RIP Randy Meisner

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Washington Post used a 1977 pic of him with a Rickenbacker bass but only mentioned his contributions to the high harmonies and song writing. Must be in someone's press release since other outlets used the same picture.

R.I.P.

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One of the trademark sounds of the Eagles in their heyday was Randy Meisner’s high, yearning vocal performance on the band’s 1975 hit Take It to the Limit. It was one of several songs that Meisner, who has died aged 77, wrote or co-wrote for the group. Prior to his tenure with them, he had been bassist and vocalist with Poco, and then a member of Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band. After leaving the Eagles in 1977 he released five solo albums, as well as working with the groups Black Tie, Meisner, Swan & Rich and the Roberts-Meisner Band.
 
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He left in 1977, so he was with the Eagles for 6 years, but totally on their greatest albums, especially the Greatest Hits album, which was one of the most selling albums of all time, Eagles hits from 1971-1975. I am sure he was able to live off the royalties of that and Hotel California for ever.
 
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davismanLV said:
For sure he did!! At the end they wouldn't even let him attend the sessions for mixing the album. Yikes!!
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I liked the Eagles when I was younger (mainly for their Linda Ronstadt and Dan Fogelberg connections), but they had worn pretty thin after hearing "Hotel California" for the 19 millionth time. My ex, however, was a huge fan and despite my loathing of Don Henley (who thought they "deserved" their top ticket price of $350 to the "Hell Freezes Over" tour in 1996), I agreed to watch the two part HBO documentary when it was released. What that taught me was that Glenn Frey was even more loathsome, and I came away form that experience hating them even more. The three of them are neck and neck with Robbie Robertson when is comes to adeptness at screwing your bandmates.

Still love Joe, though!
 
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twocorgis said:
I liked the Eagles when I was younger (mainly for their Linda Ronstadt and Dan Fogelberg connections), but they had worn pretty thin after hearing "Hotel California" for the 19 millionth time. My ex, however, was a huge fan and despite my loathing of Don Henley (who thought they "deserved" their top ticket price of $350 to the "Hell Freezes Over" tour in 1996), I agreed to watch the two part HBO documentary when it was released. What that taught me was that Glenn Frey was even more loathsome, and I came away form that experience hating them even more. The three of them are neck and neck with Robbie Robertson when is comes to adeptness at screwing your bandmates.

Still love Joe, though!
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Joe was my favorite.
 
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davismanLV said:
One of the trademark sounds of the Eagles in their heyday was Randy Meisner’s high, yearning vocal performance on the band’s 1975 hit Take It to the Limit. It was one of several songs that Meisner, who has died aged 77, wrote or co-wrote for the group. Prior to his tenure with them, he had been bassist and vocalist with Poco, and then a member of Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band. After leaving the Eagles in 1977 he released five solo albums, as well as working with the groups Black Tie, Meisner, Swan & Rich and the Roberts-Meisner Band.
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It always made me wonder why Randy didn't sing more often. But in a later thread, Sandy discusses not caring for Henley and Frey. And for the record, I think Eagles music was musical genius, but Frey and Henley lost me when they fired Don Felder........over money. I agree with Sandy on the two of them......Frey and Henley. Still love their music though.

So sorry to hear about Randy.

West
 
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West R Lee said:
It always made me wonder why Randy didn't sing more often. But in a later thread, Sandy discusses not caring for Henley and Frey. And for the record, I think Eagles music was musical genius, but Frey and Henley lost me when they fired Don Felder........over money. I agree with Sandy on the two of them......Frey and Henley. Still love their music though.

So sorry to hear about Randy.

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What I forgot to mention was the pile of cease and desist letters from Glenn Frey's lawyers that a good friend (who's a Grammy winning production engineer) showed me for "violations" that are such a reach that they're laughable. Glenn really was beyond contempt.
 
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twocorgis said:
Everybody loves Joe, even Eagles haters like me! In fact one of the few songs of theirs I can still listen to is (of course) one of his.
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I was not an Eagles fan. Maybe Tequila Sunrise, that about it. Still, The James Gang was awesome!
 
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