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Three Dog Nightmare: The Chuck Negron Story

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SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYONE
Best book I've read to date
Made for Movie
Tales of excess, justifications of fame, and a lack of introspection
Chuck Negron must be bionic!!

Three Dog Nightmare: The Chuck Negron Story
Chuck Negron , and Chris Blatchford
Manufacturer: Renaissance Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

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Book Description

From 1968 through the early 1970s, Three Dog Night was one of the most popular rock bands in the world. With his sweet, soulful sound, Chuck Negron guided the group through eighteen consecutive Top Twenty hits: three hit the #1 spot, including ``Joy to the World,'' and eleven broke into the Top Ten. But while Three Dog Night was hitting the high notes of critical and commercial success, Negron was sinking into the darkness of drug addiction. The singer's downward spiral continued for several years, and after the band's thirteenth album failed to go gold in 1975, they called it quits. For Negron, who was supporting a $2,000 a day drug habit, the descent was fast and long-lasting, encompassing two decades of horrendous drug abuse and terrifying near-death experiences. That he survived the ordeal at all is a miracle; that he today has a new foothold on life and devotes a great portion of his time to helping others avoid the pitfalls of drug abuse is an inspiration.Three Dog Nightmare graphically traces the life and times of Bronx-bred Chuck Negron, who used his talent on the basketball court to gain a college scholarship, and turned his gift for singing into an unforgettable career. For the first time, Negron tells his full story, hoping that it will teach others the life lessons he had to learn the hard way.

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SHOULD BE READ BY EVERYONE.......2007-06-03

This book should be required reading for everyone. Whether your are an addict, recovering addict, family member or friend of an addict, or even none of the above you should read this. If not an addict this book will help you understand what these people go though, that most are really desperate to get out of this life style and just how hard it is to get out. If you are an addict it will let you know that no matter how far down you fall, if you want it bad enough there is always a way up, there is always hope, don't give up.

Best book I've read to date.......2007-04-15

A most read for all fans and any one in a band. I met Chuck a year after reading the book and had him sign it. What a nice guy.

Made for Movie.......2007-04-12

I was a huge Three Dog Night fan from the time they started to the end. This book is one of the best describing how rock stars live. I think it should be made into a movie it has it all, from comedy to horror. He told his story with humor at times. I couldn't put the book down, I finished it the day after I bought it. I applaud him for taking blame for his son being a junkie, if his wife had stopped taking drugs while pregnant the baby wouldn't of been a junkie, no matter how many times he shot up. Regardless of what a few here say, the man had a career within a career, his solos were the best of the three singers, and his harmonies with the other two were always on time, he had the right to brag, but I didn't see that he did. As for the egos he mentioned in the book, no band can have 3 front men and egos not flare. All in all it is a great book and it has a place on my bookshelf right along with my collection of Stephen King.

Tales of excess, justifications of fame, and a lack of introspection.......2007-04-11

Chuck Negron was one of the most important members of the biggest rock supergroup of the 1970's. Or so he'd like you to believe. In his addiction memoir, Negron spends time in every chapter justifying the importance of his contributions to Three Dog Night, producing evidence that they were the biggest selling group of the decade, and claiming that they invented stadium rock and other modern aspects of the genre. The mere fact that he devotes so much effort to proving his rock superstardom casts doubts on the veracity of his claims.

Throughout his tenure in the rock supergroup, Negron increasingly succumbed to the hold of alcohol and drugs, leading to great physical injury. He jeopardized his life not only with toxic substances, but by performing sick and injured under pressure from the group's management. However, the story of his downward spiral is surprisingly devoid of introspection or self-analysis. The drug scene seems to have just happened to Negron.

This is a book only for fans of the singer or of his former band, and even for fans, I'd imagine all the arguments about Negron's own fame and importance would get tiring. Anyone looking for an addiction memoir or reflections about the excesses of fame should look elsewhere. Anthony Kiedis's Scar Tissue and Motley Crue's The Dirt are both far more solid reflections on the lives of excess in the fast lane, while Caroline Knapp's Drinking: A Love Story is a leader in the addiction memoir genre.

Don't spend money to buy this book used at a cost over the original cover price. Any local library system should have copies available via inter-library loan.

Chuck Negron must be bionic!!.......2007-04-10

Just bought the book and read the whole thing. It's a real page turner. I was up around midnight reading the chapter May Company Misery which tells the story of him working at May Company (a department store still known to us in California). I was laughing so hard I woke half my family. All the reviews seem to miss the fact that this is a really funny book to read. Of course his life was a nightmare but he tells his story with the same charisma that made him so entertaining in the 70's. As for the current TDN group, saw them in the 80's and they were great. A few years ago saw them again and they looked tired and bored. Saw Chuck on the other hand and he was just as alive and entertaining as he was 30+ years ago. Going to see him again this summer in southern California. Buy the book!! It's a great and fun read. For all you strict AA'ers, lighten up. It's his story and his life. He told it like he told it. Get over it.

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