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On March 8, 1981, Randy and the Silverados performed at the Agora Ballroom in Columbus, Ohio. This was also Randy’s 35th birthday.

The Eagles participated in the Summer of Stars concert series in Homewood, IL on August 9, 1975.

Randy Meisner’s most identifiable song “Take It To the Limit” was used in a TV commercial for NEC computers. It was recorded in New York City by Randy and Roger Tallman of Tallman Music. Roger Tallman produced this commercial, and it was aired during the NEC World Series of Golf tournament on August 23, 1986. This commercial and a few others are on the Radio and TV Commercial Spots page.

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 albums, concerts, and performances, etc. related to Randy’s retrospective musical history as the original bass player with the Eagles. There’s also posts and information 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; The Silverados; Black Tie; Roberts-Meisner Band; Randy Meisner Band; Meisner, Swan and Rich; World Classic Rockers; and his solo career. Fans of Randy should find plenty to read and see on this site.

Please enjoy all there is to see here. Research for documentation is always being done, and posts are updated frequently with additional photos (some often not seen elsewhere), 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. The photographer’s name is included on the pages with the photos when it is known. If you were the photographer of any photo on this site and it is not credited, please let me know so I can correct that. Thank you!

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! Randy Meisner was never affiliated with this archival resource site in any way.

Podcasts, INTERVIEWS, & COMMERCIALS

In addition to interviews to read, there are videos and audios of Randy Meisner speaking in interviews. There were also occasional radio and TV commercials.

feature 3 1 — 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 with Lake Michigan boat photos – 1972 & 1975

feature5 2 — British interviews with the Eagles in the 70s & Popgala Festival

feature5 4 — American magazine and newspaper interviews with Randy Meisner and the Eagles

feature new 16 — Radio and TV commercial spots

feature new 10 — TV commercial for NEC Computers featuring Take It To the Limit – 1986

The Early Bands

Randy Meisner started out his music career in his hometown of Scottsbluff, Nebraska. 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 from Scottsbluff (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

feature5 5 — Poco reunion & Legacy album & tour – 1989-1991

feature 791 — Poco at Club Eastbrook in Grand Rapids, MI – July 19, 1990

feature 772 — 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, along with Bernie Leadon, Glenn Frey, and Don Henley. Don Felder and Joe Walsh later joined. 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) plus the Greatest Hits album:

“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 674 — Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, TN – Aug. 19, 1972

feature 633 — Indiana Fairgrounds Coliseum Eagles concert with Yes and Gentle Giant – Sept. 20, 1972

feature 632 — Dillon Stadium Eagles concert in Hartford, CT – Sept. 25, 1972

feature 631 — Carolina Coliseum in Columbia, SC – Oct. 2, 1972

feature 675 — Eagles and Linda Ronstadt concert in Freeborn Hall at the University of California in Davis, CA – Nov. 15, 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 725 — Ohio University Music Festival – April 27-28, 1973

feature 695 — Eagles and Spooky Tooth concert at the University of Akron – May 13, 1973

feature3 37 — Southern Illinois University Spring Fest – May 25, 1973

feature 693 — Eagles “In Concert” TV show taping at UCLA – June 1973

feature 692 — Santa Monica Civic Auditorium Eagles concert – June 21, 1973

feature 691 — Eagles appearance on The Helen Reddy Show – aired July 12, 1973

feature 690 — Eagles Central Park concert at Wollman Rink in New York – Aug. 1-2, 1973

feature 689 — Topanga Canyon Eagles photo shoot – Sept. 17, 1973

feature 688 — Atlantic Christian College Eagles concert – Dec. 11, 1973

feature 687 — 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 711 — Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO – Apr. 2, 1974

feature 650 — Cal Jam at Ontario Motor Speedway – Apr. 6, 1974

feature 649 — Texas A&M University – Apr. 20, 1974

feature 648 — Aragon Ballroom in Chicago – Apr. 26, 1974

feature 647 — State University of New York at Cortland – May 2, 1974

feature 646 — State University of New York at Geneseo – May 4, 1974

feature 645 — Eagles concert at Jeppesen Stadium in Houston, TX – June 30, 1974

feature 644 — Holiday Jam at the Miami Orange Bowl – July 7, 1974

feature 643 — Mississippi River Festival – July 17, 1974

feature2 157 — Indiana University Assembly Hall – Sept. 1, 1974

feature 642 — New Years Eve at the Shrine Auditorium – Dec. 31, 1974

“One of These Nights”

