For this archive, I have chosen pieces in which Randy figures prominently, such as interviews, or other articles that are historically relevant or rare. I tried to avoid articles in which Randy only received a passing mention. Songbooks and Tour Books have been added to the bottom of the page. The archive will eventually be expanded to include a section on advertisements. I also plan to include more album reviews. If you’re looking for concert reviews, please visit the Concert Archive.

For articles in which Randy was interviewed or quoted, I have placed a “Y” in the Interview column.

New additions will be highlighted in yellow.

Page Jumps

1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | Songbooks/Tour Books | Obituaries

1946

Image	Date	Publication	Title	Author	Notes
	March 10, 1946	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	St. Mary Hospital (Admissions/Dismissals/Births)		Randy’s birth announcement. He was born at St. Mary’s hospital in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.
	March 15, 1946	Gering Courier	“Recent Visits Of The Stork Are Recorded”		The birth announcement in the Gering, NE paper incorrectly listed Randy’s birth date as March 9th instead of the actual date of March 8th. It also notes that his parents were living in Mitchell, NE at the time.

1950s

Image	Date	Publication	Title	Author	Notes
	1950		U.S. Census		Randy’s family is recorded in the 1950 U.S. census. They were living in the Dewey precinct of Scotts Bluff County, which included the area near Lake Alice, where Randy lived for much of his youth. Click document for more details.
	November 9, 1951	The Business Farmer (Scottsbluff, NE)	“Herman Meisners Relax After Harvest”		Includes a photo of young Randy and his mother, as well as Emilie’s banana nut cake recipe.
	December 6, 1957	Gering Courier	“Two Lose Hands In Corn Pickers”		Randy’s father, Herman, lost part of his right hand in an accident with a corn harvester. His hand was replaced with a hook, which he had for the rest of his life.

1960s

Image	Date	Publication	Title	Author	Interview	Notes
	March 9, 1960	The Business Farmer	“Lake Alice 4-H Livestock”	Randy Meisner		One of Randy’s first documented performances took place at the Lake Alice 4-H Livestock Club meeting. He was also the club’s news reporter and evidently wrote the section about the meeting for the local Business Farmer newspaper.
	1961-1964		Memo Book			This memo book lists dates for the Dynamics and Randy’s earnings for the years 1961-1964. The handwriting is most likely Emilie Meisner’s (Randy’s mother), except for the writing on page 7 at the bottom, which appears to be Randy’s.
	May 23, 1963		Marriage License/Certificate			Randy married Jennifer Barton in Sterling, Colorado on May 23rd, 1963. Their certificate includes both of their signatures. The witnesses were Jennifer’s father, Robert Barton, and Randy’s sister, Carol (Mrs. Art Benzel).
	May 29, 1963	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	Wedding Shower			A week after their wedding, a shower was given for Randy and Jennifer at the Lake Alice school auditorium.
	November 20, 1963	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	Birth Announcement			The announcement of the birth of Randy’s eldest son, Dana Scott.
	April 8, 1966	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“Dynamics To Try Pro Circuit In June”	Ron Herdt	Y	Former Dynamics keyboardist, Steve Cassells (1964-1966), declared most of this article to be inaccurate. However, Randy was evidently interviewed. Read more of my notes about it here.
	1967	Broadside	“The Portable Landscape”	Carol Sterkel		Article about The Poor
	c.1969		Poco Fan Club Questionnaires			These questionnaires, with handwritten responses, were to be included in an early Poco fan club newsletter that never materialized. All of the original members filled one out, except Jim Messina, who declined, according to fan club president, Cindy Dakin.
	March 1, 1969	Rolling Stone	“Hollywood Hillbillies: What’s Old Is New”	Jerry Hopkins		Includes mention and photo of Pogo (Poco). Randy’s first mention in Rolling Stone.
	March 9, 1969	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“The Clothes Horse”			The Clothes Horse, the boutique owned by Randy and his wife, Jennifer, was among several new businesses highlighted in the local paper.
	May 1969	Tiger Beat	“Pogo”		Y	Groovy overview of the band and its members.
	June 1969	Planet Music				Randy appeared on the cover of the obscure San Francisco counterculture newspaper, Planet Music.
	August 1969	Teen Screen	“Teen Screen Visitors”			Poco visits the offices of Teen Screen magazine.

