This website highlights Randy Meisner's musical career and legacy. There are many posts related to Randy's 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 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.
American magazine and newspaper interviews with Randy Meisner are below. The intention for this page is for it to be a collection of interviews that are possibly new to a lot of people. More interviews will be added later. Sept. 1972: Circus Magazine was an American magazine devoted to rock music that was published from... Continue Reading →
The TV commercial for NEC Computers with "Take It To the Limit" as the featured song was recorded in New York City by Randy Meisner 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. "Take It To... Continue Reading →
Richard Marx and Randy Meisner had a musical association for a few years that included Richard's debut album and Poco's reunion album. This page focuses on that connection between Richard Marx and Randy and also between Richard and the Poco reunion. A few articles that specifically mention Richard are below, and there are more articles... Continue Reading →
The Randy Meisner 1978 self-titled album was Randy's first solo studio album and was produced by his friend, Alan Brackett: "Alan Brackett played bass and sang for the Peanut Butter Conspiracy and was one of the band's principle songwriters and founding members. Prior to the PBC, he had played drums with Jan and Dean and... Continue Reading →
The Randy Meisner "One More Song" album was Randy's second solo album, and it was produced and engineered by Val Garay. The album was released Oct. 1980 and is on the Epic label. Jack Tempchin wrote "One More Song", and the album also includes the hits "Deep Inside My Heart" and "Hearts On Fire", which... Continue Reading →
The Randy Meisner 1982 self-titled solo album was Randy's third (2nd self-titled) solo album and was released in August, 1982. Mike Flicker was the producer. Flicker established himself as a major independent producer with artists that included Poco, Al Stewart, Randy Meisner, Nantucket, Wendy Waldman, Heart, and Trooper. Randy's album was released on the Epic label, and also on the album were Denny Carmassi,... Continue Reading →
Sam's Old Town Ballroom in Ft. Collins, Colorado, was where Randy Meisner and his Silverados played two shows the evening of November 2, 1982 to a packed house. A few days later on November 8 Randy was at Central Washington University, where he opened for the Little River Band. The Silverados were: Brian Smith -... Continue Reading →
The Randy Meisner Live in Dallas CD was recorded live at Nick's Uptown Theatre in Dallas on December 1, 1982. Only ten of the songs recorded that night are included on the CD, so the 'extras' are below on this page. There are two versions of Take It To the Limit that ended up on the CD,... Continue Reading →
The Musicians for UNICEF benefit concert at Josephina's in Sherman Oaks, California, was held on December 7, 1986. The concert was to benefit UNICEF (United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund), which was established on December 11, 1946 after World War II ended. This was the 40th Anniversary year for UNICEF, and it was the first... Continue Reading →
Ojai Day is an annual downtown street fair in Ojai, California. Randy Meisner appeared on stage along with Roger Varian, Vern Monnett, Ron Grinel, Drake Macy, Colin Cameron, and Jim Monahan in 1993. From looking at their Facebook page, Ojai Day looks like a lot of fun. The video below is Randy singing "Take It... Continue Reading →
Randy was asked by the Boy Howdy band to come to the Palomino and get up on stage and sing "Take It To the Limit" with them. The Palomino Club was known as the "world-famous Palomino Club" and was located in North Hollywood. It was a popular club that drew in many big-name performers through... Continue Reading →
The House of Blues Recording Studio in Encino was where Billy Swan recorded a duet with Gary Curtis of Billy's 1974 hit song 'I Can Help'. Randy Meisner worked with Billy in their super group known as Meisner, Swan & Rich just a few years earlier. There is quite a bit of info on Meisner, Swan... Continue Reading →
Randy Meisner at The Joint with Jack Tempchin was one of the Big Monday shows, which were weekly at The Joint in Los Angeles. (The Joint is now called Founders Ale House.) Jack Tempchin was a regular for the Big Monday nights, and Jim Foreman brought Randy and Peter Bradstreet (of the Electric Range Band)... Continue Reading →
Randy Meisner at Flip's Sushi Bar on Catalina Island along with Spencer Davis (of the Spencer Davis Group), Joey Stec, and Freddie Chambers sat in with Roger Connelly and the Blues Merchants on Jan. 28, 2006. Catalina Island looks like a beautiful place to be. Watch Spencer Davis & Joey Stec at the show -... Continue Reading →