New Posts: February & March 2023

An interview with Randy has been added to the Podcasts and Interviews with Randy Meisner page. Peter Rodman interviewed Randy Meisner on Feb. 28, 1981 for his “Sunday Night with Peter Rodman” show on WXNA radio in Nashville, TN. This is almost a 17-minute interview, and Randy gives out some info that may not have been heard before. It’s worth listening to. Part of this 1981 interview was used in the tribute Peter Rodman compiled for Rusty Young a few days after Rusty died. (That tribute for Rusty was already on the Podcasts and Interviews page.)

The Tarrant County Convention Center in Ft. Worth, Texas was the venue for an Eagles concert on Nov. 3, 1976. In addition to photos, there is a radio commercial spot you can hear on that page.

In 1985 Randy, along with Billy Swan and Jimmy Griffin, started a new band they named Black Tie. They recorded an album called “When the Night Falls”, which was released in 1985. From this connection the Meisner, Swan and Rich band was eventually formed.

The Kiel Opera House in St. Louis, Missouri was the venue for an Eagles concert on Dec. 13, 1973.

This ‘Randy Meisner Hearts on Fire’ website honors Randy Meisner’s musical career and legacy as a musician, singer, and songwriter. There are many posts below of concerts, etc. related to Randy’s musical history as the original bass player with the Eagles. There’s also posts about his other bands (both before and after the Eagles) like: The Dynamics and Drivin’ Dynamics; Soul Survivors; The Poor; Poco; Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band; Roberts-Meisner Band; Meisner, Swan and Rich; The Silverados; World Classic Rockers; and his solo career.

Please enjoy all there is to see here. Research is always being done, and posts are updated frequently with additional photos, newspaper/magazine articles, and videos. Also, new posts about Randy Meisner are added continually. The music audios and videos that are throughout this site are also collectively listed on the Music Audios and Videos page in the main menu above. New music is being added all the time. If you do repost anything from this site, it would be most appreciated if you would link back or mention that you found it here. Thanks!

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Podcasts & Interviews

In addition to interviews to read, there are videos and audios of Randy Meisner speaking in interviews.

FEATURE NEW — A collection of podcasts and interviews with Randy Meisner

Home - Randy Meisner Hearts On Fire — Cameron Crowe interviews the Eagles for the San Diego Door and Rolling Stone magazine – 1972 & 1975

feature4 5 — American magazine and newspaper interviews with Randy Meisner and the Eagles

The Early Bands

At about the age of 14 Randy was in a band called the Deacons (name later changed to the Thunderbirds). On November 23, 1961 at the age of 15 he officially became a founding member of the Dynamics (name later changed to the Drivin’ Dynamics). After the Drivin’ Dynamics participated in a Battle of the Bands contest in 1966 in Denver, he was asked to join the Soul Survivors of Denver. The Soul Survivors soon moved to California, and after a very brief period of calling themselves the North Serrano Blues Band, they changed their name to The Poor. In mid-1968 Randy leaves The Poor to join Pogo/Poco. He had first been asked to join the Electric Prunes, but he turned down that invitation and joined Poco instead.

feature5 1 — Randy Meisner’s Early Bands – 1960s

feature 131 — The Poor CD with Randy Meisner

Poco – 1968 & 1989

Randy Meisner first joined Poco along with Rusty Young, Jim Messina, Richie Furay, and George Grantham in 1968. However, he was only with Poco a few months. After a disagreement about participating in the mixing of the first album, Randy left Poco by April 1969 to join Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band. Fortunately, those original Poco members reunited in 1989 for the Legacy tour and Legacy album. Randy was asked to join Sky Kings in 1991 after Legacy was finished, but he declined the invitation.

feature2 1 — Poco in the beginning in 1968

feature4 7 — Poco reunion & Legacy album & tour – 1989-1991

feature 407 — Richie Furay 50th Anniversary at the Troubadour – Nov. 16, 2018

Rick Nelson & the Stone Canyon Band

After leaving Poco in 1969, Randy was asked by Rick Nelson to help form the Stone Canyon Band. Randy gets former Poor members Allen Kemp and Pat Shanahan into the band.