1970s

Image	Date	Publication	Title	Author	Interview	Notes
	May 15, 1970	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	Birth Announcement			Announcement of the birth of Randy’s twins, Heather Leigh, and Eric Shane. Also shows where Jennifer was admitted to the hospital.
	August 5, 1972	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	Scoopin’	J.L. Schmidt		Review of the Eagles’ debut album from Randy’s hometown newspaper.
	August 17, 1972	Rolling Stone	“The Eagles Take It Easy And Soar”	Judith Sims	Y	Early profile of the Eagles. Randy is quoted.
	November 3, 1972	Door	“Movin’ Up With The Eagles”	Cameron Crowe		Randy is described, but not interviewed. Includes very early photo of the band taken backstage in San Diego.
	March 3, 1973	Melody Maker	“Eagles Get Their Wings”	Mark Plummer	Y	Article reprinted in History Of Rock 1973 (Uncut, February 2016) Randy ponders whether stepping on baby chickens, a la Alice Cooper, is rock and roll.
	July 1974	Crawdaddy	“The Eagles Have Stopped Takin’ It Easy”	David Rensin	Y
	August 1974	Circus	“On The Border – The Eagles Kick Up A Sundance”	Ellen Mandell		Review of On The Border. Praise for “Is It True?”
	May 1975	Hit Parader	“The Eagles Make California Sounds”	Joseph Rose	Y	Randy interviewed. Also includes nice color photo by Norman Seeff.
	August 1975	Scottsbluff Star- Herald	“Rock Group Member Wants To Return To Region”	Diane Eicher	Y	Randy is interviewed by his hometown newspaper.
	September 25, 1975	Rolling Stone	“Eagles: Chips Off The Old Buffalo….”	Cameron Crowe	Y	Eagles’ first Rolling Stone cover story.
	1975	Warner Communications	1975 Annual Report			Page devoted to the Eagles from Warner’s annual report detailing the company’s financial operations for the previous year.
	January 1976	NARAS	For The Record			For The Record was a newsletter published by the National Academy Of Recording Arts & Sciences. This issue was devoted to the Grammy nominees for 1975, in which the Eagles were finalists in two categories. This issue was addressed to Randy on the last page, c/o the Eagles’ accounting firm.
	March 1976	Music Life	“Eagles: First Japan Tour”	Yoshiji Kizaki		Profile of the Eagles’ first tour of Japan.
	March 27, 1976	Sounds	“Desperados in Blue Jeans and Sneakers”	Barbara Charone	Y	Profile of the Eagles. Each member is quoted.
	October 1976	Music Gig	“Rare Interview With The High School Desperados”	Linda Cain	Y	Includes great early interview with Randy. The author found him to be the easiest of the band to talk to.
	December 11, 1976	Melody Maker	“Where Eagles Dare…”	Chris Charlesworth		Article reprinted in History Of Rock 1976 (Uncut, June 2016). Glenn Frey describes Randy as “the ribbon on the package.”
	December 2, 1976	Cleveland Scene	“‘Hotel California’ & The Best Music They’ve Ever Made”	John Steel	Y	Randy says his “mean look” onstage is really just concentration.
	August 1977	Music Life	“Los Angeles Eagles: Time To Play Ball!”		Y	Japanese piece about the Eagles’ softball game in Oakland.
	December 20, 1977	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“Pet Of the Week”			Randy donated money to the Panhandle Humane Society for the purchase of additional cat cages.
	1978	Randy Meisner Press Kit	“Randy Meisner Talks About Randy Meisner”		Y	The press kit for Randy’s 1978 debut included a bio and interview.
	July 20, 1978	Scottsbluff Star- Herald	“Mitchell Rock Star Trying Wings As Soloist”	Bob Gustin	Y
	August 12, 1979	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“Randy Meisner Erecting Mini-Mall”			Details construction of Randall Square

