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 – lead guitar
- Sterling Smith – organ and piano
- Denny Carmassi – drums
- Nicky Hopkins – piano
- Tom Erak – bass
Randy on stage at Sam’s Old Town Ballroom
The Rocky Mountain Collegian – Colorado State University student newspaper (Ft. Collins, CO) – Nov. 5, 1982
“Meisner, founding member of the Eagles, will probably never outlive his part in this famed band, judging from the shouts for more Eagles songs during the show at Sam’s.
He indulged in his musical past as an Eagles’ member to the delight of the audience, singing ‘Try and Love Again,’ ‘Too Many Hands’ and ‘Take it to the Limit’.”
The Rocky Mountain Collegian – Colorado State University student newspaper (Ft. Collins, CO) – Nov. 5, 1982
The Rocky Mountain Collegian ad – Colorado State University student newspaper (Ft. Collins, CO) – Oct. 29, 1982
Sam’s Old Town Ballroom
Just 11 years earlier the Eagles were just beginning their band career in Colorado. A couple of the very first shows they played were in Aspen at the Gallery and in Boulder at Tulagi’s in November and December 1971.
“On November 15, 1971, only two months after forming as an official band, the relatively unknown foursome of Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner – also known as the Eagles – took the stage at Tulagi, the tiny but legendary long-defunct club on University Hill in Boulder.”
Daily Camera (Boulder, CO) – June 20, 2024
thanks, Diana! Always love some new information! 🙂
It’s always fun to come across a new photo. It’s like finding buried treasure. LOL
Exactly right!!!
The Collegian Staff reviewer wrote that Randy’s style of song writing was comparable in lyrics and style to the music of the Eagles. That’s saying a lot in that the Eagles were one of the most successful bands in the ’70s. What a great review! Good find!
Yes, that was very kind of him to say. Randy should have felt good about that compliment.