Remembering Demond Wilson And Chuck Negrin

Memories are stirred, truly good entertainment recalled in remembering both Chuck Negrin, the founding member and often lead singer of the seminal group, “Three Dog Night,” and Demond Wilson, an ahead of his time, fine actor, best known as Redd Foxx’ son on “Sanford and Son.”

Mr. Wilson along with the great Cleavon Little appeared on All In The Family, still in my opinion the most significant television show (“The Sopranos” of course, also changed the TV landscape, in a significant way), as burglars at the Bunkers home.

The ensuing words made us laugh and think, maybe even cry, satisfying Mr. Valvano’s “suggestion” (each day, laugh, think and cry) as a dying man, speaking at the first and only worthwhile ESPY’s, as that monolith and its concepts, its talking heads shrieking nonsense, never checked, gives the universe’s D.A. another reason to condemn the earth).

Chuck Negrin sang lead on such great songs and big hits as “Joy To The World” and “An Old Fashioned Love Song.”

The group had many other great songs. Music is almost always a painless pleasure and though I still might think of the group and have here, in writing, when 3 sports underdogs win on the same night (even day) it is my fervent hope that music and not gambling will permeate society in the time that follows.

Chuck Negrin, pictured above.

Click below as Mr. Negrin performs as the lead singer on “Three Dog Night’s” seminal hit song, “Joy To The World.”

Below Demond is second through the window and ‘con’ Afro, with Cleavon Little on “All In The Family.” I did just laugh, think and yes cry, watching it.

Left to right above, Demond Wilson and Cleavon Little.