THREE DOG NIGHT OPENS
AUGUSTA SYMPHONY POPS! AT THE BELL SERIES
Three Dog Night opens the 2008-09 Augusta Symphony Pops! at the Bell Series on Thursday, October 23. Under the direction of Conductor Larry Baird, the orchestra accompanies Three Dog Night as they perform selections from their memorable career. The 7:30 p.m. concert is at Bell Auditorium on Telfair Street.
Season tickets for the Pops! at the Bell Series start are $75 - $175 for all four concerts (Three Dog Night, Eileen Ivers, Spectrum Sings Motown, and Don McLean). Single concert tickets for Three Dog Night are $25, $55, $65 and can be purchased online at www.augustasymphony.org or by calling 706.826.4705. Tickets may also be purchased at the door on concert evening beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the Bell Auditorium box office. Full-time students and military personnel with valid I.D. may purchase $7 tickets on concert evening only, subject to availability.
In the years 1969 through 1974, no other group achieved more top 10 hits, moved more records or sold more concert tickets than Three Dog Night. After four decades, Three Dog Night’s music continues to be played on radio stations and featured on television and in major motion pictures. Originally formed in 1968 by Danny Hutton and Cory Wells, the group experienced tremendous success from the start. Hutton, who had graduated from loading and unloading records at the Disney studio to recording as a solo artist, met Cory Wells while he was touring with Sonny and Cher. The now famous name came from a story about Australian aborigines who sleep with their dogs for warmth on cold nights in the outback. The coldest evenings are known as "three dog nights." Now, after nearly 40 years on the road, Three Dog Night founding members Hutton and Wells, with original band members Jimmy Greenspoon (keyboards) and Michael Allsup (guitars) plus Paul Kingery (bass ) and Pat Bautz (drums) continue to delight audiences with impeccable performances of their well-loved hits.
Three Dog Night recorded the music of the best, and mostly undiscovered, new songwriters of their time including Harry Nilsson, Randy Newman, Elton John, Laura Nyro, Paul Williams and Hoyt Axton, among others. The group's eclectic taste, combined with their ability to recognize and record hits in a unique, distinctive and appealing style, resulted in Three Dog Night dominating the best-selling charts for years. With chart and sales records almost unmatched in popular music, Three Dog Night boasts 21 consecutive Top 40 hits, including 3 #1 singles (“Mama Told Me Not to Come”, “Joy to the World”, and “Black and White”), 11 Top 10 hits, 18 straight Top 20 hits, 7 million sales of singles and 12 straight RIAA Certified Gold LPs. Their hits appeared on best selling charts in all genres (pop, rock and country). Over the years, tens of millions of Three Dog Night records have been sold worldwide in the United States, Japan, Canada, Holland, England, Germany, Spain and elsewhere. In 2008, Three Dog Night continues to top the list of artists with the best “Billboard Top 100 Chart” average!
For interview requests, contact Laure Dunham at 818.548.7984 or email laure@motorizedmusic.com.Visit www.threedognight.com for more information about Three Dog Night.
THE POPS! AT THE BELL SERIES SPONSOR IS UNIVERSITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. Concert sponsors for the evening’s concert are Augusta First Bank & Trust, Kilpatrick Stockton, and Jim Hudson Lexus. Media sponsors are AT&T The Real Yellow Pages, Augusta Magazine, Beasley Broadcast, Comcast, and The Augusta Chronicle.
Visit www.augustasymphony.org, call 706.826.4705, fax 706.826.4735, or e-mail marketing@augustasymphony.org for more information about the Augusta Symphony. Located on the second floor of Sacred Heart Cultural Center, the Augusta Symphony office is open Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
