Poco
Tower Theater
Houston, TX, August 27, 1990
Poco played the Tower Theater in Houston on August 27th, 1990. Kris McKay was the opening act.
Photos via rockinhouston.com
Poco
Poco – Amsterdam, October 24, 1989
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:
2 Meter Sessies Radio Show
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
Melody Tent
Pittsburgh, PA, July 21, 1990
Poco played the I.C. Light Melody Tent in Pittsburgh on July 21st, 1990.
Photos ©Jerry Fuentes (Legend: The Story Of Poco, 2006)
Poco
“Taste Of Minnesota”
Saint Paul, MN, July 3rd, 1990
Poco played two shows the “Taste Of Minnesota” Festival at the State Capitol in St. Paul, MN on July 3rd, 1990.
Poco
Great Tennessee Raft Race and River Jam
Chattanooga, TN, June 1, 1991
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)
Eagles
Grand Valley State College
Allendale, MI, May 26, 1974
The Eagles played Grand Valley State College in Allendale, MI on May 26, 1974
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Road Stories
A few entertaining vignettes from Randy’s life on the road.
The Roberts-Meisner Band at the Odyssey Room, 1987
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:
- Barry Melton was “Fish” from Country Joe & The Fish. ↩︎
The Dynamics
North Platte Junior-Senior Prom
May 22, 1964
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 Meisner
Friday’s, February 27, 1981
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
“Hearts On Fire”
“Gotta Get Away”
Closing Credits
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.
The “High School Desperadoes” Take Chicago
In May 1975, the Eagles landed in Chicago where they played two nights at the Arie Crown Theater, appeared on the radio to debut their next single, were raffled off in a high school contest, and gave a lengthy interview to a music magazine.
Eagles at the Arie Crown Theater, Chicago, May 10-11, 1975
The Eagles played three concerts over two nights at the Arie Crown. Opening for the band was Dan Fogelberg.
Backstage
Neal Preston shot these photos of the band backstage at the Arie Crown
Review from the Chicago Sun-Times, May 11, 1975:
The Eagles onstage. Photos by Neal Preston.
Shortly after their arrival in Chicago, the Eagles and Dan Fogelberg appeared on Larry Lujack’s radio show on WCFL. During the show, the Eagles debuted their latest single, “One Of These Nights,” the title track from their upcoming album.
Journalist Cameron Crowe toured with the Eagles in 1975, gathering information for his Rolling Stone cover story, entitled “Chips Off The Old Buffalo,” published in September of that year. He opened the article with a description of the Eagles’ appearance on Larry Lujack’s radio show:
Read the full Rolling Stone article here.
One day after the Arie Crown Theater shows, the Eagles played a free concert for contest winners, McHenry High School, located just outside of Chicago. Read more below:
Eagles
McKale Center/Univ. Of Arizona – Tucson
October 16th, 1976
The Eagles played the McKale Center at the University of Arizona in Tucson on October 16th, 1976. J.D. Souther was the opening act.
Photo ©Jim Davis/Arizona Daily Star
The Tucson Daily Citizen reported that the Eagles performed three tracks from their upcoming album Hotel California. Although, not listed, those songs were most likely the title track, “Wasted Time” and “New Kid In Town.”
Below: Photos from the 1977 University of Arizona yearbook.
Goldrush 1970
In 1970, Randy ditched the L.A. music scene & moved back home to Nebraska. He took an 8-5 job and eventually started a new band with some guys who were attending college in Scottsbluff. They called themselves Goldrush.