Three Dog Night; What Really Happened? Rise & Fall Of The Early 70's Biggest Band.

Three Dog Night. Rise/Fall/Aftermath. Documentary. Secret Laurel Canyon locations of Classic Rock icons 3 Dog Night. Go inside and deep dive with Tim P. as we find out what really happened to the biggest band of the early 1970's.
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Chuck Negron "Three Dog Nightmare" book available here: www.chucknegron.com/shop/
Michael Allsup blog & website: www.michaelallsup.com/
Music by Tim P.
Photos: Wiki Commons
I reserve the right to be on occasion, full of it.

[@bodaciouscowboy]

Chuck Negron's mustache deserves to be in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

[@brettbanta2100]

Goddamned right it does! Bloody travesty that it's not !

[@ericcrawford3453]

Lol good one!

[@dukecraig2402]

It was, but it got out one night and 4 months later was at his front door.

[@ericcrawford3453]

@@dukecraig2402 lol another zinger! Good one.

[@user-lu1xp4ze8w]

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😂

[@stevem5685]

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 🎸

[@hansutrecht6555]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Classic.

[@CORNPOP24]

I am so glad you made this video. Three Dog Night should definitely be in the hall of fame.

[@RockessentialTim]

I couldn't agree with you more....

[@StevenCarinci]

Just forget anything associated with Jann Wenner. Don't lower yourself. Rolling Stone is a rag. It's the SNL of music. Yuk!

[@johnm8096]

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.

[@jamesmack3314]

Love easy to be hard….talk about a GREAT song

[@hamptonwoodturnings]

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.

[@SueBeaWho]

OMG COOL👍😁😎

[@sadielampduo3762]

Thanks , loved it , always liked 3DogNight . I remember the album ,, Live at the Forum .

[@michaelmccollister7482]

Another fun installment. Thanks Tim!

[@RockessentialTim]

Yer welcome, Michael!

[@tony.bickert]

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.”

[@roger47]

One of the best bands of all time for sure

[@RockessentialTim]

Agreed!

[@davidyoung8875]

When I was growing up in the 70's I loved 3dog night. so many great songs, still love them today.

[@brucelanzerotti]

Out in the Country was my favorite song

[@RockessentialTim]

Agreed. One of their best.

[@bqkmg2037]

Mine too

[@kmcx8]

Three Dog Night had a great sound. Their covers of Laura Nyro's "Eli's Comin'" and The Band's "Chest Fever" were powerful.

[@nacona5114]

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.

[@user-lr8qr1or8d]

THAT'S MY FAVORITE THREE DOG NIGHT SONG!!!M.O'B

[@nacona5114]

@@user-lr8qr1or8d 😘

[@pattydriver9562]

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!

[@RockessentialTim]

Very cool!

[@beatlesarebest]

They have long earned their way into the R&R Hall of Fame.

[@vickinoeske1154]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much for watching.

[@oconnorsean12]

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 !

[@lindafleischer-dobogai2107]

70's were the greatest for music.

[@iswhatitis2744]

People who love Three dog night,are my kind of people

[@brandycheesecake4328]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on!

[@ericcrawford3453]

The rock hall is a disgrace now! Thanks for cool episode on a great band.

[@joseyeastwood]

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.

[@v2vroth]

Great band! Read Chuck’s , book Three Dog Nightmare Crazy life he lived. Apparently he was supposed to stop by the Wonderland house that night, but fell asleep on the couch at home. Good for him.

[@RockessentialTim]

I couldn't agree more. I read a lot of music autobiography's when I do research and I have to say, I think Chuck's book might have been the best one that I've read. Brutally honest.

[@unclerudy9797]

Great Stuff as Always Tim ! Always loved Three Dog Night and they were part of my formative years of the love of music... Live at the LA Forum was one of my favorites ! They certainly do belong in the Hall of Fame. Thanks for Posting ! Peace, Rudy

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks Rudy. Peace to you!

[@tommykirwan6764]

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!!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on!