feature 469 — Rick Nelson and Randy Meisner at JD’s in Arizona with the Stone Canyon Band – Oct. 21-25, 1969

feature 2 15 — Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band at the Troubadour – Oct. 1969

feature 436 — Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band in Germany – Mar. 24, 1970

feature 467 — Randy Meisner and Rick Nelson at Mister Kelly’s in Chicago, IL – Feb. 22-Mar. 8, 1971

Eagles

Randy Meisner was the original bass player and a founding member of the Eagles. He was with the band from 1971 through the Hotel California tour in 1977. Randy was involved in the Eagles’ first five albums (Eagles, Desperado, On the Border, One of These Nights, Hotel California):

“Eagles”

feature4 10 — Joshua Tree and the debut Eagles album photo shoot – Mar. 1972

feature 478 — Eagles at Westlake School for Girls – 1972

feature 242 — Eagles at PNE Coliseum in Vancouver, BC – Aug, 7, 1972

feature 599 — Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum Eagles concert with Yes and Gentle Giant – Sept. 20, 1972

feature 600 — Dillon Stadium Eagles concert in Hartford, CT – Sept. 25, 1972

feature 525 — Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, SC – Oct. 2, 1972

“Desperado”

feature 220 — Desperado album photo shoot – Dec. 18, 1972

feature 245 — BBC In Concert TV show – Mar. 20, 1973 (aired Apr. 5, 1973)

feature 604 — Eagles and Spooky Tooth concert at the University of Akron – May 13, 1973

feature3 26 — Southern Illinois University Spring Fest – May 25, 1973

feature 585 — Eagles “In Concert” TV show taping at UCLA – June 1973

feature 584 — Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Eagles concert – June 21, 1973

feature 583 — Eagles appearance on The Helen Reddy Show – aired July 12, 1973

feature 582 — Eagles Central Park concert at Wollman Rink in New York – Aug. 1-2, 1973

feature 581 — Topanga Canyon Eagles photo shoot – Sept. 17, 1973

feature 587 — Atlantic Christian College Eagles concert – Dec. 11, 1973

feature new 34 — Kiel Opera House Eagles concert in St. Louis, MO – Dec. 13, 1973

“On the Border”

feature 477 — Eagles concert at Cuesta College in San Luis Obispo benefits Red Wind Indians – Mar. 16, 1974

feature x 2 — On the Border Eagles album – Mar. 22, 1974

feature 598 — Paramount Northwest Theatre in Seattle, WA – Mar. 23, 1974

feature 603 — Gonzaga University Eagles concert in Spokane, WA – March 24, 1974

feature 595 — Regis College Eagles Concert – Apr. 1, 1974

feature 594 — Cal Jam at Ontario Motor Speedway – Apr. 6, 1974

feature 593 — Texas A&M University – Apr. 20, 1974

feature 592 — Aragon Ballroom in Chicago – Apr. 26, 1974

feature 591 — State University of New York at Cortland – May 2, 1974

feature 590 — State University of New York at Geneseo – May 4, 1974

feature 589 — Eagles concert at Jeppesen Stadium in Houston, TX – June 30, 1974

feature 588 — Holiday Jam at the Miami Orange Bowl – July 7, 1974

feature 597 — Mississippi River Festival – July 17, 1974

feature2 142 — Indiana University Assembly Hall – Sept. 1, 1974

feature 596 — New Years Eve at the Shrine Auditorium – Dec. 31, 1974

“One of These Nights”

feature 265 — University of Cincinnati Eagles concert – May 8, 1975

feature 261 — McHenry High School Eagles concert and WCFL radio station visit – May 12, 1975

feature 601 — Philadelphia Spectrum Eagles concert – May 17, 1975

feature 566 — Eagles played Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, VA – May 23, 1975

feature 565 — Eagles concert at Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA – May 25, 1975

feature 564 — Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO – June 6, 1975

