Around 22min 20 sec, Brian plays down being friends with Three Dog Night. He and Danny Hutton were actually very good friends. On the same page that Michael Nesmith invented MTV, Brian Wilson discovered Three Dog Night. Their first single was "Time to Get Alone," written by Brian. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cqBvxvE5SNo.html
I don't think their version of "Time to Get Alone" was ever a single. I think it remained unreleased for a number of years, actually. But yeah, Brian was obviously close with them.
Brian was to produce Three Dog Night, signed to his Brother Records label. They were still called Redwood at the time. Chuck Negron describes it best in his autobiography, how the band was emotionally and verbally hammering Brian to focus only on them, write and produce only for the Beach Boys. It's a huge reason Brian withdrew and kept sinking deeper into mental health issues. He was pretty much done musically with the Beach Boys by Pet Sounds and wanted to move on. Unfortunately, he was the benefactor for the band, a family band. Think about it. Not continuing with Three Dog Night cost them millions. Greedy Mike Love must nash his teeth over that bad decision, among many others.
This interview is amazing how clear Brian sounds. His voice, his clarity, flowing. Listen to the HS interview with Brian in 1998. Night and day. With all the medications Landy was misprescribing, something had to happen. The latter year interviews, it sounds like he had a stroke. He'd talk out of the side of his mouth too.
Calling Linda McCartney a pig didn't win Brian over eh Howard? Oh well, at least Brian will always be remembered for his beautiful music and you'll always just be...well... Private Parts I guess.
Very funny interview several thoughts 1. Even 33 years later no one has been able to match or get away with Howards very open interview style. Every interviewer ask their guest the same boring questions that they have been asked a million times. 2. Even though Howards questions are direct, rude and intrusive, his guest never seem to get annoyed/angry with him. 3. Unfortunately Howard today has become very woke and quite tame. He has completely lost his edge. However now at the age of almost 70 you can not expect him to be asking sex question or even money questions when he is now richer than all of his guest.
