the kitchen I heard Shambala on one of my play lists. When the song ended I immediately found their best of album and listened to it 4 times in a row. God I remember the 70s !
This is the most entertaining and informative video that I've seen about this iconic band. I knew about Chuck's drug addiction but had no knowledge of the connection to the Wonderland murders. As a child I saw them play a sold out Atlanta stadium with Rod Stewart and Faces as the opener. Thanks again for this. Rest in Peace Floyd , Joe, Jimmy and Cory
I visited the Rock &Roll Hall of Fame last Oct.There is a point where you can recommend bands to be nominated and I put in Three Dog Night. And I made my son recommend them too.
Three Dog Night was my favorite band during that time. Their version of Try a Little Tenderness is not given enough credit. They should be in the Hall of Fame for Joy to the World alone, but One is just as heartfelt as they come. Miss ‘em. Thanks for the video. Enjoyed the details.
Your videos continue to be not only extremely informative and interesting, they're short and sweet and get right down to some of the most intriguing aspects that us music lovers and performers truly find enjoyable! Thank you for opening up my eyes to even more about the history and interesting facts about bands and the making of their albums back then!! Awesome! 😊
This is a great piece. I was obsessed with 3DN back in the early 70s. I went to numerous concerts in St. Louis, and somehow got into the elevator with Chuck and Danny at their hotel after one of the concerts. Michael Allsup is, in my opinion, one of the greatest guitar players ever, yet very much unappreciated.
Yea, Three Dog Night and "Out In The Country" one of my all time favorites. Few bands of today have the vocals these guys did and it's why I love the older rock. I graduated from High School in 1972 just as the Viet Nam War was winding down. A great time for some awesome music and super talent many of which I think we took for granted after experiencing the uninspiring tunes we have today. I keep looking but the 1960's and 70's are hard to beat. Thanks for the tour!
Travesty about the R&R Hall of Fame. I grew up then and you couldn't turn the radio on without a 3 Dog Night hit blaring forth. Excellent documentary. I really like visiting the actual locales. Keep up the outstanding work. 😎
Elton John, John Hiatt, Leo Sayer, Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman and Laura Nyro were just some of the artists that 3DG gave exposure to when they were unknowns at the time
My sister dated a bassist in Modesto who played with Mike Allsop. And I ended up buying that guy's bass when he got out of music. So my bass played in the same band as Mike Allsop who later played with Three Dog Night. As miniscule as that piece of Rock history is, it brings a smile to my face when I play that bass today.
I lived for Three Dog Night back in the early seventies. They were kings, and every tv show they appeared on I made sure I watched it fully. I bought all the albums I could find. I knew all the songs word for word. They were my hero’s and still are. New sub btw.
Just found your channel. I was a 7 year old girl when I heard 3 dog night for the first time. My love for rock and roll has never waivered. Ty great video
As a young child my family would often go to a Round Table pizza parlor that had a jukebox. I vividly recall three artists on it. The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Three Dog Night. Three Dog Night had by far the most songs on the machine. The a.m. radio stations would play them seemingly every other song ... they were huge at the time and left an impression on me musically.
It's with great memories that I look back on the music of Three Dog Night. I was in H.S. & then college by '71. But their music was great straight up Rock N' Roll - Loved it Then - Love it NOW!!!
I saw 3 dog night Christmas 1968 at the Miami Pop Festival. It was a 3 day event before they even had a single on the radio. “Try a little Tenderness” came out in January of 69! My freshman year in college, my girlfriends and I would skip classes every Friday afternoon, drink cheap whiskey & 7 up, played spades and listened to 3 dog night! It became our pre weekend activity!
These guys were HUGE in the early seventies! It wasn’t cool to like them because they weren’t the Doors or Zeppelin, but they were great! Another band that deserves to be in the HOF but isn’t. Why?
Michael Allsup is my ❤ friend and a fan of mine. I think he said he joined 3 dog, age 17. He's a really sweet man, with a great sense of humor! I met him thru his cousin Ed in Fresno. Ed and I met doing open mics and became great friends! Covid negatively affected our socialization. I miss our group of musical friends in Fresno. I need to get back there and do some music with all my buddies! 🎶
@@rebeccav9969 fantastic guitar player one of the best. But is so overlooked, I’m sure he would have made Rolling Stone top 100 guitarist- seen them many of times.
I saw Chuck Negron in south Arkansas about 15 years ago. It was the best concert ever in this town and one of the best performances I have seen live, only equaled by a couple of other ones that I had to travel a long way to see. The guy still has a phenomenal voice and great stage presence. Mama Told me not to Come but I was so glad I made that one.
Best documentary I’ve ever heard on RUclips. You just have a way of talking that spins such a great story that you can’t wait to hear the next part! Three Dog Night, well, they got me through junior high and high school, was the second album I ever bought, and I would put it on repeat for hours on end. And every time I hear one of their songs, it is only better than the last time I heard it. Thanks so much! I’m gonna be looking for more of your stories from now on. Keep telling ‘em!
