Three Dog Night drove San Bernardino audience wild in 1969

Three Dog Night co-founder Chuck Negron died Feb. 2 at age 83, as you may have heard. In its classic era, the band performed at San Bernardino’s Swing Auditorium — where a photo was captured for posterity.

The band “had their picture taken while they were performing for the cover of their next album,” The Sun reported afterward. “They had everybody hold up a lighted match to form the background.”

(This was a few years before disposable lighters became the norm.)

This fish-eye lens photo from Swing on Sept.