[@upyours574]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

That is too cool. The one thing I was really struck with in doing this vid was what talented musicians they all were.

[@upyours574]

Yes, very talented. So many bands from that time were pretty amazing, when I look back.

[@iowa_don]

Way back when (summer of '68 maybe), Three Dog Night opened for Jimi Hendrix at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. I was there.

[@RockessentialTim]

That is an AMAZING double bill. How was Hendrix?

[@Sunnbobb]

Three Dog Night and Grand Funk should open the Real Hall of Fame.

[@RockessentialTim]

Great idea!

[@drmusic3641]

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

[@bobpierce115]

The Rock Roll Hall of Fame stopped being an 'honor' a long time ago. It's a shit show now, much like SNL. Lots of things may start off well, but then go bad; horribly bad, unfortunately.

[@DouglasNicholas-el5hv]

SNL SUCKS! Three Dog Night! Was awesome in the early '70's It was so popular in the LA area when i was growing up in San Gabriel Valley area! Used to listen to them on the beach at Huntington and Santa Monica as well as all of these places surfing! Not just the Beach Boys! I appreciate your information on these guys! One is loneliness number is a awesome hit! As well as everything they put out! K had wished they had stayed together!

[@EricHansen-fr3cz]

AM radio songs ..

[@valeriewilleto5583]

When Madonna was voted in before any real rockers, i lost all respect!😮

[@EricHansen-fr3cz]

@@valeriewilleto5583 100% me too

[@user-bu7ko2or8e]

Two pack and Dr dre are in. Three dog night, Grand Funk, and Huey Lewis are not. Doesn't get anymore racist than that.

[@rumplstilskin2000]

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..

[@RockessentialTim]

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!

[@Kathy-bk6cg]

One of the Greatest Voices of Rock and Roll Chuck Negron 😊 ❤

[@JackTheSkunk]

Those guys could sing...I mean really SING !! Their voices really blended together so well.

[@mjwolosz9224]

Seen them in thier heyday! How lucky

[@RockessentialTim]

Absolutely! @@Kathy-bk6cg

[@robertsegarra8642]

Great video, as usual! Keep up the great work!

[@RockessentialTim]

Thank you thank you thank you!

[@jimkalfakis9893]

This video is well done. Thanks for taking us around

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks for the cool comment. Much appreciated.

[@levistubbs8949]

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 .

[@RockessentialTim]

Cher was a rockin' girl for sure. Thanks for the cool comment my man.

[@rosemary702001]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks for watching!

[@gregmorrow2593]

What a good overview. They were a KILLER band that introduced audiences to many great writers and artists.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on.

[@Rockzilla404]

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

[@RockessentialTim]

I'm glad you dug it. Thanks much!

[@frankgerace5997]

I was a huge Three Dog Night fan in the early 70’s, when I was in my early teens..miss those times!!

[@palacespot2]

If only 4 Cat Day could have gotten it together!! What would have happened??

[@frankgerace5997]

@@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….

[@palacespot2]

@@frankgerace5997 l love how you ❤️ ran with this 😁!! Very creative 👌

[@frankgerace5997]

@@palacespot2 thanks!!

[@Zoesophia824]

Best documentary I’ve ever heard on KZbin. 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!

[@RockessentialTim]

Best comment of the week, thank you!

[@anne.enrique]

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

[@RockessentialTim]

Despite all our differences, what's so cool is our love for music is the ultimate uniting force. Thank you for the cool comment!

[@danv8717]

Love the channel! Keep up the good work!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@briantinker7290]

Thanks for this Tim. Love driving around LA with you effusing music history. Always really enjoyable

[@RockessentialTim]

Cool. Thanks!

[@foesfly3047]

This was an interesting and entertaining mini-documentary kinda thang. I enjoyed your walking locations and narration. Rock On 🤘

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks much.

[@NanciMarani]

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! 😊

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on. I love making them and it is so gratifying when I find out it connected. Thank you!

