Three Dog Night bassist

[57pbass]

Who played bass with this band..
Some of their songs have some great bass lines...
rich and fat tone as well..probably a P Bass

 

[aluminumcatfish]

Joe Schermie

 

[57pbass]

Thanks I will do a google search on this guy...

 

[57pbass]

Ugh This is the first thing I found...

Profile

Dead
Joe Schermie

Field: Music


Info: Original bassist with the band Three Dog Night, they sang "Joy to the World", "Black and White", and other songs


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Date of Birth: 02/12/1946
Date of Death: 03/25/2002
Age at Death: 56

Cause of Death:
Heart attack

© Copyright 1998 - 2004 by Kentix Computing

 

[aluminumcatfish]

Dang!

 

[B String]

Jack Ryland played with "the dogs" alot after Joe Schermie
left. Ryland also toured and i think recorded with Helen Reddy
too.

 

[JimK]

I will occasionally hear Three Dog Night on the a.m. commute(Oldies station)...yes, that rhythm section, IMO, plays very, very well together.
One of my favourites is the verse section to "Out In The Country"(a total of, what, 3 notes?). Schermie gets a little nutz on "One Man Band".
...didn't realize he had passed on.

Was Harmony Ryland's first with the band? Nice work on "Family Of Man", "Black & White", etc.

 

[aluminumcatfish]

I believe Jack Ryland first played on the "Cyan" album.

 

[BillyB_from_LZ]

I think that Joe played a Jazz on Around the World with Three Dog Night. No pickguard and IIRC, a Troll on the headstock.

I'll have to put the vinyl on tonight!!!!

 

[adrian garcia]

i loved three dog night- i recently borrowed a greatest hits cd and i agree, the bassist was way ahead of his time, very solid and at times very funky... too bad he passed

 

[IMMusicRulz]

Joe Schermie was an excellent bass player. Bought the record of Naturally at a store recently. Loved his bass playing on One.

User FranF owns the natural Fender Jazz Bass Joe Schermie played in 3 Dog Night.

Here is a nice picture of Joe Schermie (he looks like David Gilmore, almost)!

 

[Bob_Ross]

I think that Joe played a Jazz on Around the World with Three Dog Night. No pickguard and IIRC, a Troll on the headstock.

Ah-ha! Three Dog Night's Naturally was the very first vinyl LP I ever bought with my own money back when I was a wee pre-teen and just starting to get interested in electric guitars & basses...and for 51 years since I have wondered what was going on with Joe's headstock in the rear cover photo!

Duh, it's a troll, of course! :::slaps forehead:::

 

[B String]

By the way.... Just want to give a shout out for my buddy Pat Bautz. He's been drumming with "the Dogs" for many years. Its much easier to play well and lock it in when you have a drummer like Pat on the band.

 

[JW56789]

JS and Floyd Snead were a powerful rhythm section. Snead easily being my favorite 'overlooked' drummer.

 

[dsteinschneider]

I'm curious what cabs and head Joe is leaning against

 

[Michedelic]

I'm curious what cabs and head Joe is leaning against

Those were the Bruce brand, out of the Denver area, an upstart company circa late 60’s that didn’t last long. Following the Acoustic(and Sunn Orion)example, the solid state “heads” were actually just preamps, with power amps located inside the speaker cabs. The keyboard player in my first real band in 1970 had one.

Here’s an in-depth thread link:

Thread 'L-O-N-G Shot! "Bruce" Amps????'

Feb 16, 2009

Well, this is nuts but some "older" fellas here may need to chime in! Anybody remember "Bruce" amps? All I know is Joe Schermie of Three Dog Night had them in '70-72. Most likely a Californy made amp. For the time, it was a respectable setup. The head was just the preamp, ala Acoustic 360, and the cabs had the power module. Joe had the 2 2x15 cabs loaded with Altecs. VERY nice for the time. Thing is, I can't find anything on the web. I'd love to see or copy some pics, catalog info, ads, anything. Whatcha think???

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