The Eagles played the Tangerine Bowl in Orlando, FL on July 3rd, 1977. Jimmy Buffett and Andrew Gold opened.
A year later, on August 7th, 1978, Randy was scheduled to play Rock Super Bowl V as a solo act, but cancelled. He was replaced by local band Southpaw.
See more dates on the Hotel California Tour below:
On June 4th, 1976, Billboard magazine held an Awards Dinner as part of their 4-day Talent Forum at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Bill Graham was the emcee. The Eagles picked up an award for Talent Attraction of 1975.
Below: Randy and Don Henley accept the award at the ceremony.
Randy’s ex-wife Jennifer Meisner accompanied him to the awards dinner. Instead of taking a limo, Randy drove them to the ceremony in his vintage red 1940 Ford pickup:
Jennifer:
“Randy and one of the others accepted the award. I remember the menu, Beef Wellington and Baked Alaska for dessert. Randy and I didn’t take a limo. We decided to take his restored old red pickup. My niece Bobbi was out there and had to babysit the kids, she wanted to see Peter Frampton.”
Below: Randy and his vintage red pickup truck. The pickup was restored by a friend of his cousin, Tony Meininger. Randy still had the pickup when he passed away in 2023.
The shirt Randy wore to the ceremony was made by his mother. He later gave the shirt to his nephew, Doug Datel, Bobbi’s brother. Doug is wearing the shirt in the photo below.
In 1989, the five original members of Poco reunited for the LEGACY album and tour, but it wasn’t without problems.
Poco played the Tower Theater in Houston on August 27th, 1990. Kris McKay was the opening act.
Photos via rockinhouston.com
On October 24th, 1989, Poco, in Europe to promote their reunion album, Legacy, taped an appearance on the Dutch television show, Countdown, as well as appeared on the 2 Meter Sessies (Sessions) radio show.
Poco performed “Call It Love” on Countdown, taped October 24th, 1989
Poco in the TV studio before their performance. Photos ©Peter Van Leeuwen:
Below: Listen to Poco performing “Crazy Love” on 2 Meter Sessies (Sessions). This video was created by Peter Van Leeuwen, who attended the session and took photos of the band, which accompany the recording:
Poco posing with Peter Van Leeuwen backstage at 2 Meter Sessies:
Poco played the I.C. Light Melody Tent in Pittsburgh on July 21st, 1990.
Photos ©Jerry Fuentes (Legend: The Story Of Poco, 2006)
Poco played two shows the “Taste Of Minnesota” Festival at the State Capitol in St. Paul, MN on July 3rd, 1990.
Poco played Ross’s Landing in Chattanooga, TN, on June 1st, 1991 as part of the Great Tennessee Raft Race and River Jam.
The group members consisted Randy Meisner, Jim Messina, and Rusty Young, with Gary Mallaber on drums. The band played an acoustic set.
According to local WSKZ DJ, Daniel Shelton, one of his friends loaned Randy the Fender Precision bass he played at the show, plus Randy used one of Shelton’s amps.
This photo of Wet Willie performing earlier in the day, with the Lite beer logo, helped ID the photos above.
Jim, Randy, and Rusty pose with WSKZ DJ Daniel Shelton. Following Randy’s death on July 25, 2023, Shelton posted the photo below on his Facebook page with the following remembrance:
“Many years ago… actually in 1991…I was privileged to hang with these guys for several days. It was amazing. To my left is the late Rusty Young of Poco…far left is Jim Messina of Loggins and Messina…and to my immediate right is the late Randy Meisner. I was fortunate enough to be able to have some great conversations with these legends but I really hit it off with Randy. He actually invited me to come visit him in California. He gave me his phone number and his address. I still have them. It was awesome standing in the shadows of greatness!!!” (Daniel Shelton, Facebook, July 28, 2023)
The Eagles played Grand Valley State College in Allendale, MI on May 26, 1974
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In March 1983, Randy made a surprise visit to KOLT radio Scottsbluff to promo his new album.
The Roberts-Meisner Band played the Odyssey Room in Sunnyvale, CA on July 17th, 1987.
Many thanks to the Odyssey Room’s former owner, Gary Schmidt, for sharing the following remembrance of Randy with me, as well as a photo:
“I owned the Odyssey Room in Sunnyvale for 20 years. I opened it in 1969 and closed it in 1989. I booked the Roberts Meisner band numerous times at the Odyssey Room it was one of the greatest live performance acts we had there in 20 years and we had some great ones. I visited with Randy a lot. Randy died on my 80th birthday July 26, 2023. I also owned club outside of Reno called the Reindeer Lodge in the mountain between Reno and Incline Village that they played at. I had an 80th birthday party at the Red Dog Saloon in Virginia City where I live that Barry Melton and his band played at.1 I believe I was on stage talking about Randy Meisner when he passed away from what I know about his death in the early evening. I didn’t find out that he had died that night till two days later but I was talking about my experiences in the night club and concert production businesses and spent a lot of time talking about Randy that evening . God rest his soul. Thanks Randy for all the music!”
L-R: Dewey Martin, Gary Schmidt & Randy at the Odyssey Room, 1987:
The Dynamics played the North Platte Junior-Senior prom on May 22nd, 1964. The event was held in the Crystal Ballroom of the Pawnee Hotel in North Platte, NE.
Randy was the musical guest on the late-night television show, Friday’s on February 27th, 1981. The show was filmed in Los Angeles and telecast live to East Coast viewers at 11:30pm (West Coast viewers saw a taped recording). The episode featured Billy Crystal as the guest. Randy performed two songs from his recent album, One More Song: “Hearts On Fire” and “Gotta Get Away.” Watch both performances below, plus the closing credits filmed backstage.
Randy was backed by his touring band The Silverados:
Bryan Garofalo – bass
Craig Krampf – drums
Craig Hull – guitar
Josh Leo – guitar
Sterling Smith – keyboards
Don Francisco – percussion
Terese Heston – vocals
Randy is on the left-hand side between Terese Heston and cast member Maryedith Burrell. Others in the clip include Melanie Chartoff with the microphone. Billy Crystal (in makeup), Larry David behind Burrell in glasses. As the camera pulls back, Michael Richards (Kramer from Seinfeld), plus other members of the Silverados.
The next night, Randy and his band played the Rainbow Music Hall in Denver, CO. The concert was recorded and later released on CD in 2018 as Live In Denver. Listen here.