[@wmg1958]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

I have to tell you, it brings a smile to my face too. Great story!

[@DavidkSeger-sn6nf]

Wow ,I bought jimi hendrix’s guitar back in 1981,....well that what the guy told me?

[@srf2112]

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.

[@joeking433]

Jukeboxes were the bomb!

[@kevinhensley4643]

I always enjoy your history lessons, Tim. Three Dog Night has always been one of my favorite groups. I didn't know the connection to the Wonderland murders thats amazing. Thank you for sharing!!

[@RockessentialTim]

I live near there so I obviously knew about the murders but what I didn't know until researching was that Chuck's then wife found the bodies! Negron has had one, eventful mofo life and someone should do a biopic on him!

[@jennywright8883]

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. ❤

[@jerrymitchell77]

Got to see these guys in concert with some great 60s acts. They blew me away. One of the most talented group of musicians ever.

[@genesutton6383]

I saw them Earth wind and fire, Jackson 5 and Elvis as a kid in Houston. My Pee paw was a Shriner and my family got tickets to the Houston Rodeos, AstroWorld and Ringling Brothers circus.

[@jerrymitchell77]

I'm a New York kid. I took it for granted but it was the greatest place in the world to grow up in. Mom used to take me all over like a tourist guide. It's humbling to think of her and growing up now. I'm not comparing it to Houston. Your comment just sparked up memories. Thanks

[@philipem1000]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Totally.

[@gsbguitarsgsb679]

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.

[@wwonka52]

I saw them late 60's in Hartford Ct. It was awesome.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@SNL14]

I really loved that you took time to go to locations! Great video!

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@vetb882]

I was a little kid in 1969, recently emigrated from the tiny island of Jamaica in the Caribbean. America was brand new big huge place I grandmother used to talk about as if it was some magical land. Three dog night song Black and White soothed a tortured black kids soul in the suburbs trying to find his identity or some white people just like them or his skin color and some black people disliked him because of his accent. The song Black and White used to really lift my soul as I was trying to understand life as it was at 8 years old. Shambala came out a few years later and as I understood the world a little better I wanted to go there someday. Little did I realize that the music was what takes you there. Oh, and the fact that they had a black guy in the band also didn't hurt their cred on my eyes. 3 Dog Night is an amazing band🎉❤ my, 😎

[@RockessentialTim]

One of the perks of having a KZbin channel is I get to read comments about the vids I make. They're always interesting, some more than others and I have to say your comment is absolutely life affirming. Thank you!

[@pierrekid]

Fantastic story. Thanks for the mental journey

[@ltodd6184]

3DN- the first concert of my life, here in Portland , Oregon at the Portland Colisium.

[@traviesoarcefan3063]

😂💯😂👍

[@vetb882]

Awww, thank you for posting this video. YOU are appreciated. 💪🏾💪🏻​@@RockessentialTim

[@albertawalker8217]

Three Dog Night was n Awesome band ... LoVed their Soulful Harmonies For sure R&R Hall of Fame! 🎼🖤!!!

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on!

[@Balkingpoints]

This is well-produced Tim. Good job.

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on, thanks!

[@communitygardener17]

In the spring of 1970 Three Dog Might was the band to blast in our dorm hall. I loved these guys!

[@Southprong59]

Who gives a crap about the R&R Hall of Fame, 3DN is one of the best bands ever.

[@sayhisnamewhickerfjb]

THEE most useless Hall of Fame ever.

[@thechuckster6838]

This is a great documentary! I'm from New York, and ironically from the Bronx. I grew up about a mile from where Chuck had lived on Prospect avenue. A few years ago, I was coming out of a building on west 44th street in the heard of midtown Manhattan, and I happen to look to my right, and there was Chuck sitting in a wheel chair with an oxygen tank straddled to the wheel chair. Chuck was waiting for someone in front of a high end hotel. I called out to him and told him that I was a huge fan. I then offered my assistance and asked him if he needed help going into the hotel. He was very gracious and thanked me for offering to help. I didn't want to ask him to take a selfie with me being in the condition he was in at that moment. I wished him well and went upon my business. That's my Chuck story.