feature 563 — County Stadium in Milwaukee, WI – June 8, 1975

feature 562 — One of These Nights Eagles album – June 10, 1975

feature 561 — Wembley Mid-Summer Music concert – June 21, 1975

feature 560 — Pine Knob Music Theatre – June 26-27, 1975

feature 559 — Day on the Green – June 29, 1975

feature 558 — Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX – July 6, 1975

feature 557 — Notre Dame Eagles concert – July 24, 1975

feature 556 — Mississippi River Festival – July 29, 1975

feature 555 — Carolina Coliseum Eagles concert in Columbia, SC – Aug. 3, 1975

feature 554 — Balboa Stadium in San Diego One of These Days concert – Sept. 27, 1975

feature 553 — Sunshine Festival at Anaheim Stadium – Sept. 28, 1975

feature 552 — Jerry Brown Political Benefit at the Capital Centre – May 14, 1976

feature 551 — Charlotte Coliseum Eagles concert – July 1, 1976

feature 550 — Eagles Bicentennial concert at the Atlanta Omni – July 3, 1976

feature 549 — Eagles Bicentennial concert at Tampa Stadium – July 4, 1976

feature 548 — Olympia Stadium Eagles concert in Detroit – July 20, 1976

feature 547 — Freedom Hall Eagles concert in Louisville, KY – July 21, 1976

feature 546 — Three Rivers Stadium Eagles concert in Pittsburgh, PA – July 24, 1976

feature 2 19 — Eagles at the Spectrum in Philadelphia – July 27-28, 1976

feature 545 — Day on the Green Eagles concert – Aug. 3, 1976

“Hotel California”

feature 305 — Eagles at Arizona State University – Oct. 15, 1976

feature 287 — University of Arizona McKale Center – Oct. 16, 1976

feature3 2 — Inglewood Forum (also called Los Angeles Forum) concerts – Oct. 19-22, 1976

feature new 38 — Eagles concert in Ft. Worth at Tarrant County Convention Center – Nov. 3, 1976

feature 629 — Louisiana State University – Nov. 5, 1976

feature 628 — Eagles concert at The Summit in Houston, TX – Nov. 6, 1976

feature4 9 — Eagles University of Oklahoma concert – Nov. 8, 1976

feature 627 — Iowa State University Eagles concert – Nov. 10, 1976

feature 626 — Eagles concert in Crisler Arena at University of Michigan – Nov. 12, 1976

feature 625 — Purdue University Eagles concert – Nov. 20, 1976

feature 624 — Market Square Arena Eagles concert in Indianapolis, IN – Nov. 22, 1976

feature 623 — Hotel California album released Dec. 8, 1976

feature 622 — Eagles concert at University of New Mexico Arena – Dec. 10, 1976

feature 621 — Madison Square Garden – Mar. 18, 1977

feature 630 — Eagles at the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, NY – Mar. 19, 1977

feature 619 — Maple Leaf Gardens concert in Toronto – Mar. 30, 1977

feature 618 — Wembley Stadium concerts – Apr. 25-28, 1977

feature2 151 — Day on the Green concerts & softball game – May 28-30, 1977

feature 617 — Eagles at the Omni in Atlanta – June 19-20, 1977

feature 615 — Eagles softball game and concert in Nashville – June 22-23, 1977

feature 614 — Greensboro Coliseum Eagles concert in Greensboro, NC – June 27, 1977

feature 613 — Savannah Civic Center Eagles concert in Savannah, GA – July 1, 1977

feature 612 — Miami Baseball Stadium Eagles concert – July 2, 1977

feature 611 — Fort Worth Eagles concert at Tarrant County Convention Center – July 7-8, 1977

Bands After the Eagles

After Randy left the Eagles in 1977 after the Hotel California tour, he was in a number of bands. Some of the bands were: Silverados; Open Secret; Roberts-Meisner Band; Black Tie; Randy Meisner Group; Meisner, Swan & Rich; World Classic Rockers.

During the post-Eagles time, he was also doing solo gigs.