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2015-03-11 23:22:06 UTC
Three Dog Night Keyboardist Jimmy Greenspoon has died at 67, after a long battle with cancer.
Here is Jimmy's Wiki Bio...
Jimmy Greenspoon (born February 7, 1948 deceased March 11, 2015) was an American keyboard player and composer, best known as a member of the band, Three Dog Night.
Greenspoon was born in Los Angeles, CA, and raised in the affluent neighborhood of Beverly Hills. Jimmy's musical training began at the age of 7 with classical piano lessons encouraged by his mother, Mary O'Brien. O'Brien was a silent screen actress who had film roles including the wife in Buster Keaton's 1926 movie Battling Butler. Jimmy attended Beverly Hills High School along with Richard Dreyfuss, Bonnie Franklin and his childhood friend - Academy Award winning producer Michael Lloyd. Michael and Jimmy had their first chart success with the surf group, The New Dimensions, in 1963. Greenspoon attended the LA Conservatory of Music, and studied with west coast piano instructor, Harry Fields.
Greenspoon worked on the Sunset Strip in the 1960's with groups SOUND OF THE SEVENTH SON and THE EAST SIDE KIDS. His bands held residence at THE TRIP, STRATFORD ON SUNSET (now The House Of Blues) BRAVE NEW WORLD, BIDO LITOS, CIROS, and THE WHISKEY.
In late 1966 Greenspoon moved to Denver, Colorado with the members of THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND and formed the group SUPERBAND.
In 1968 Greenspoon moved back to Los Angeles, where he met Danny Hutton, and subsequently formed Three Dog Night.
Throughout his career, Jimmy Greenspoon has performed and recorded with America, The Beach Boys, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Nils Lofgren, Lowell George, Donovan, Eric Clapton, Buddy Miles, Stephen Stills, Jeff Beck, Chris Hillman, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, James Burton, Hal Blaine, Leon Russell, The Wrecking Crew, Osibisa, Shaun Cassidy, Linda Ronstadt, Cheech & Chong, Redbone, And Jimi Hendrix.
Greenspoon published his autobiography in 1991, titled "One Is The Loneliest Number - On The Road And Behind The Scenes With Legendary Rock Band Three Dog Night," (ISBN: 0886876478) co-written by Mark Bego, published by Pharos Books and distributed by St. Martin's Press.
Greenspoon served as an Entertainment and Media Consultant with the Murry-Wood Foundation and composed original music for the movie Fragment, produced by Lloyd Levin, United 93, Hellboy, Watchmen, Field of Dreams, Predator, and Die Hard. He also collaborated with Emmy Award Winning composer Neil Argo.
In 2000, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.
In 2014, Greenspoon was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and was forced to stop touring with Three Dog Night.
Ray Arthur
Here is Jimmy's Wiki Bio...
Jimmy Greenspoon (born February 7, 1948 deceased March 11, 2015) was an American keyboard player and composer, best known as a member of the band, Three Dog Night.
Greenspoon was born in Los Angeles, CA, and raised in the affluent neighborhood of Beverly Hills. Jimmy's musical training began at the age of 7 with classical piano lessons encouraged by his mother, Mary O'Brien. O'Brien was a silent screen actress who had film roles including the wife in Buster Keaton's 1926 movie Battling Butler. Jimmy attended Beverly Hills High School along with Richard Dreyfuss, Bonnie Franklin and his childhood friend - Academy Award winning producer Michael Lloyd. Michael and Jimmy had their first chart success with the surf group, The New Dimensions, in 1963. Greenspoon attended the LA Conservatory of Music, and studied with west coast piano instructor, Harry Fields.
Greenspoon worked on the Sunset Strip in the 1960's with groups SOUND OF THE SEVENTH SON and THE EAST SIDE KIDS. His bands held residence at THE TRIP, STRATFORD ON SUNSET (now The House Of Blues) BRAVE NEW WORLD, BIDO LITOS, CIROS, and THE WHISKEY.
In late 1966 Greenspoon moved to Denver, Colorado with the members of THE WEST COAST POP ART EXPERIMENTAL BAND and formed the group SUPERBAND.
In 1968 Greenspoon moved back to Los Angeles, where he met Danny Hutton, and subsequently formed Three Dog Night.
Throughout his career, Jimmy Greenspoon has performed and recorded with America, The Beach Boys, Beck, Bogert & Appice, Nils Lofgren, Lowell George, Donovan, Eric Clapton, Buddy Miles, Stephen Stills, Jeff Beck, Chris Hillman, Steve Cropper, Duck Dunn, James Burton, Hal Blaine, Leon Russell, The Wrecking Crew, Osibisa, Shaun Cassidy, Linda Ronstadt, Cheech & Chong, Redbone, And Jimi Hendrix.
Greenspoon published his autobiography in 1991, titled "One Is The Loneliest Number - On The Road And Behind The Scenes With Legendary Rock Band Three Dog Night," (ISBN: 0886876478) co-written by Mark Bego, published by Pharos Books and distributed by St. Martin's Press.
Greenspoon served as an Entertainment and Media Consultant with the Murry-Wood Foundation and composed original music for the movie Fragment, produced by Lloyd Levin, United 93, Hellboy, Watchmen, Field of Dreams, Predator, and Die Hard. He also collaborated with Emmy Award Winning composer Neil Argo.
In 2000, a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs, California, Walk of Stars was dedicated to him.
In 2014, Greenspoon was diagnosed with metastatic melanoma and was forced to stop touring with Three Dog Night.
Ray Arthur