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 Eagles' Desperado album photos were taken at the Paramount Ranch western film set in Agoura Hills by Henry Diltz, and Gary Burden was the album cover graphic designer. The album was recorded in London at Island Studios with Glyn Johns as their producer. Glyn had recorded the first Eagles album, too. (Bill Szymczyk would... Continue Reading →
Cal Jam at Ontario Motor Speedway took place on April 6, 1974 and was a 12-hour festival of eight bands. It was recorded by ABC TV at the Speedway in Ontario, CA (50 miles east of Los Angeles). Attendance was said to be 200,000, and this was part of the On the Border tour for... Continue Reading →
The Eagles celebrated New Years Eve at the Shrine with friends Dan Fogelberg, JD Souther, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Joe Walsh. According to the newspaper article, the Shrine Auditorum in Los Angeles was the place to be on New Years Eve. The Eagles know how to throw a party…and bananas. Joe Walsh wasn't a... Continue Reading →
The Wembley Mid-Summer Music Concert in London included the Eagles, Elton John, The Beach Boys, Joe Walsh, Rufus, & Stackridge. At the end of this page is the video for the Wembley TV commercial. "Next, even better, came the Eagles, the epitome of easy-listening, quality country rock. Again, they played to a formula, and within... Continue Reading →
The Mississippi River Festival 1975 was a festival sponsored by Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville, IL. This festival was during the One Of These Nights tour. JD Souther opened for the Eagles. It was an annual festival, and the Eagles were also at the MRF in 1974 and the Spring Fest May 25, 1973. The... Continue Reading →
Balboa Stadium in San Diego was the location of one of two separate Eagles concerts held during a weekend in September 1975 in California. The two concerts were a day apart with the same lineup of the Eagles, Jackson Browne, and Linda Ronstadt. Sept. 28 was the Sunshine Festival at Anaheim Stadium. The day before... Continue Reading →
The Sunshine Festival at Anaheim Stadium was the concert venue of one of two Eagles concerts held in California during a weekend in September 1975. The other concert was at Balboa Stadium in San Diego the day prior on September 27, and was called the One of These Days concert. These two separate concerts just... Continue Reading →
The Eagles Jerry Brown Benefit was May 14, 1976 at the Capital Centre in Landover, MD. The purpose of the benefit was to raise money for his presidential campaign. Guests on stage with the Eagles for the Jerry Brown Benefit were Dan Fogelberg, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, and Kenny Edwards. Kenny Edwards was a founding... Continue Reading →
The Randy Meisner "One More Song" album was Randy's second solo album, and it was produced and engineered by Val Garay. The album was released Oct. 1980 and is on the Epic label. Jack Tempchin wrote "One More Song", and the album also includes the hits "Deep Inside My Heart" and "Hearts On Fire", which... Continue Reading →
The Fred Walecki Benefit Concert was a 2-day event at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium for California music store owner Fred Walecki, who was diagnosed with throat cancer. It was called "A Gathering of the Clan" and was organized by Bernie Leadon and Glyn Johns. Fred Walecki was the owner of Westwood Music in Los Angeles,... 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 →