Three Dog Night

However, by this time, the band had stopped recording and broke up not long afterwards. A direct replica of Stevie Ray Vaughan's primary guitar. The band then became an eight-piece with the induction of another keyboards player, Skip Konte. In 2004, Fender releases the Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute Model "Number One" Stratocaster Guitar (http://www.fender.com/misc/winternamm2004/srv_tribute/index.html). Joe Schermie quit in 1973 and was replaced by Jack Ryland. In 1994, the Stevie Ray Vaughan Memorial Statue was erected at Auditorium Shores on Town Lake in Austin, Texas. Their use of songs by Randy Newman ("Mama Told Me Not To Come", their sole British hit), Laura Nyro ("Eli's Coming"), Hoyt Axton ("Joy to the World"), Elton John & Bernie Taupin ("Lady Samantha"), and Harry Nilsson ("One") were the first major hits for songs by these singer/songwriters. As of 2004, this model is still in production.

Three Dog Night collected no less than fourteen gold albums and recorded twenty-one Billboard Top 40 hits, nine of which went gold. Dunhill, their record company, claimed 40 million units sold by them. In 1992, Fender released the Stevie Ray Vaughan Signature Stratocaster, designed along with Stevie before his death. The name of the band came from an article describing how Australian Aborigines slept with their dogs for warmth on cold nights, the coldest being a "three-dog night.". In 1991, Texas governor Ann Richards proclaimed October 3, Vaughan's birthday, to be "Stevie Ray Vaughan Day.". The band included three lead vocalists — Danny Hutton, Chuck Negron, and Cory Wells — and Michael Alsup on guitar, Floyd Sneed on drums, Joe Schermie (from the Cory Wells Blues Band) on bass, and Jimmy Greenspoon on keyboards. Stevie Ray Vaughan is interred in the Laurel Land Memorial Park, Dallas, Texas. Their hits included; "Joy to the World", "Easy To Be Hard" from the musical Hair, and "Black and White". Jimmie Vaughan would later co-write and record a song in tribute to his brother and other late blues guitarists, entitled "Six Strings Down".

Three Dog Night was an American rock and roll band active from 1968 to 1975. 1991's The Sky is Crying was the first of several posthumous Vaughan releases with chart success. Live with the Tennessee Symphony Orchestra [DVD] (2002). A duet album, Family Style, with his brother, Jimmie Vaughan (also a noted blues-rock guitarist and former member of The Fabulous Thunderbirds) was released in September 1990 after Stevie's death and was a popular hit. Celebrate: The Three Dog Night Story, 1965-1975 (1993). Vaughan's comeback was cut tragically short when, in the early morning of August 27, 1990, he was killed when a helicopter he was riding in crashed near East Troy, Wisconsin following a concert at the Alpine Valley music theater where he had appeared earlier in the evening with Robert Cray, Buddy Guy, and Eric Clapton. It's a Jungle (1983). Following his return, Vaughan recorded In Step (1989), another critically acclaimed disc that won a Grammy award for Best Contemporary Blues Record.

The Best of 3 Dog Night (1982). He checked into rehab in Georgia later that year. American Pastime (1976). Drug addiction and alcoholism took a toll on Vaughan, and in the mid 1980s, he collapsed, while on tour in 1986. Coming Down Your Way (1975). The debut was followed by equally successful followups Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984) and Soul to Soul (1985). Joy to the World: Their Greatest Hits (1974). Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble's debut album was released in 1983; the critically acclaimed Texas Flood (produced by John Hammond) featured the top-20 hit "Pride and Joy" and sold well in both blues and rock circles.

Hard Labor (1974). Bowie first caught Vaughan at the Montreux Jazz Festival where he was initially booed by many who disliked his hard blues sound. Vaughan is most notably featured on Bowie's album Let's Dance, in the songs "Let's Dance" and "China Girl.". Around the World With Three Dog Night (1973). A popular local draw, Vaughan soon attracted attention from David Bowie and Jackson Browne, and he played on albums with both. Cyan (1973). After playing in a series of bands, Dallas-native Vaughan formed the blues-rock combo Double Trouble with drummer Chris Layton and bassist Tommy Shannon in the late 1970s. Seven Separate Fools (1972). His playing style is often compared to that of Jimi Hendrix, though such comparisons often inspire sharp debate among music fans.

Harmony (1971). Stevie Ray Vaughan (October 3, 1954–August 27, 1990) was an American blues guitar legend, known as one of the most influential electric blues musicians in history. Golden Bisquits (1971). Greatest Hits (1995). Naturally (1970). In The Beginning (1992). It Ain't Easy (1970). The Sky Is Crying (1991).

Captured Live at the Forum (1969). In Step (1989). Suitable for Framing (1969). Live Alive! (1986). Three Dog Night (1969). Soul to Soul (1985). Couldn't Stand the Weather (1984).

Texas Flood (1983).