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.
The Miami River Music Festival at Edgewater Raceway Park in Cleves, OH (near Cincinnati) had the Eagles as the headliner on September 21, 1975. Other groups on the bill for the 9-hour festival were: Marshall Tucker Band Charlie Daniels Earl Scruggs Review Fleetwood Mac New Riders of the Purple Sage Nitty Gritty Dirt Band REO... Continue Reading →
Podcasts and interviews with Randy Meisner are listed below (in no particular order). If you like to hear Randy's speaking voice, this collection gives you many opportunities to hear him. There's quite a bit of stories and historical info contained in these interviews. I think you'll enjoy listening to them. Peter Rodman interview of Randy... Continue Reading →
1972: Cameron Crowe interviews the Eagles for the first time backstage after a San Diego concert opening for Procol Harum. The interview was for an underground newspaper called the 'San Diego Door'. The 'Door' ran from January 1968 to August 1974. Cameron was just 15 years old at the time of meeting the Eagles for... Continue Reading →
British interviews with the Eagles are always informative to read and listen to, because you can get a non-American perspective on the band. On this page are different archived interviews that took place in England and/or were published in British rock music publications. The pdf versions are best for viewing and reading. More interviews will... Continue Reading →
Constant Meijers, Dutch rock music journalist, has interviewed the Eagles at various times and locations beginning in 1973. From 1973-1981 Constant was editor-in-chief for Muziekkrant Oor, which is a well-known Dutch music publication. 'Music Newspaper Ear' is the English translation of the name, and in the 1980s the name was changed to simply Oor. He has... Continue Reading →
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 →
Radio and TV commercial spots and TV shows and movies featuring Randy Meisner singing or the bands he was in are on this page. It's great to see that his songs were used, and as more are found, they will be added. The song "Take It To the Limit" was used in the NEC Computers... 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 →
"Hotel California: LA from the Byrds to the Eagles" is the complete three-part documentary produced by BBC Four in England. There's a lot of Bernie Leadon talking, and some of the segments you'll recognize as used in the History of the Eagles documentary (HOTE). All three parts of this Eagles BBC documentary total about 88... Continue Reading →
Musical Charity Benefits with Randy Meisner were plentiful down through the years. Over the course of Randy Meisner's musical career, he was involved in numerous benefits. He either participated in or oganized them. The World Classic Rockers, of which Randy was a part of for several years, were especially involved in a lot of charity... Continue Reading →
Randy Meisner's early bands in the 1960s included the Deacons/Thunderbirds, the Invaders, the Dynamics/Drivin' Dynamics, and the Soul Survivors/The Poor. (After the Soul Survivors moved to California, they had a very brief period of calling themselves the North Serrano Blues Band, and they then changed their name to The Poor.) There is also a separate... Continue Reading →
From the Drivin' Dynamics to The Poor One of the first bands Randy Meisner was a founder of is a band called the Drivin' Dynamics in Scottsbluff, NE. It was first formed in 1961 as the Dynamics, and they later changed the name to the Drivin' Dynamics. Sometime in 1966 they competed in a Battle... Continue Reading →
Poco in the beginning in 1968 was originally called Pogo. The originator of the Pogo comic strip threatened to sue the band if they didn't change the name, so they changed one letter and it became Poco. Randy Meisner only stayed with the band for a few months before moving on to Rick Nelson's Stone... 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 →
For the Poco reunion and Legacy album and tour, the original founding members of Poco from 1968 (Randy Meisner, Jim Messina, Rusty Young, Richie Furay, and George Grantham) reformed. From approx. 1989-1991 they toured and recorded an album called "Legacy", which was released September 23, 1989 and is Poco's 17th studio album. They received a... Continue Reading →
Poco at the Taste of Minnesota Festival in St. Paul occurred on July 3, 1990 at the State Capitol. It was a food and music festival which started in 1983. Over 40 food vendors set up booths or tents, and several stages had musicians entertaining the Festival goers. From 1983 until 2002 the event was... Continue Reading →
The American Music Festival in Winter Park, Colorado, featuring Poco as the headliner was on July 7, 1990. Even though Richie Furay had, by that time, decided to go back to his ministry and not participate any further in the reunion tour he did participate in this concert as a special favor to Chuck Morris.... Continue Reading →
Poco at Club Eastbrook in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was one of many shows that the reunited Poco band played at on their Legacy tour in 1990. The venue was renamed to The Orbit Room at one point, and the venue has now been demolished. Randall Nyhof, photographer Poco at Club Eastbrook in Grand Rapids Randy... Continue Reading →
This Poco concert in Pittsburgh at the I.C. Light Melody Tent was located on the shore at Station Square. I.C. (Iron City) Light is the name of Pittsburgh's beer produced there, so the venue is named after the beer. This performance was just two days after Poco's gig at Club Eastbrook in Grand Rapids, Michigan. On... Continue Reading →
Poco appeared at the Tower Theatre in Houston on August 27, 1990 with Kris McKay as their opening act. Kris had appeared numerous times with Poco. This concert stop in Houston was a part of the Legacy tour. Poco appeared at the Tower Theatre in Houston Randy Meisner and Jim Messina Randy Meisner and Jim... Continue Reading →
Poco performed at Chattanooga River Jam following the 10th annual River Raft Race on June 1, 1991. This show was part of Poco's Legacy tour. A short video of the news coverage for this race is at the bottom of this page. Both Wet Willie and the Roadhouse Rockers took the stage at Ross's Landing prior to... Continue Reading →
The Richie Furay 50th Anniversary at the Troubadour concert since first performing at the Troubadour in 1968 was Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. Timothy B. Schmit was on stage with Richie as well as Richie's daughter, Jesse Furay Lynch. Randy Meisner didn't perform that night, but he was a guest of Richie's. While there that night,... Continue Reading →
Rick Nelson and Randy Meisner appeared at JD's in the Scottsdale area in Arizona and performed with the Stone Canyon Band for a week in October, 1969. JD's was a very popular place to hear music in the area. It was a two-level club which offered country music on one floor and rock music on... Continue Reading →
The Eagles In Concert TV show taping at UCLA (University of California Los Angeles) was in the university's Royce Hall. The Eagles and several other bands were filmed on June 20 & 22, 1973. The two tapings of all these mini concerts were free to UCLA students to attend, and they were then aired on... Continue Reading →
The Joshua Tree and the debut Eagles album photo shoot with Henry Diltz and Gary Burden took place in March 1972. The self-titled Eagles album is their first studio album. It was recorded at London's Olympic Studios with producer Glyn Johns and released June 1, 1972. John Beaudin of Rock History Music interviewed Bernie Leadon... Continue Reading →