Love these videos Tim, so uplifting, have you ever thought of doing one of yourself and your background in music. Seeing the photo of the young Cher made me realise what a fine looking chic she was in the early days. All the best and many thanks, you do a great job .
.....by FAR, the BEST video tour of Greater Los Angeles - and, in LESS than 20 minutes! - I have EVER seen, Tim; presently re-watching 'Mannix' (arguably, first GREAT L.A.-based crime drama) so, THIS acts to AUGMENT that nicely! HUGE Three Dog Night fan for a half-century-plus now; their sound is truly TIMELESS (and YES; they, the Grass Roots, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Tommy James & Turtles should have ALL been inducted by now : (
Thanks much and I agree with you, especially about Paul Revere and The Raiders. I think they might have been America's first truly great 60's rock and roll band. (Maybe it was those silly costumes that kept them out?)
@@RockessentialTim : absolutely - as WELL as the Neil Diamond & Lou Rawls eps ; ) Lucy broke a LOT of new TV ground, with Gene (Roddenberry) & Mike alike; you've got BOTH African-American lead co-starring actresses in Nichelle & Gail, too.....
This video is an excellent and nicely compacted (17 minutes) summary of the band Three Dog Night. The commentary, old photos, and real-time videography make this video very interesting and enjoyable.
Loved Three Dog Night. I was a teenager (born in 1953) when they were getting a lot of AM radio airplay in the late 60's and early 70's. Favorite song of theirs was "Easy to be Hard".
Thanks for another great video! Love the onsite footage of the various historic places & the anecdotes. I saw them at a small outside show in 2009 & they still rocked!
I knew bass player Joe Shermie for a short time when I first moved out to Los Angeles back in 1988. What a nice guy with lots of cool stories of his time in Three Dog Night. They were a great band, no doubt. Rest in Peace brother.
Three Dog Night was a great band. Naturally has got to be one of my favorite albums. Just about every song on that album was great. Fire breather in particular, the guitar playing was totally amazing. And I can't forget to mention Chuck Negron, great singer. ✌️
I can still remember the 1972 Grammys when Carol King's Its Too Late beat Joy To The World for Record of the Year. My outrage was such I havent watched the Grammys since. Dont think ive missed much and I did grow up and learned to appreciate Carol. I was 10 at the time and very passionate about my music! Excellent little doc on a band that deserves to be remembered!
11:10 -- Three Dog Night recorded "Lady Samantha" by an unknown named Elton John. Elton had been writing songs for a few years with no luck and was ready to give up. The song appeared on their second album "Suitable For Framing" in 1969 and got young Elton some recognition and impetus to continue writing with Bernie Taupin.
The ink is black. The page is white. Together we learn to read & write. The child is black. The child is white. The whole world looks upon the sight. A beautiful sight🎸😎
Loved the video! 3 dog night does belong in the rock hall of fame! Glad i ran across your channel! Love my classic rock! ❤ Keep up the great work! New subscriber here! ✌️❤️🤘
Two of my favorite TDN songs are Randy Newman's 'Mama Told Me Not To Come' and Lennon and McCartney's 'It's For You.' So glad to have grown up in the 60's and 70's. Greatest music!
I was born in the Bronx. Chuck and Taylor Negron were my aunts cousins (she has passed away). Like Chuck, I am half Puerto Rican.... He was messed up for a long time and got his stuff together later in life. I wonder sometimes how much he lost and could have accomplished if he hadn't been an addict..
Interesting. I would only say that had he not had all his drug problems he might not have arrived at where he is now. My guess is that if you were to ask Chuck what his greatest accomplishment was it wouldn't be becoming a rock star, it would be overcoming addiction and helping others to do the same. I could be totally off base but after reading his book and some of many interviews he's given its the sense I get. BTW: I love your comment!
Saw them many times at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. Also met them when they did a concert with Faces (I worked for them). I was friends with Chuck and his wife on Facebook when Cory died. I am 78 now, he was 74 at the time. All we could say over and over again for over a year was, "CORY WELLS DIED?" Clean living didn't get him through and we lost a great white soul artist. He was married to the same woman for 50 years! And served in the Armed Forces. They were the best live band I ever saw.
Love your post! I used to hear them all the time on CKLW but by the time I was old enough places like the Grande and the Eastown were either gone or almost gone. I also remember Corey from his articles in Field & Stream.
Best live band I ever heard as well. Blew my mind. I saw McCartney when he was breaking records for equipment hauled around to his shows. I think he rolled into Pittsburgh with 23 or so semi-trucks full of gear. Awesome sound and the only concert I've been to that rivaled TDN sound and performance.
I got all excited to watch this and not one mention of my Dad Jack Ryland who was the band's bass player from 1972-1975. The same amount of time that Joe Shermie was playing bass for them. He was a 23 yo hippy living in Santa Monica and auditioned against 100 bass players. Talk about craziness joining a band that was already famous. I was 3 years old when he joined the band. Boy did life change. We lived in the hills in Sherman Oaks and wow there were some crazy band parties at our house.......
