THREE DOG NIGHT
THURSDAY 7/25. Robinson Center. 7:30 p.m. $44-$109.
Three Dog Night may be touring with only one of its original members, but that won’t matter much when the opening chords to 1970 rock anthem “Joy to the World” peal out to the rafters at Robinson Center, forcing anyone within earshot to surrender to the singalong just as it has forced any kid named Jeremiah to be asked at least once by a wisecracking grownup whether or not he was, indeed, a bullfrog. For a band whose hits spanned only a few years and were largely written by other songwriters — Laura Nyro’s “Eli’s Comin’,” Randy Newman’s “Mama Told Me Not to Come” — they’ve managed to keep up an aggressive touring schedule, capitalizing on enduring nostalgia for post-Woodstock hippie rock even as its fanbase has aged into a sensible affinity for padded theater seating and weed with demonstrable origins. Get tickets here.
