We lost a great one last week, How many 3 man bands have you seen make it since the 50/60's? I tried to play a little guitar, I would never say I could play one though. While in the service a lot of closet guitarists were born...LOL Loads of great bands and names out there. Did you know Kris Kirstofferson was an Army officer, ( his Pop was a second generation swedish immigrant and rose to the rank of Major General in the Air Force), and a helicopter pilot. He wanted to meet and discuss is music future with Johnny Cash so he stole and flew an Army Heuy to Johnny Cash's home landed in the back yard to deliver so of his demo tapes. Did you know he was a Oxford "Rhodes Scholar", he has a PhD and was at one time the english teacher at the US Military Acadmey? His first major hit was "Me and Bobby Magee"? He like some many other greats like Glen Campbell started as a studio guitarist ( playing back up for many later to be great bands), while writing his own music and looking for a break.
But as to the three man band ( one of my most favorite), we lost Dusty Hill, Don't remember their name back when but they played a HS dance at my HS. ZZ Top. I think they were the first band they couldn't get a genre brand to stick. They were country, they were Rock, they were soul, they were western, etc etc etc.....
IMHO Tim Conway was like Red Skeleton, they both looked like they were having so much fun, you had to laugh with them.