I'm sorry I didn't mention him, in the amount of time I felt I had I decided to stick with the core band ending with Schermie. I was obviously aware of your Dad and given his tenure I probably should have given him at least a shout out. My apologies.
Yeah. He wasn’t just a fill in for greatest hits. He recorded a few albums and that included Shambala and The Show Must Go On. He also played on a couple Steppenwolf songs. Anyhow, thank you for the apology. I do realize it was a short documentary. 😎
Cory Wells is my cousin. His mother and my grandfather are siblings. His real name is Emil Lewandowski and changed his last name to his step father's last name and chose Corey for his first name because he liked that name. He was a very humble human being who is greatly missed.
I've gotten a lot of comments on this video and there have been several about what a fine human being Cory was----and they weren't even from relatives! I loved finding out about him and I was most surprised about his love of fishing and writing for Field & Stream. And BTW: I also have a 13 letter Polish surname and I totally understand why someone might want to change their name for professional reasons. Thanks for the cool comment!
I can’t believe you never mentioned one of the major hits? Eli’s Coming by Laurie Nyro, I sang Doo Wops with both them in Taft H School in the Bronx !!!🤙 I actually knew Eli !
Terrific video supporting an under appreciated band. Their arrangements and vocals were top notch. As interpreters of up hand coming songwriters, they certainly deserve consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, especially given many bands who have earned induction. Thanks for posting!
The site of Hanna-Barbera was a shock I was unprepared for, being a former HB artist from the early nineties. I loved that place. It was like walking into your childhood. Joe's office still looked exactly like it did in a picture on the back cover of an old HB album I grew up with. I still remember the studio phone number.
One night in Tucson they did seven encores and finally told the crowd they'd like to do more but the police were closing the building. I think that was in 1971 but it could have been 1970. Yes they belong the Hall of Fame.
It seemed like every car in the late 60s and early 70s had Three Dog Night in the 8-Track. That TDN isn't in the RR Hall of Fame is unfathomably criminal.
This is a great group when they read some really good music. I'm a hit songwriter myself and they've had some classics. Is a shame they're not in the rock and roll Hall of Fame cuz they they belong there
@@RockessentialTimAdversity to those who didn't write their own songs? Grateful Dead didn't write their own lyrics. Had to hire outside writers, Robert Hunter and John Barstow. Then Garcia Lesh and Weir would write the music. 3 Dog Night got music written by other songwriters and worked out their own arrangements. Not that different from what the Dead were doing. Except that 3 Dog Night had hit after hit from 69 to about 75, plus Joy to the world, the #1 billboard hit of 1971, while all Grateful Dead singles flopped, they wouldn't have a hit till 1987 with Touch of grey, and that barely made the top ten. Yet the Dead are in the hall & 3 Dog Night isn't, and even the other big bands competing with them on their label, the Grass Roots and Steppenwolf, are not in the hall of Fame. Which every true Rock and Roll fan should never visit. True rockers boycott!! And another quick note about 3 Dog Night & how huge they were: the first Dick Clark Rockin' New Year's Eve in 1972 starred 3 Dog Night, & was titled New Year's Rockin' Eve with Three Dog Night. That's how popular they were....
Excellent point. Warren Zevon wrote all his stuff, brilliantly I might add, and they've managed to snub him too. I think Jan Wenner hated him for whatever reason. @@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us
@@RockessentialTim and of course, the worst snub of all is Badfinger, 5 hits including Nilson's cover of without you, great albums, were George Harrison's backing band at the concert for Bangladesh. Great live performances, check out "Constitution" on RUclips. Great songwriters. The Beatles signed them. What more can you ask for?
These guys were the soundtrack to high school and university. One weird evening with my Dad on a business trip, he wanted to drink and hear the band in the motel basement club. They covered ""Joy to the World", and my drunk Dad wanted to know all about 3 Dog Night. He bought the band drinks at intermission and had a rollicking great time! Really cut loose for one time in his staid life. Mom could not believe it when I told her. Miss you Mom and Dad, and love hearing the history of this amazing band.
When I was a kid in the early 70s My father was a fan of three dog.. Which is how I became a fan. They are responsible for some of my favorite songs. This was a great mini rockumentary. I love how you took us to all the places where it happened ..very cool ..I got to see whatever incarnation of them. Was was around in the 80s. Negron and maybe a couple of other originals. With the rascals ,at a small venue on long island🤗👍
I was fortunate to see them playing at the Antelope Valley Fair back in the 90's. It was a small stage and free show. Those of us who watched them play were certainly older and thrilled to see the performance. They played beautifully.
Watching the video for their performance of Shambala, I am convinced that Danny is part of the inspiration for Gene Frinkel from the More Cowbell SNL skit
You are right!
Great seeing those locations , thanks for keeping the memories alive. BTW, lets not gloss over that Tim does all the cool backing music in these videos. Great stuff 🎸
I can remember the music of three dog night and especially the Randy song “Mama told me not to come”. It was also played a lot on Dutch radio back in the day. Great story again Tim! Thanks for charing! Keep’m coming.
