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:

1. Barry Melton was “Fish” from Country Joe & The Fish. ↩︎