1980s

Image	Date	Publication	Title	Author	Interview	Notes
	June 12, 1980	Los Angeles Times	“The Rigors Of Record Making”	Joy Horowitz	Y	The article recounts one night at Record One studio with producer Val Garay, during the recording of One More Song. It provides a rare glimpse of what Randy was like in the studio.
	November 7, 1980	BAM	“Ex-Eagle Randy Meisner Flies High Solo”	Dave Zimmer	Y
	December 4, 1980	Intelligencer-Journal (Lancaster, PA)	“The Eagle Who Flew The Nest”	Yardena Arar	Y
	January 12, 1981	People	On The Move	David Sheff	Y
	February 1981	Teen	“Randy Meisner: An Ex-Eagle Soars Solo”		Y
	February 28, 1981	Omaha World-Herald	“Meisner Remembers Nebraska”	Steve Millburg	Y
	March 1, 1981	Houston Chronicle	“Getting His Act Together And Taking It On The Road”	Dale Adamson	Y
	March 7, 1981	Cash Box	Cash Box			Randy appeared on the cover, along with a short article about his new album, One More Song, and top 20 single, “Hearts On Fire.”
	March 10, 1981	New York Daily News	“Ex-Eagle Randy Meisner Flying Solo”	Bill Carlton	Y
	March 31, 1981	Circus	“Ex-Eagle Soars On Solo Flight”	Philip Bashe	Y
	April 5, 1981	Los Angeles Times	“Front And Center For Shy Ex-Eagle”	Dennis Hunt	Y
	December 16, 1982	Atlanta Journal	“Ex-Eagle Meisner Takes It To His Own Limit”	Russ Devault	Y
	December 19, 1982	Florida Today	“Former Eagle Unloads About Breakup”	Billy Cox	Y
	December 19, 1982	Fort Pierce Tribune	“Meisner Is Soaring On Small Stage”	Greg Gardner	Y
	April 24, 1983	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	For Sale			An ad for cars Randy had for sale in Scottsbluff.
	July 2, 1983	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“Star Expects To ‘Have Fun'”	David Ostdiek	Y	Randy is interviewed prior to his first hometown concert in nearly 20 years.
	October 14, 1984	Omaha World-Herald	“Meisner Works On Music First”	Roger Catlin	Y
	April 17, 1987	San Antonio Light	“Rick Roberts New Band Full Of Top Notch Rockers”	Steve Bennett	Y	Randy is interviewed about his new band with Rick Roberts.
	November 27, 1988	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“Meisner Back On Track”	Annette Heussmann	Y

1990s

Image	Date	Publication	Title	Author	Interview	Notes
	August 31, 1990	The Reporter (Fond du Lac, WI)	“’60s Band Poco Touring This Year”	Mary Campbell	Y	Randy discusses the problems with Richie Furay & song lyrics. He also describes how his divorce affected him.
	January 1991	Adlib Magazine	“We Had So Much Left To Do As Poco”		Y	Interview with Randy Meisner and Jim Messina from the Japanese music magazine, Adlib. (translated)
	February 24, 1991	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“High Flying Bird”	Annette Heussmann	Y
	June 12, 1994	Arizona Republic	“Ex-Eagle Eschews Old Excesses, Enjoys A Simpler Lifestyle”	Salvatore Caputo	Y	Caputo caught Randy in the middle of spackling his bathroom.
	June 15, 1994	Grand Island (NE) Independent	“No ‘Hotel California’ For Him”		Y	Randy talks about being left out of the Eagles’ 1994 reunion tour.
	July 1, 1994	Daily Mirror (London)	“The Eagle Has Crash Landed”		Y
	October 2, 1994	Grand Island Independent	“The Music Just Soothes The Soul”	Bill Brennan		The author recounts a story about a local Scottsbluff businessman who met Randy on a flight from Omaha to Dallas.
	November 27, 1994	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“Get Over It? No Problem, Says Former Eagles Bassist”	Barry Bedlan	Y
	January 11, 1995	Denver Westword	“Taken Past The Limit”	Michael Roberts	Y
	April 4, 1996	Los Angeles Times	“An Eagle Has Landed”	Jon Matsumoto	Y
	November 21, 1997	San Francisco Chronicle	“Imposter Still Touring As Ex-Eagles Guitarist”	Jaxon Van Derbeken	Y
	January 11, 1998	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“Rock & Roll Hall Of Famer: Panhandle Native To Be Enshrined With Rock Greats”	Stacey Nick	Y	Randy, his mother, Emilie, and friend, Roger Frank, are interviewed for this piece about Randy’s induction into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame.
	February 27, 1998	San Francisco Chronicle	“Curtains For Accused Impersonator Of Eagles Bassist”	Jaxon Van Derbeken	Y
	July 9, 1999	Philadelphia Inquirer	“World Classic Rockers Have Blue-Ribbon Credits”	Jack Lloyd		Nick St Nicholas describes origins of World Classic Rockers. Includes several comments about Randy.