Classic.
I am so glad you made this video. Three Dog Night should definitely be in the hall of fame.
I couldn't agree with you more....
Just forget anything associated with Jann Wenner. Don't lower yourself. Rolling Stone is a rag. It's the SNL of music. Yuk!
@@CORNPOP24 they are in my Hall of Fame. Love your monicker, I'm know as Cornpop in my town.😊
I can’t believe how people can discredit this band’s impact on the American music scene of the early 70s. Give me their music library any day. Oh, btw, a few other songs not getting their proper due on here: Easy To Be Hard, Family of Man, Pieces of April.
Love easy to be hard….talk about a GREAT song
Never been to Spain was my favorite of theirs.
@@johnm8096 yessssss!
Five years on top is a hell of a run. No sad story here. Just the 70s. My favorite was “Must Let the Show Go On.”
Chuck Negron's mustache deserves to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Goddamned right it does! Bloody travesty that it's not !
Lol good one!
It was, but it got out one night and 4 months later was at his front door.
@@dukecraig2402 lol another zinger! Good one.
He attended Hippiefest more than a decade ago in Seattle, and had quite the sense of humor about aging, asking the audience about sleeping through the night without having to use the restroom😂
I was working at a Wearhouse in Chatsworth, CA , and one of the guys I worked with went to see the dog at the Whiskey, I asked him how was the show he said they just blew everyone away, and he said these guys are going places.
Two of the original members/lead singers are still touring small theaters. I went to one of their concerts 11 months ago. Even at their age, they gave a great concert.
OMG COOL👍😁😎
I'm a 67 year old fan of Rock music and I find it surprising that so many people seem to overlook what Three Dog Night did in the world of Rock music. Most people seem to think of them as a Pop band, or Yacht Rock, but before they were consumed by ABC Dunhill's demands for hit records, and the schmalzy things they were asked do by that record company, Three Dog Night were outstanding in concert. I'm an east coast person, so I saw them when they toured here, mainly as an opening band for lead bands like Steppenwolf etc., but when they were on stage those three voices were like magic. The band was also damn good.
The 1970 album It Ain't Easy should be in every Classic Rock collection as an essential album. The song Out In The Country, which was the B-Side for Mama Told Me Not To Come is one of my all time favourite songs by Three Dog Night.
Not all of their albums were great, some were just ridiculous because of the record company capitalising on them, but they have several outstanding songs within their discography.
When I was growing up in the 70's I loved 3dog night. so many great songs, still love them today.
Thank you for this, i'm 65 now and i grew up with 3 Dog Night. I wore all those 8 track tapes out. I still think they were the best of the 70's.
The 8 track tape was a very underrated invention!
Three Dog Night had a great sound. Their covers of Laura Nyro's "Eli's Comin'" and The Band's "Chest Fever" were powerful.
Three Dog Night they should be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame for their name alone what a amazing band hopefully one day they will finally get in.
One of the all time, greatest rock-n- roll bands to come out of the U.S. of America..
Really interesting how life can bring people together at specific times and create such greatness.
My first apartment in LA was on Kings Road and I was told that the building was a Three Dog Night investment. They had built the building and owned it. It was a great apartment building.
Another fun installment. Thanks Tim!
Yer welcome, Michael!
Mamma Told Me Not to Come was a theme song for my friends and me when we were in high school. Loved Three Dog Night, I remember when they first started out. It doesn't seem like all of this time has flashed by, it seems like yesterday, especially when I hear their music. Brings back so many fun memories.
THAT'S MY FAVORITE THREE DOG NIGHT SONG!!!M.O'B
@@MichaelOBrien-z8i 😘
Recently, one day at work in the kitchen I heard Shambala on one of my play lists. When the song ended I immediately found their best of album and listened to it 4 times in a row. God I remember the 70s !
70's were the greatest for music.
This is the most entertaining and informative video that I've seen about this iconic band. I knew about Chuck's drug addiction but had no knowledge of the connection to the Wonderland murders. As a child I saw them play a sold out Atlanta stadium with Rod Stewart and Faces as the opener. Thanks again for this. Rest in Peace Floyd , Joe, Jimmy and Cory
I'm glad you dug it. Thanks much!
Thanks , loved it , always liked 3DogNight . I remember the album ,,
Live at the Forum .
My cousin was at firum concert she told me it was awsome!
I visited the Rock &Roll Hall of Fame last Oct.There is a point where you can recommend bands to be nominated and I put in Three Dog Night. And I made my son recommend them too.
Right on!
The rock hall is a disgrace now! Thanks for cool episode on a great band.
Three Dog Night was my favorite band during that time. Their version of Try a Little Tenderness is not given enough credit. They should be in the Hall of Fame for Joy to the World alone, but One is just as heartfelt as they come. Miss ‘em. Thanks for the video. Enjoyed the details.
Thanks for watching!
3 Dog Night is the first concert I ever went to in Chicago in either 1971 or 1972. I still love them. Thanks for the video.
