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"This is a rags to riches to rags tale about the meteoric rise to fame of the band Three Dog Night. Jimmy Greenspoon spares few details in telling the band's penchant for groupies, hard drugs and alcohol, and the fast life when they were the world's biggest pop rock band in the late 60's and early 70's. Starting with their founding in 1968, Three Dog Night had an incredible run of popular hit songs including Joy To The World, One, Black and White, Shambala, Mama Told Me (Not To Come), and Old Fashioned Love Song. The original band members; Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron, Joe Schermie, Floyd Sneed, Michael Alsup, and Jimmy Greenspoon; toured the world playing concerts to huge audiences, put out a lot of records and made a small fortune. Just as quickly the money was gone, spent on drugs, booze, and a fast, lavish lifestyle.
Eventually, the lifestyle took a toll and the band members went their separate ways. The shattered life of band mates was testimony to the corrupting power of wealth and fame when one is without the brains or discipline to make either last. The book may cause the reader to shake their head in disbelief at the level of stupidity achieved or feel sympathy for the many weaknesses that they had. of fame and popularity and probably deserved a better fate."
David Fletcher, Resident Scholar
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Plot
job/profession:
- musician
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Phys disability/mental struggle?
Yes
Struggle with
- drugs
Story of entertainer?
- Singer/Dancer
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- musician
Age:
- 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- wild
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Los Angeles
- London
- Chicago
- Boston
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
- resort/hotel
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- depressed
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- surreal
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- orgies
Lot of foul language?
Yes
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- decency
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- A ton 16-20 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- significantly more descript than dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life?
Yes
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