2000s

Image	Date	Publication	Title	Author	Interview	Notes
	June 2, 2000	San Antonio Express News	“Band On the Run: Ex-Eagle Joins Rockers Tour”	Hector Saldana	Y
	July 21, 2000	Odessa American	“All Star Rockers Play On”	Stephanie Dunaway	Y	Profile of the World Classic Rockers. Randy was interviewed.
	September 2006	Discoveries	“Randy Meisner Takes It To The Limit One More Time”	Ken Sharp	Y	This interview is also reprinted on the Rock Cellar Magazine website.
	June 2013	Uncut	“We Were Quite Taken With The Idea Of Being Outlaws…”			A look back at Desperado.
	March 8, 2016	Daily Mail (London)	“Eagles Founder Randy Meisner’s Wife Controlled Him…”	Shekhar Bhatia		Recounts the details surrounding the death of Randy’s second wife, Lana Meisner. It also includes content from court documents in which Randy described the physical abuse he had endured during his marriage to Lana, including being hit with “closed fists.”
	April 2016	Goldmine	“A 5-Star Hotel’s 40th Anniversary”	Jeb Wright	Y	Includes interview with producer Bill Szmczyk. Randy mentioned and quoted.
	2021	Life	“Eagles: Their Story. Their Music. Their Lives”			Special 50th anniversary commemorative issue.
	February 2022	Uncut	“Eagles: The Rise Of Country Rock’s Sun Kings”	Nick Hasted		50th anniversary of the Eagles’ debut album.

Obituaries

Randy passed away on July 25th, 2023. It is unclear why his conservator gave the wrong date (July 26th) to the media, as well as Randy’s family, who did not learn the correct date until weeks later, via his death certificate. Sadly, a number of articles published after Randy’s death rehashed the lie that he was refusing to sing “Take It To The Limit” on the 1977 Hotel California tour. This BS story has been debunked here. More obits will be added to this section in the coming days/weeks.

Image	Date	Publication	Title	Author
	July 27, 2023	New York Times	“Randy Meisner, Founding Member Of the Eagles, Dies At 77”	Alex Williams
	July 27, 2023	Rolling Stone	“Randy Meisner, Eagles Co-Founder and ‘Take It to the Limit’ Singer, Dead at 77”	Angie Martoccio
	July 27, 2023	Variety	“Randy Meisner, Eagles Co-Founder and Singer of ‘Take It To The Limit,’ Dies at 77”	Thania Garcia
	July 29, 2023	The Guardian	“Randy Meisner: Singer & Bassist With The Eagles Who Wrote One Of Their Biggest Hits…”
	July 29, 2023	Scottsbluff Star-Herald	“Randy Meisner, Eagles Co-Founder, Singer Dies At 77”	Hilel Italie
	July 30th, 2023	Los Angeles Times	“Eagles Co-Founder Took Vocal Range To the Limit”	Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Songbooks/Tour Books

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Songbooks

These songbooks were released around the same time as each of the albums (Eagles & Desperado were published as one volume, back to back. Read one side, then flip it over to read the other). They included sheet music and lyrics for each song, accompanied by photos. The files below include abridged (shortened) versions of each these songbooks. I did not want to risk damaging the books by scanning every page (a couple are in fragile condition). All photos featuring Randy have been included.

Tour Books

To my knowledge, the Eagles only published two tour programs during Randy’s tenure with the band. One to coincide with their Japanese tour in 1976 and one for the U.S. and European tour in 1977. Tour programs were published for Randy’s Japanese tours in 1981 and 1983. The latter is extremely hard-to-find. The ’81 program is included below.

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