[@RockessentialTim]

Its a great story! I read Chuck's book "Three Dog Nightmare" and he talks about his respiratory issues at some length and what he feels caused it. Out of all the guys, I think he had the tallest mountain to climb and its left him, in my opinion, fairly humbled. BTW: He's apparently invented some kind of oxygen dohicky that goes through his glasses and into his nose for when he plays live gigs. Anyways, what I love about your story is that he obviously hasn't forgotten where he came from and thanks for sharing it!

[@bryandraughn9830]

Great style man. My folks were cranking Three Dog Night since I was born. Wonderful band.

[@RockessentialTim]

Classic

[@user-uq6sz6po3d]

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!

[@RockessentialTim]

I forgot about that. Its too late was a pretty good song though.

[@neilgoldsmith5482]

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🎸😎

[@scottyjohnson3120]

That's a communist song. Written by Bill Robinson, who was an actual card carrying member of the American Communist Party..

[@andifisaytoyoutomorrow0]

Loved "Just an Old Fashioned Love Song" Great rockumentary, thanks.

[@RockessentialTim]

Absolutely.

[@robertguerrero8009]

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...

[@richardmaher5642]

Three Dog Night introduced me to the Band , Randy Newman and the lovely Laura Nyro , thanks guys .

[@missjoshemmett]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@vinniethefinger7781]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@vinniethefinger7781

[@trailingarm63]

Great film and a vividly told story. Being based in the UK I was aware of this band, but haven't thought about them for a long time. This video put me straight. Thanks for posting. I'm going to request one of their tracks on Johnnie Walker's 1970s Radio 2 show.

[@RockessentialTim]

Pretty much the only time I hear them anymore is as background music in the Supermarket. I think its safe to say they've been a bit overlooked.

[@GregWampler-xm8hv]

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. 😎

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much for the cool comment.

[@dougpeters1625]

Outstanding mini Doc! People who were not around at that time may not know how huge they were. Hit after hit after hit.

[@RockessentialTim]

Totally!

[@GregSr]

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".

[@Luvoldmovies-Kat.St.Aug.]

Thanks much Tim! Love it 😍 What? Not inducted in the rock ‘n’ roll Hall of Fame. Maybe one day 🎸🎶🎤🤩. 🐊

[@RockessentialTim]

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!

[@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us]

​​​@@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....

[@RockessentialTim]

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

[@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 KZbin. Great songwriters. The Beatles signed them. What more can you ask for?

[@candydale8380]

I've never had a desire to visit RRHF, now I for sure will nevah!!​@@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us

[@twistin140]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

The 8 track tape was a very underrated invention!

[@siroptimistic]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much!

[@slricksy]

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! ✌️❤️🤘

[@RockessentialTim]

Best comment of the day and thanks for the sub!

[@cookingartguy2170]

I'm old enough to remember when they were the biggest band in the world.

[@blayneaugust]

Your thorough research and detailed knowledge of my favorite bands is impressive and appreciated. Watching this post for the fourth time now and have reached the conclusion that Three Dog Night's rock hall of fame induction and biopic are both long overdue. Thanks for the super cool content!

[@RockessentialTim]

I agree. I think their story, especially Chuck's would make a really interesting movie. Thanks for watching!

[@peaches1206]

​@@RockessentialTimGreat idea!!!

[@carolsiracusa2234]

I loved Three Dog Night👍❤

[@SurferJoe1]

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.

[@whatthefucadashtt]

One of my all time favorite bands

[@pamelapollock7330]

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.

[@Piggypong367]

Two of my favorite songs. Never been to Spain and Shambala. I saw them in concert about 15 years ago. Chuck Negron was not with them but they put on a really good performance.

[@robertsimon6500]

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.

[@ronaldriis1023]

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?