Thanks much for watching.
Your videos continue to be not only extremely informative and interesting, they're short and sweet and get right down to some of the most intriguing aspects that us music lovers and performers truly find enjoyable! Thank you for opening up my eyes to even more about the history and interesting facts about bands and the making of their albums back then!! Awesome! 😊
Right on. I love making them and it is so gratifying when I find out it connected. Thank you!
This is a great piece. I was obsessed with 3DN back in the early 70s. I went to numerous concerts in St. Louis, and somehow got into the elevator with Chuck and Danny at their hotel after one of the concerts. Michael Allsup is, in my opinion, one of the greatest guitar players ever, yet very much unappreciated.
I agree with you totally about Allsup. I think the whole instrumental part of the band was criminally underrated.
Yea, Three Dog Night and "Out In The Country" one of my all time favorites. Few bands of today have the vocals these guys did and it's why I love the older rock. I graduated from High School in 1972 just as the Viet Nam War was winding down. A great time for some awesome music and super talent many of which I think we took for granted after experiencing the uninspiring tunes we have today. I keep looking but the 1960's and 70's are hard to beat. Thanks for the tour!
I couldn't agree with you more about how our generation took all that talent for granted. Ah, the innocence of youth!
Travesty about the R&R Hall of Fame. I grew up then and you couldn't turn the radio on without a 3 Dog Night hit blaring forth.
Excellent documentary. I really like visiting the actual locales. Keep up the outstanding work. 😎
Thanks much for the cool comment.
They have long earned their way into the R&R Hall of Fame.
Elton John, John Hiatt, Leo Sayer, Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman and Laura Nyro were just some of the artists that 3DG gave exposure to when they were unknowns at the time
My sister dated a bassist in Modesto who played with Mike Allsop. And I ended up buying that guy's bass when he got out of music. So my bass played in the same band as Mike Allsop who later played with Three Dog Night. As miniscule as that piece of Rock history is, it brings a smile to my face when I play that bass today.
I have to tell you, it brings a smile to my face too. Great story!
Wow ,I bought jimi hendrix’s guitar back in 1981,....well that what the guy told me?
I lived for Three Dog Night back in the early seventies. They were kings, and every tv show they appeared on I made sure I watched it fully. I bought all the albums I could find. I knew all the songs word for word. They were my hero’s and still are. New sub btw.
I saw them late 60's in Hartford Ct. It was awesome.
Right on, thanks!
Just found your channel. I was a 7 year old girl when I heard 3 dog night for the first time. My love for rock and roll has never waivered. Ty great video
Despite all our differences, what's so cool is our love for music is the ultimate uniting force. Thank you for the cool comment!
As a young child my family would often go to a Round Table pizza parlor that had a jukebox. I vividly recall three artists on it. The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix and Three Dog Night. Three Dog Night had by far the most songs on the machine. The a.m. radio stations would play them seemingly every other song ... they were huge at the time and left an impression on me musically.
Jukeboxes were the bomb!
It's with great memories that I look back on the music of Three Dog Night. I was in H.S. & then college by '71. But their music was great straight up Rock N' Roll - Loved it Then - Love it NOW!!!
Right on!
Out in the Country was my favorite song
Agreed. One of their best.
Mine too
Great video, as usual! Keep up the great work!
Thank you thank you thank you!
I saw 3 dog night Christmas 1968 at the Miami Pop Festival. It was a 3 day event before they even had a single on the radio. “Try a little Tenderness” came out in January of 69!
My freshman year in college, my girlfriends and I would skip classes every Friday afternoon, drink cheap whiskey & 7 up, played spades and listened to 3 dog night! It became our pre weekend activity!
Very cool!
This was an interesting and entertaining mini-documentary kinda thang. I enjoyed your walking locations and narration. Rock On 🤘
Right on, thanks much.
These guys were HUGE in the early seventies! It wasn’t cool to like them because they weren’t the Doors or Zeppelin, but they were great! Another band that deserves to be in the HOF but isn’t. Why?
Michael Allsup is my ❤ friend and a fan of mine. I think he said he joined 3 dog, age 17. He's a really sweet man, with a great sense of humor! I met him thru his cousin Ed in Fresno. Ed and I met doing open mics and became great friends! Covid negatively affected our socialization. I miss our group of musical friends in Fresno. I need to get back there and do some music with all my buddies! 🎶
@@rebeccav9969 fantastic guitar player one of the best. But is so overlooked, I’m sure he would have made Rolling Stone top 100 guitarist- seen them many of times.
I saw Chuck Negron in south Arkansas about 15 years ago. It was the best concert ever in this town and one of the best performances I have seen live, only equaled by a couple of other ones that I had to travel a long way to see. The guy still has a phenomenal voice and great stage presence. Mama Told me not to Come but I was so glad I made that one.
Outstanding mini Doc!
People who were not around at that time may not know how huge they were. Hit after hit after hit.
Totally!
