RIP: Randy Meisner

[Tom McAndrew]

one of the founding members of the Eagles, and their original and long-time bassist.

his career with them came to an inglorious ending, as he had anxiety about hitting high notes, and Glenn Frey became fed up with him. He basically was fired, and replaced by Timothy B. Schmidt.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/entertainment/randy-meisner-death/index.html

 

[Piketownman]

Damn. Take It to the Limit is one of my all time favorites. From what I’ve read, seemed like a really nice guy but had mental health issues.

 

[rudedude]

An Eagles song from their first album

 

[Bwifan]

one of the founding members of the Eagles, and their original and long-time bassist.

his career with them came to an inglorious ending, as he had anxiety about hitting high notes, and Glenn Frey became fed up with him. He basically was fired, and replaced by Timothy B. Schmidt.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/entertainment/randy-meisner-death/index.html

One of my all time favorite songs. Hated the way things ended with him and Frey. Was glad he was invited to the HOF induction for the band.

 

[Bwifan]

Loved his vocals on this song... Another favorite of mine.

 

[Lion84]

One of my all time favorite songs. Hated the way things ended with him and Frey. Was glad he was invited to the HOF induction for the band.

Wasn't Frey know to be a bit of a d&ck?

 

[s1uggo72]

Wasn't Frey know to be a bit of a d&ck?

I think you are being kind

 

[s1uggo72]

I thought that was the guy who said a superconductor will not allow a magnetic field to penetrate it while in the superconducting state

or am I confusing threads

Superconductivity at manageable temperatures and pressures? - On3

A group in South Korea has submitted a paper. Here it is. It would be good to hear from @Leo Ridens and other Physicists here. https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2307/2307.12008.pdf

www.on3.com

 

[Tgar]

Me and @Garw had the good fortune to see the original band several times in the early years. So great, the songs they wrote were stellar.

 

[CF Lion]

Meisner's bass in One of These Nights is one of my all-time favorites.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

 

[Nitt1300]

Wasn't Frey know to be a bit of a d&ck?

You are a master of understatement

 

[Bwifan]

Wasn't Frey know to be a bit of a d&ck?

Yes he was ... Difficult from what I have read and heard he was a perfectionist and wanted the best and that made him difficult to deal with at times

 

[Piketownman]

Wasn't Frey know to be a bit of a d&ck?

Definitely a control freak. But he and Henley did form the band

 

[Lion84]

You are a master of understatement

I’m also a master of bater.

 

[Bwifan]

Definitely a control freak. But he and Henley did form the band

And Bernie Leadon ....

 

[BW Lion]

one of the founding members of the Eagles, and their original and long-time bassist.

his career with them came to an inglorious ending, as he had anxiety about hitting high notes, and Glenn Frey became fed up with him. He basically was fired, and replaced by Timothy B. Schmidt.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/27/entertainment/randy-meisner-death/index.html

Thanks for sharing. Don Felder's autobiography provides great insight into the function and dysfunction of the Eagles.

Frey and (especially) Henley were intolerant, drug addled pricks.

 

[Tom McAndrew]

Don Felder's autobiography provides great insight into the function and dysfunction of the Eagles.

I've not read Felder's autobiography, in part because I wasn't sure how objective he could be after his lawsuit. (Plus, it's not a Rev War history book, which is pretty much all I read these days.) Henley and Frey seemed to always call him Mr. Felder when speaking in public about Don after the lawsuit was filed, and there did not appear to be a lot of love between the parties.

 

[BW Lion]

I've not read Felder's autobiography, in part because I wasn't sure how objective he could be after his lawsuit. (Plus, it's not a Rev War history book, which is pretty much all I read these days.) Henley and Frey seemed to always call him Mr. Felder when speaking in public about Don after the lawsuit was filed, and there did not appear to be a lot of love between the parties.

I read it with an open mind, full knowing about his asked departure from the band. There are times in the book his bias shines through, but that said, his recollective history of the many great guitarists originating from Jacksonville FL makes the book a quick and worthy read.

 

[Nitt1300]

Thanks for sharing. Don Felder's autobiography provides great insight into the function and dysfunction of the Eagles.

Frey and (especially) Henley were intolerant, drug addled pricks.

I remember Frey saying that one of the reasons he and Henley didn't want to pay or treat Felder as an equal member of the band was that it was their solo work which kept the Eagles in people's minds during their long "vacation".

I thought that was amazingly arrogant, since he gave no credit to Joe Walsh, whose solo work certainly more than equaled theirs.