Randy Meisner at Oregon Trail Lounge in Gering, Nebraska – July 1-3, 1983

Randy Meisner at Oregon Trail Lounge in Gering played a total of four shows (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday) with his band over the July 1983 holiday weekend. The three evening shows were Friday-Sunday, July 1-3, plus there was also a matinee show on Sunday. He said he had always wanted to come back and play in his hometown. Special guests were the Dynamics and Cody Road. The article and photo below of Randy appeared on the front page of the Gering Courier newspaper on July 7, 1983.

Randy had returned from a short tour in Japan not long before this Nebraska set of shows. The Japan tour was in late January of 1983.

An article from the Lincoln Journal Star in 1978 is at the bottom of this page, which outlines his beginning musical career a little bit. You can see a photo of Randy and Stephen Love playing a gig at The Woodshed in Scottsbluff, Nebraska in their band, Goldrush, both below and on the page for Randy’s first solo album. Goldrush is mentioned in that newspaper article below of July 24, 1978.

Randy Meisner at Oregon Trail Lounge in Gering

“The bass guitarist and singer said the shows at the Oregon Trail will be his first scheduled performances in the Twin Cities sinde he left the area and reached star status in the music business. He said he has sat in occasionally on performances by the Dynamics, a local band in which he got his start.”

Star-Herald (Scottsbluff, NE) – June 26, 1983

“In 1966 the Dynamics were playing at a ‘battle of the bands’ in Denver when another band there, the Soul Survivors, lost their bass guitarist. They asked Meisner to join the band.

He and the Soul Survivors went to California, but the trip wasn’t an immediate ride to the top of the music industry. The Band changed its name to The Poor, he said, ‘ because we were poor.’ They managed to feed themselves on $4.50 a day and the parents sent money for rent.”

Front page of Star-Herald (Scottsbluff-Gering, NE) – July 2, 1983

“His musical career spans experiences playing back-up for such artists as Linda Ronstadt to being the forceful bass presence in the highly successful band, The Eagles. He is now pursuing a solo career with his own band, The Silverados.”

Front page of Gering Courier (Gering, NE) – July 7, 1983

Randy’s special guests were Cody Road and his former band, the Dynamics.

“It is to be his first scheduled performance in the Scottsbluff-Gering area since he played in the Dynamics, a band that gave him his start.”

Omaha World-Herald (Omaha, NE) – June 29, 1983

“He and the Soul Survivors went to California, but the trip wasn’t an immediate ride to the top of the music industry. The band changed its name to The Poor, he said, ‘because we were poor’.”

“I want to see what happens with the next album, he said. If it doesn’t do what I want it to do, I’ll go to country music.”

Grand Island Independent (Grand Island, NE) – July 10, 1983

“Meisner began his musical career with the Dynamics, a Scottsbluff band that still exists, without him. A member of the Scottsbluff group, Donny Ullstrom, sings backup on Meisner’s new album.”

Lincoln Journal Star (Lincoln, NE) – July 24, 1978

Randy and Stephen Love of Goldrush performing at The Woodshed in Scottsbluff, NE

Star-Herald (Scottsbluff, NE) – July 24, 1983