Best documentary I’ve ever heard on RUclips. You just have a way of talking that spins such a great story that you can’t wait to hear the next part! Three Dog Night, well, they got me through junior high and high school, was the second album I ever bought, and I would put it on repeat for hours on end. And every time I hear one of their songs, it is only better than the last time I heard it. Thanks so much! I’m gonna be looking for more of your stories from now on. Keep telling ‘em!
Best comment of the week, thank you!
I had a bunch of their singles as a kid in the late 60s and early 70s. Still one of my favorite bands. Thank you for posting this.😊
Right on, thanks!
What a good overview. They were a KILLER band that introduced audiences to many great writers and artists.
Right on.
I was a huge Three Dog Night fan in the early 70’s, when I was in my early teens..miss those times!!
If only 4 Cat Day could have gotten it together!! What would have happened??
@@palacespot2 yeah, I remember their hits-Daddy Told Me To Go, Two Is The Second-Loneliest Number, Been To Barcelona-the list goes on and on….
@@frankgerace5997 l love how you ❤️ ran with this 😁!! Very creative 👌
@@palacespot2 thanks!!
Great style man.
My folks were cranking Three Dog Night since I was born. Wonderful band.
Classic
Love these videos Tim, so uplifting, have you ever thought of doing one of yourself and your background in music. Seeing the photo of the young Cher made me realise what a fine looking chic she was in the early days. All the best and many thanks, you do a great job .
Cher was a rockin' girl for sure. Thanks for the cool comment my man.
My 1st rock concert was 1972, 3 Dog Night in Albuquerque. They were great! They put on a tight high energy show and even did a greater Doowop set. ❤
.....by FAR, the BEST video tour of Greater Los Angeles - and, in LESS than 20 minutes! - I have EVER seen, Tim; presently re-watching 'Mannix' (arguably, first GREAT L.A.-based crime drama) so, THIS acts to AUGMENT that nicely! HUGE Three Dog Night fan for a half-century-plus now; their sound is truly TIMELESS (and YES; they, the Grass Roots, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Tommy James & Turtles should have ALL been inducted by now : (
Thanks much and I agree with you, especially about Paul Revere and The Raiders. I think they might have been America's first truly great 60's rock and roll band. (Maybe it was those silly costumes that kept them out?)
PS: Have you seen the Mannix episode yet where Buffalo Springfield is playing?
@@RockessentialTim : absolutely - as WELL as the Neil Diamond & Lou Rawls eps ; ) Lucy broke a LOT of new TV ground, with Gene (Roddenberry) & Mike alike; you've got BOTH African-American lead co-starring actresses in Nichelle & Gail, too.....
I watch every so often on ME TV but I've never seen the Neil Diamond episode. I didn't know it was Desilu!
As a baby boomer we enjoyed the '60's - '70's music scene, but for me the Three Dog Night was my all time favorite American Band period. RIP Cory...
In the spring of 1970 Three Dog Might was the band to blast in our dorm hall. I loved these guys!
I really loved that you took time to go to locations! Great video!
Thank you. Its really a fun component to making the vids and I am rediscovering a lot of areas in LA that I haven't been to in decades.
This video is an excellent and nicely compacted (17 minutes) summary of the band Three Dog Night. The commentary, old photos, and real-time videography make this video very interesting and enjoyable.
Thanks much!
Loved Three Dog Night. I was a teenager (born in 1953) when they were getting a lot of AM radio airplay in the late 60's and early 70's. Favorite song of theirs was "Easy to be Hard".
One of my all time favorite bands!! I cannot believe they are not in the hall of fame. Saw them 2 times before Cory passed away.
Thanks for another great video! Love the onsite footage of the various historic places & the anecdotes. I saw them at a small outside show in 2009 & they still rocked!
I knew bass player Joe Shermie for a short time when I first moved out to Los Angeles back in 1988. What a nice guy with lots of cool stories of his time in Three Dog Night. They were a great band, no doubt. Rest in Peace brother.
That is too cool. The one thing I was really struck with in doing this vid was what talented musicians they all were.
Yes, very talented. So many bands from that time were pretty amazing, when I look back.
Three Dog Night was a great band. Naturally has got to be one of my favorite albums. Just about every song on that album was great. Fire breather in particular, the guitar playing was totally amazing. And I can't forget to mention Chuck Negron, great singer. ✌️
Way back when (summer of '68 maybe), Three Dog Night opened for Jimi Hendrix at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. I was there.
That is an AMAZING double bill. How was Hendrix?
Three Dog Night introduced me to the Band , Randy Newman and the lovely Laura Nyro , thanks guys .
3 dog night was a terrific band with top hits. They deserve to be in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Totally.
Amen
Great documentary. I loved Three Dog Night in the early 1970's and I still due. Their music brings back many great memories of that time.
Cool, thanks!
@@RockessentialTim I agree, you really should do something to do in theaters. Your research and background are great.
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I can still remember the 1972 Grammys when Carol King's Its Too Late beat Joy To The World for Record of the Year. My outrage was such I havent watched the Grammys since. Dont think ive missed much and I did grow up and learned to appreciate Carol. I was 10 at the time and very passionate about my music!
