The Iowa State University Eagles concert was the Homecoming entertainment on November 10, 1976. JD Souther opened for the Eagles in Ames, IA on campus in the Hilton Coliseum. This concert was less than a week after their well-known show at The Summit in Houston. November of 1976 had them playing somewhere almost every night.
Photos from the 1977 Iowa State University Bomb Yearbook
Iowa State 1977 Bomb Yearbook pg. 134
“The crowd seemed to enjoy all of the Eagles top 40 hits, but especially Randy Meisner’s lead vocals on Take It To the Limit, and the mellow strains of Best of My Love.”
Text from Iowa State 1977 Bomb Yearbook pg. 134 with text and black box inverted for better readability
Iowa State 1977 Bomb Yearbook pg. 135
Ames Daily Tribune (Ames, IA) – Oct. 29, 1976
Iowa State University Eagles concert ad
Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA) – Nov. 7, 1976
Ames Daily Tribune (Ames, IA) – Nov. 11, 1976
“And bassist Randy Meisner’s high vocal lead on Take It To the Limit was stunning. Meisner should sing lead more often.”
Des Moines Register (Des Moines, IA) – Nov. 12, 1976
“Although bass player Randy Meisner scored big with his lead vocals on ‘Take It To the Limit,’ he generally sang background vocals with Walsh and Don Felder, who had musical abilities that would read like an instrumental catalog.”
Iowa State Daily (Ames, IA) – Nov. 12, 1976
Hilton Coliseum on the campus of Iowa State University – capacity 14,384
I think we all agree! Randy should have sung lead more often! 🙂
Thank you Diana.
Seems that the consensus was that Randy should sing lead more often.
I agree, he should have.
I have to wonder if Randy were given more lead vocals might he have stayed with the Eagles.
That’s a good question. Unfortunately, we will never know.