[@mattskustomkreations]

Super smooth delivery Tim! And excellent background info.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks much, it was my pleasure to make.

[@tomdemaline8869]

Excellent show Tim ! ! Three Dog Night is one of my all time favorite groups. They never seemed to get the attention that other groups of that time did and that is still a mystery to me as well as what you said about them not being in the R & R Hall of Fame is just crazy. Next to the shows you've done on The Doors and The Byrds this is favorite so far. Thank you Tim really enjoyed man. Peace.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks, Tom. Its nice to hear when something connects. I have to say, The Doors are in my top 5 bands of all time so I really loved making that Morrison vid.

[@LarryJung-ng5yj]

The Three Dog Night were a big act in the early 1970's.

[@horaciodortona574]

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.

[@RockessentialTim]

Cool, thanks!

[@kennethrussell1158]

​@@RockessentialTim I agree, you really should do something to do in theaters. Your research and background are great.

[@RockessentialTim]

@@kennethrussell1158

[@deborahbaker4770]

I listened to Bread and Three Dog Night and Jim Croce all those 70’s group’s I was in high school in the early 70’s and I loved …The Door’s 💖💖

[@user-lr8qr1or8d]

YOU ROCK, DEBORAH!!! M.O'B

[@freddysamson1]

3 D N was the best of all the 70's bands followed closely by C C R. There was lots of fantastic groups and single act in the 70's and without a doubt the very best decade of Rock, cars and girls!!!!!! If only I had known then what I know now, or if by a miracle I could return to live it all over!

[@RockessentialTim]

We were so ignorant to how lucky we were!

[@1AR183]

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. ✌️

[@tanyawhite1651]

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.......

[@RockessentialTim]

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.

[@tanyawhite1651]

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. 😎

[@davedavis4479]

I saw them a couple times in the 70's. They were at the nugget Reno 2 years ago with several original guys. Sounded the same😅 after the show got to sit with 2 of them at the VIP bar.❤

[@RockessentialTim]

Good to hear they still sound good. Their new album is number 2 on the blues charts right now.

[@Axeman428]

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.

[@gregjones2217]

When Joy to the World came out two friends and I were sitting in a bar and grill in a little mountain town in Montana. A little and pitiful family band were destroying the only five songs they knew. When they mercifully took a break we put five dollars worth of quarters in the juke box. All on Joy to the World. At three plays to the quater, everyone learned Joy to the World. I still love the song.

[@steveconn]

Love Shambala. Beautiful song.

[@davidcurtis4478]

Awesome story! Saw Three Dog Night (as of today) a few years ago and really enjoyed the concert. Great songs 👍🥁👍

[@RockessentialTim]

Right on!

[@thomasgonzalez1610]

Ahh, the days of live music before cellphones and 400 televisions in every venue.

[@brianjohnson3833]

Three dog night was my first band I ever saw and they opened up in Bloomington, Minnesota, I believe it was either 71 or 72. I know this was their first tour that they were playing live and I'll tell you they sounded fantastic. I remember the concert ticket was $4.99!!

[@Ronald-hx6zn]

I saw The Allman brothers 1971 before Duane passed away.Ticket was $5.00

[@tarrtruck2869]

Another great video, another great mini-documentary. Always enjoy watching these epic tales of my rock & roll past. Can't wait for the next one. Thanks again, Tom from Seattle.

[@RockessentialTim]

Thanks Tom. I would love to bring my camera up there before I get too old. Ironically Jerry Cantrell just moved into my neighborhood down here. I;ve seen him walking his dog.

[@tarrtruck2869]

Wow, that's a great story. 👏

[@ticnatz]

This the band that shaped my youth. Still shaping me in old age......

[@ogam5]

.....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 : (

[@RockessentialTim]

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]

PS: Have you seen the Mannix episode yet where Buffalo Springfield is playing?

[@ogam5]

@@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.....

[@RockessentialTim]

I watch every so often on ME TV but I've never seen the Neil Diamond episode. I didn't know it was Desilu!