Excellent little doc on a band that deserves to be remembered!
I forgot about that. Its too late was a pretty good song though.
Three Dog Night was n Awesome band ...
LoVed their Soulful Harmonies
For sure R&R Hall of Fame!
🎼🖤!!!
Right on!
Well done, and thanks for the quick tour of one of my favs, 3 Dog Night. Wore them out in the late 60s early 70s.
Right on!
11:10 -- Three Dog Night recorded "Lady Samantha" by an unknown named Elton John. Elton had been writing songs for a few years with no luck and was ready to give up. The song appeared on their second album "Suitable For Framing" in 1969 and got young Elton some recognition and impetus to continue writing with Bernie Taupin.
This is well-produced Tim. Good job.
Right on, thanks!
The ink is black. The page is white. Together we learn to read & write. The child is black. The child is white. The whole world looks upon the sight. A beautiful sight🎸😎
That's a communist song. Written by Bill Robinson, who was an actual card carrying member of the American Communist Party..
Love the channel! Keep up the good work!
Right on, thanks!
Loved the video! 3 dog night does belong in the rock hall of fame! Glad i ran across your channel! Love my classic rock! ❤ Keep up the great work! New subscriber here! ✌️❤️🤘
Best comment of the day and thanks for the sub!
One of the best bands of all time for sure
Agreed!
Two of my favorite TDN songs are Randy Newman's 'Mama Told Me Not To Come' and Lennon and McCartney's 'It's For You.'
So glad to have grown up in the 60's and 70's. Greatest music!
I was born in the Bronx. Chuck and Taylor Negron were my aunts cousins (she has passed away). Like Chuck, I am half Puerto Rican.... He was messed up for a long time and got his stuff together later in life. I wonder sometimes how much he lost and could have accomplished if he hadn't been an addict..
Interesting. I would only say that had he not had all his drug problems he might not have arrived at where he is now. My guess is that if you were to ask Chuck what his greatest accomplishment was it wouldn't be becoming a rock star, it would be overcoming addiction and helping others to do the same. I could be totally off base but after reading his book and some of many interviews he's given its the sense I get. BTW: I love your comment!
One of the Greatest Voices of Rock and Roll Chuck Negron 😊 ❤
Those guys could sing...I mean really SING !! Their voices really blended together so well.
Seen them in thier heyday! How lucky
Absolutely! @@Kathy-bk6cg
Saw them many times at the Grande Ballroom in Detroit. Also met them when they did a concert with Faces (I worked for them). I was friends with Chuck and his wife on Facebook when Cory died. I am 78 now, he was 74 at the time. All we could say over and over again for over a year was, "CORY WELLS DIED?" Clean living didn't get him through and we lost a great white soul artist. He was married to the same woman for 50 years! And served in the Armed Forces. They were the best live band I ever saw.
Love your post! I used to hear them all the time on CKLW but by the time I was old enough places like the Grande and the Eastown were either gone or almost gone. I also remember Corey from his articles in Field & Stream.
Best live band I ever heard as well. Blew my mind. I saw McCartney when he was breaking records for equipment hauled around to his shows. I think he rolled into Pittsburgh with 23 or so semi-trucks full of gear. Awesome sound and the only concert I've been to that rivaled TDN sound and performance.
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I got all excited to watch this and not one mention of my Dad Jack Ryland who was the band's bass player from 1972-1975. The same amount of time that Joe Shermie was playing bass for them. He was a 23 yo hippy living in Santa Monica and auditioned against 100 bass players. Talk about craziness joining a band that was already famous. I was 3 years old when he joined the band. Boy did life change. We lived in the hills in Sherman Oaks and wow there were some crazy band parties at our house.......
I'm sorry I didn't mention him, in the amount of time I felt I had I decided to stick with the core band ending with Schermie. I was obviously aware of your Dad and given his tenure I probably should have given him at least a shout out. My apologies.
Yeah. He wasn’t just a fill in for greatest hits. He recorded a few albums and that included Shambala and The Show Must Go On. He also played on a couple Steppenwolf songs.
Anyhow, thank you for the apology. I do realize it was a short documentary. 😎
Cory Wells is my cousin. His mother and my grandfather are siblings. His real name is Emil Lewandowski and changed his last name to his step father's last name and chose Corey for his first name because he liked that name. He was a very humble human being who is greatly missed.
I've gotten a lot of comments on this video and there have been several about what a fine human being Cory was----and they weren't even from relatives! I loved finding out about him and I was most surprised about his love of fishing and writing for Field & Stream. And BTW: I also have a 13 letter Polish surname and I totally understand why someone might want to change their name for professional reasons. Thanks for the cool comment!
I had a mad crush on Corey
He was the most handsome in that band
I can’t believe you never mentioned one of the major hits? Eli’s Coming by Laurie Nyro, I sang Doo Wops with both them in Taft H School in the Bronx !!!🤙 I actually knew Eli !
One of my favorite bands! I mean this very respectfully - your voice and delivery sound A LOT like Rick Beato!
