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Three Dog Night - Rockefeller's, Houston, TX 1985-11-17

Track listing:
Volume 1
  1. One Man Band 2:44
  2. The Family Of Man 3:13
  3. Black And White 2:41
  4. Sure As I'm Sittin' Here 3:47
  5. An Old Fashioned Love Song 4:07
  6. Brand New Day 3:19
  7. Til The World Ends 3:49
  8. Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues) 4:21
  9. Country Song Teases 1:07
  10. Never Been To Spain 3:24
  11. Liar 4:23
  12. It Ain't Easy 3:24
Volume 2
  1. Shambala 3:35
  2. Pieces Of April 4:48
  3. One 3:19
  4. Let Me Serenade You 3:17
  5. Easy To Be Hard 3:27
  6. Try A Little Tenderness 6:37
  7. The Show Must Go On 3:15
  8. Mama Told Me (Not To Come) 3:30
  9. Joy To The World 3:51
  10. Eli's Coming 5:47
  11. Celebrate 3:42

Notes


Soundboard recording > 1st gen cassette > CDR

Danny Hutton, Cory Wells, Chuck Negron


Overall, a very nice-sounding show. The vocals are prominent in the mix, but you'd expect that for two reasons: (1) Three Dog Night is primarily a vocal-based act, and (2) the smaller venue meant the guitars didn't need additional amplification from the soundboard.

Per Wikipedia, Three Dog Night's 1985 spring/summer tour was postponed to allow Chuck Negron time to check into rehab to combat his recurring drug problem. As it turns out, Chuck suffered a relapse during the tour and was fired by the band in December 1985, a month after this show...and that was the last time all three lead vocalists performed together in Three Dog Night.

After cleaning up his act, Chuck approached Danny and Cory in the early 1990s about re-joining the group but due to various circumstances, a re-group never occurred.