Not everyone's cup of tea, the blue-eyed soul with which this formation from Los Angeles, California, relying on its vocals, became known.
But it is a nice band name, and the trio owes it to a girlfriend of one of them, actress June Fairchild. June kept it with singer Danny Hutton when he, along with two others, wanted to start a band.
She told Hutton that she had read an article about Australian Aboriginals who keep warm at night by sleeping beside their dogs.
If it's a bit chilly one dog close to your side is sufficient, if it is colder two come in, and a three dog night is when the temperature drops below freezing.
But it is a nice band name, and the trio owes it to a girlfriend of one of them, actress June Fairchild. June kept it with singer Danny Hutton when he, along with two others, wanted to start a band.
She told Hutton that she had read an article about Australian Aboriginals who keep warm at night by sleeping beside their dogs.If it's a bit chilly one dog close to your side is sufficient, if it is colder two come in, and a three dog night is when the temperature drops below freezing.
Active: 1968-1976; 1981-present, USA
Site: http://www.threedognight.com/
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Re: 3 Dog Night
Three Dog Night
“Not everyone's cup of tea, the blue-eyed soul with which this formation from Los Angeles, California, relying on its vocals, became known.”
What’s that supposed to mean?
When I saw the 'Three Dog Night' title all I could think about was Fallout's Three Dog. He was a DJ on the Galaxy Radio there. ah, what a game, what a game. One of the best, as for me. And, according to the reviews on Bestessays.com, not only for me) But it's because it's really cool and interesting.
"Not everyone's cup of tea"??? a rather stupid comment......who the hell wrote this? my mom hated Elvis.........my older brother was not a fan of Dylan......your "Not everyone's cup of tea".....can be said of the every person in the universe, but, i dont know that i'd lead with that bit of wisdom
The Australian basis for the phrase is correct.
In Australia a worker who would be called a cowboy in the U.S is called a stockman or a jackeroo. A friend of my father's worked as a jackeroo when he was a teenager in the 1950's. A lot of inland Australia is semi-desert and gets very cold at night during the winter. He told me about going to stay at a station and being shown a place to sleep on an enclosed but unheated verandah. As it was a working property there were working dogs used for mustering there. His host said "Yer, it gets a bit cold at night at the moment, so if you get a bit cold pull up a dog".
They started out as an interesting concept, but quickly devolved into cheesy pop radio fodder when most bands who had something going on were headed in the opposite direction, trying to expand and deepen their output and get away from the restraints of ‘Top 40’. While I’ll give them their due as song interpreters( they weren’t writers)in a similar manner to Joe Cocker, each ensuing single was more empty calorie fluff, while still trying to wear a cloak of counterculture. So that’s why they’re not taken seriously here. CCR may have been cranking out hit singles at approximately the same time, but at least Fogarty would delve into dark and urgent themes occasionally, and that stuff went over well.
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