Michael Allsop - Three Dog Night
Paul R.
McCarron ) writes:
>
>In <lemin.412...@rmit.edu.au> le...@rmit.edu.au (Graeme Lemin)
>writes:
>>
>>Does any one know what Michael Allsop of Three Dog Night fame is
>>doing nowadays? Is he still playing, are there any post - TDN
>>recordings available?
>
>He and FLoyd Sneed, and maybe one or two other TDN alumnis recorded an
>album entitled "Ship of Fools" in the '77-79 period back when I was
>music director of tiny KCED-FM (Centralia, WA). He was one of the few
>to consistently use a Leslie to get his electric tone ... not just on
>an occasional song, but on nearly *every* song!
>
I last heard of Mike Allsup (notice the spelling) when I saw Three Dog
Night on their "comeback" tour in '84.
To this day I rank that concert as one of the best I've seen. They had
the most incredible stage presence. They were, by far, the tightest
band I've ever seen --- in a large part due to Allsup. I had no idea
he was such an integral member of the band until I saw them live. By
the way, they had all the original members on that tour with the
exception of Joe Schermie (bass).
john valeu
: Does any one know what Michael Allsop of Three Dog Night fame is doing
: nowadays? Is he still playing, are there any post - TDN recordings available?
: someone knows of an email address for him.
: Thanks!
: Graeme
: Melbourne, Australia
Saw Three Dog Night here is Boise, Idaho last April (1995) playing a
benefit. The only original members left were Allsop, Hutton and Wells.
I was kinda disappointed ... Negron's vocals were covered by the new
bass player. The band wasn't all that bad, but having Allsop there
made all the difference in recapturing at least some of the original
sound.
John V.
Doug Dickeson
) wrote:
> I last heard of Mike Allsup (notice the spelling) when I saw Three Dog
> Night on their "comeback" tour in '84.
>
> To this day I rank that concert as one of the best I've seen. They had
> the most incredible stage presence. They were, by far, the tightest
> band I've ever seen --- in a large part due to Allsup. I had no idea
> he was such an integral member of the band until I saw them live. By
> the way, they had all the original members on that tour with the
> exception of Joe Schermie (bass).
Ditto when I saw them WAY back in '72. The sound of the group even back
then was amazing.
I was very fortunate that night, after the concert, to bend Mike's ear
(and patience) for about two hours, being a young guitarist. He was
generous with his knowledge, and talent, to a fault.
Had I been in his shoes, I would have kicked the young idiot (me) out
after about five minutes! Thanks, Mike, wherever you are...
Andrew Rogers
>I was very fortunate that night, after the concert, to bend Mike's ear
>(and patience) for about two hours, being a young guitarist. He was
>generous with his knowledge, and talent, to a fault.
Never met him myself, but my old bar band covered nearly every TDN hit (19
consecutive Top 20 singles!) and I always thought he was severely underrated
as a guitarist. This was presumably because TDN themselves were never taken
seriously by the hip rock critics of the era - they not only had hit singles,
but (even worse) didn't write any of them.
Andrew