Ha! He's got better hair.
Terrific video supporting an under appreciated band. Their arrangements and vocals were top notch. As interpreters of up hand coming songwriters, they certainly deserve consideration for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, especially given many bands who have earned induction. Thanks for posting!
Right on. I couldn't agree more.
The site of Hanna-Barbera was a shock I was unprepared for, being a former HB artist from the early nineties. I loved that place. It was like walking into your childhood. Joe's office still looked exactly like it did in a picture on the back cover of an old HB album I grew up with. I still remember the studio phone number.
Awesome video!!!! Three Dog Night is definitely one of the greatest groups of all time!!!
Right on!
Three Dog Night and Grand Funk should open the Real Hall of Fame.
Great idea!
Lots of good info. I was 10 in 1971 and really liked Three Dog Night. I remember my dad taking me to Sears to buy the Joy to the World 45.😊
Very cool!
Sound like a good Dad
Who gives a crap about the R&R Hall of Fame, 3DN is one of the best bands ever.
THEE most useless Hall of Fame ever.
One night in Tucson they did seven encores and finally told the crowd they'd like to do more but the police were closing the building. I think that was in 1971 but it could have been 1970. Yes they belong the Hall of Fame.
Totally.
It seemed like every car in the late 60s and early 70s had Three Dog Night in the 8-Track. That TDN isn't in the RR Hall of Fame is unfathomably criminal.
I was one of those people with the 8 track! Live At The Forum.
Mine did!
This is a great group when they read some really good music. I'm a hit songwriter myself and they've had some classics. Is a shame they're not in the rock and roll Hall of Fame cuz they they belong there
Thanks much Tim! Love it 😍 What? Not inducted in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. Maybe one day 🎸🎶🎤🤩. 🐊
I don't think they will. The RRHOF seems to have some adversity to anyone who didn't write their own songs. Thanks for the cool comment!
@@RockessentialTimAdversity to those who didn't write their own songs? Grateful Dead didn't write their own lyrics. Had to hire outside writers, Robert Hunter and John Barstow. Then Garcia Lesh and Weir would write the music. 3 Dog Night got music written by other songwriters and worked out their own arrangements. Not that different from what the Dead were doing. Except that 3 Dog Night had hit after hit from 69 to about 75, plus Joy to the world, the #1 billboard hit of 1971, while all Grateful Dead singles flopped, they wouldn't have a hit till 1987 with Touch of grey, and that barely made the top ten. Yet the Dead are in the hall & 3 Dog Night isn't, and even the other big bands competing with them on their label, the Grass Roots and Steppenwolf, are not in the hall of Fame. Which every true Rock and Roll fan should never visit. True rockers boycott!! And another quick note about 3 Dog Night & how huge they were: the first Dick Clark Rockin' New Year's Eve in 1972 starred 3 Dog Night, & was titled New Year's Rockin' Eve with Three Dog Night. That's how popular they were....
Excellent point. Warren Zevon wrote all his stuff, brilliantly I might add, and they've managed to snub him too. I think Jan Wenner hated him for whatever reason. @@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us
@@RockessentialTim and of course, the worst snub of all is Badfinger, 5 hits including Nilson's cover of without you, great albums, were George Harrison's backing band at the concert for Bangladesh. Great live performances, check out "Constitution" on RUclips. Great songwriters. The Beatles signed them. What more can you ask for?
I've never had a desire to visit RRHF, now I for sure will nevah!!@@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us
These guys were the soundtrack to high school and university. One weird evening with my Dad on a business trip, he wanted to drink and hear the band in the motel basement club. They covered ""Joy to the World", and my drunk Dad wanted to know all about 3 Dog Night. He bought the band drinks at intermission and had a rollicking great time! Really cut loose for one time in his staid life. Mom could not believe it when I told her. Miss you Mom and Dad, and love hearing the history of this amazing band.
Now that is a great story. I love it!
Three Dog Night was huge wine I was in high school. Saw the live in Miami around ‘69-71. 😎🎶 They got a lot of radio airplay.
When I was a kid in the early 70s My father was a fan of three dog.. Which is how I became a fan. They are responsible for some of my favorite songs. This was a great mini rockumentary. I love how you took us to all the places where it happened ..very cool ..I got to see whatever incarnation of them.
Was was around in the 80s. Negron and maybe a couple of other originals. With the rascals ,at a small venue on long island🤗👍
3 Dog Night was my First concert on Nov 26, 1970 in OKC at the Fairgrounds Arena. I was 14..Great show.
What a great video. Really loved what you did here. I only saw Three Dog at a county fair in Minnesota. Cory and Danny only but they were great.
Thanks much. A two dog night beats a no dog night anytime!
People who love Three dog night,are my kind of people
Loved "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song" Great rockumentary, thanks.
Absolutely.
I was fortunate to see them playing at the Antelope Valley Fair back in the 90's. It was a small stage and free show. Those of us who watched them play were certainly older and thrilled to see the performance. They played beautifully.