The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) coordinates the annual NAB show. It’s an annual trade show and takes place in April at the Las Vegas Convention Center. The Orban Corp. was in charge of the entertainment for the NAB show for 2005, so on April 19, 2005, Randy Meisner, Charlie Rich Jr., and Billy Swan performed there. It was actually Charlie’s band on stage, so Randy and Billy were considered guests and they weren’t called Meisner, Swan and Rich for this performance. Vern Monnett (who often played with Meisner, Swan, & Rich) was there along with a few other guests like Augie Meyers and Chad Watson.
Randy Meisner at National Association of Broadcasters show
Vern Monnett and Randy Meisner
Vern Monnett and Randy Meisner
Chad Watson and Charlie Rich, Jr.
Chad Watson on bass, Augie Meyers playing accordion, and Charlie Rich, Jr.
Vern Monnett, Billy Swan, Chad Watson, and Charlie Rich, Jr.
Charlie Rich, Jr., Billy Swan, and Randy
These were the photos taken before the show according to Charlie Rich: “We signed autographs after the show. I even got a photo autographed by the band. Believe it or not, I didn’t have anything like that after all the years I had worked with Randy, Billy, and Augie. I’m proud of that autographed photo. The shot was taken the day before the show – so we would have something to remember the show by. It also served as a nice little souvenir for those that attended the show.”
Charlie Rich, Jr., Randy Meisner, Augie Meyers, and Billy Swan
Augie Meyers, Charlie Rich, Jr., Randy Meisner, and Billy Swan
Augie Meyers, Charlie Rich, Jr., Billy Swan, and Randy Meisner
Autograph Session
Billy Swan, Augie Meyers, Randy Meisner, and Charlie Rich, Jr.
Billy Swan, Augie Meyers, Randy Meisner, and Charlie Rich, Jr.
From the Orban website – Orban Arranges Musical Bash at NAB
Charlie Rich, Jr. was the website manager for Orban.
From charlierichjr.com
“Jay Leno joked that as the only living host of ‘The Tonight Show,’ he was the obvious choice to represent the late-night talk show at its induction into the National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame.”
Public Opinion Newspaper (Chambersburg, PA) – Apr. 20. 2005
Some miscellaneous photos of Meisner, Swan and Rich
Randy, Charlie Rich, Jr., and Billy Swan
Randy, Charlie Rich, Jr., Billy Swan, and Jim Foreman (sitting)
Randy and Charlie Rich, Jr. in the studio for sessions with Roger Varian – 1994
Randy and Billy Swan in the recording studio of Mitchel Delevie
Randy and Billy Swan
Billy Swan and Randy
House of Blues Recording Studio
Randy, Billy Swan, and Bruce Gary (of The Knack & World Classic Rockers)
Randy and Billy Swan
Randy and Billy Swan
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