feature 769 — Kent State University Memorial on the Eve of the Fifth Anniversary – May 3, 1975

feature 768 — University of Cincinnati Eagles concert – May 8, 1975

feature 767 — McHenry High School Eagles concert and WCFL radio station visit – May 12, 1975

feature 766 — Philadelphia Spectrum Eagles concert – May 17, 1975

feature 765 — Eagles played Roanoke Civic Center in Roanoke, VA – May 23, 1975

feature 764 — Eagles concert at Richmond Coliseum in Richmond, VA – May 25, 1975

feature 763 — Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO – June 6, 1975

feature 762 — County Stadium in Milwaukee, WI – June 8, 1975

feature 761 — One of These Nights Eagles album – June 10, 1975

feature 760 — Wembley Mid-Summer Music concert – June 21, 1975

feature1 1 — Pine Knob Music Theatre – June 26-27, 1975

feature 757 — Day on the Green – June 29, 1975

feature 756 — Cotton Bowl in Dallas, TX – July 6, 1975

feature 755 — Richfield Coliseum in Ohio was where the Eagles landed on July 22, 1975

feature 754 — Notre Dame Eagles concert – July 24, 1975

feature 753 — Mississippi River Festival – July 29, 1975

feature 752 — Carolina Coliseum Eagles concert in Columbia, SC – Aug. 3, 1975

feature 751 — Eagles and Poco at the Von Braun Civic Center in Huntsville, AL – Aug. 7, 1975

feature new 18 — Eagles 1975 Summer of Stars concert at the Washington Park racetrack in Homewood, IL- Aug. 9, 1975

feature 788 — Balboa Stadium in San Diego One of These Days concert – Sept. 27, 1975

feature 787 — Sunshine Festival at Anaheim Stadium – Sept. 28, 1975

feature 786 — Jerry Brown Political Benefit at the Capital Centre – May 14, 1976

feature 785 — Charlotte Coliseum Eagles concert – July 1, 1976

feature 784 — Eagles Bicentennial concert at the Atlanta Omni – July 3, 1976

feature 783 — Eagles Bicentennial concert at Tampa Stadium – July 4, 1976

feature 782 — Olympia Stadium Eagles concert in Detroit – July 20, 1976

feature 781 — Freedom Hall Eagles concert in Louisville, KY – July 21, 1976

feature 780 — Three Rivers Stadium Eagles concert in Pittsburgh, PA – July 24, 1976

feature 779 — Eagles at the Spectrum in Philadelphia – July 27-28, 1976

feature 778 — Day on the Green Eagles concert – Aug. 3, 1976

feature 789 — Denver Mile High Stadium Eagles concert – Aug. 8, 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 640 — 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 726 — Chicago Stadium Eagles concert – Nov. 11, 1976

feature 710 — Eagles concert in Crisler Arena at University of Michigan – Nov. 12, 1976

feature 709 — Purdue University Eagles concert – Nov. 20, 1976

feature 708 — Market Square Arena Eagles concert in Indianapolis, IN – Nov. 22, 1976

feature 707 — Hotel California album released Dec. 8, 1976

feature 706 — Eagles concert at University of New Mexico Arena – Dec. 10, 1976

feature 705 — Madison Square Garden – Mar. 18, 1977

feature 704 — Eagles at the War Memorial Auditorium in Rochester, NY – Mar. 19, 1977

feature 703 — Maple Leaf Gardens concert in Toronto – Mar. 30, 1977

feature 717 — Richfield Coliseum Eagles concert – Mar. 31 & Apr. 1, 1977

feature 702 — Wembley Stadium concerts – Apr. 25-28, 1977

feature 701 — Day on the Green concerts & softball game – May 28-30, 1977

feature 700 — Eagles at the Omni in Atlanta – June 19-20, 1977

feature 699 — Eagles softball game and concert in Nashville – June 22-23, 1977

feature 698 — Greensboro Coliseum Eagles concert in Greensboro, NC – June 27, 1977

feature 697 — Savannah Civic Center Eagles concert in Savannah, GA – July 1, 1977

feature 696 — Miami Baseball Stadium Eagles concert – July 2, 1977

feature 694 — 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; Black Tie; Open Secret; Roberts-Meisner Band; Randy Meisner Band; Meisner, Swan & Rich; World Classic Rockers.

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