Chords for Randy Meisner Talks About Joining The Eagles, Poco & The Fans - Our Lost Interview

[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ It's our lost interview with former [Bbm] Eagles Randy Meisner.
I'm John Boden from
Rock History Music.
We [Ebm] finally found this interview as I was going through my
basement to look for another interview [Bbm] that I couldn't find.
I _ basically went
through the whole [Ebm] house.
Now I had transcribed the interview with Randy
Meisner quite a few years ago but I couldn't [Bbm] even remember what date it was
_ and I had to [Ebm] fix it.
_ That's how bad it was and then it broke again.
It spliced
again [C] but [Bbm] I managed to digitize the whole thing and it's from August 4th,
[Ebm] 2000.
He was in California.
I was in Vancouver at the QMFM Studios _ [Db] and he
said yes when I asked [Fm] him for an interview and we were lucky enough to
[Db] talk to Randy [Ebm] Meisner for an hour and a half.
Some of that was gibberish.
We were
just talking about [Bbm] personal things but we have a lot of footage with Randy
[Ebm] Meisner talking about the things that were very important to him.
Now I know
that Randy's not doing well now.
I'm well aware.
[Bbm] A lot of people have emailed me
through the years telling me because they've seen [Ebm] my interview on
rockhistorybook.com and rockhistorymusic.com and in this interview we talk about,
this is part [Bbm] one, we talked to Randy Meisner _ about fans coming up [Ebm] to him and
did he mind it when _ _ thousands of people [Bbm] through the years have asked him for an
autograph?
No, it's like part of your gig.
They're the [Ebm] fans.
They're the ones
that make you.
Just like when I was with the Eagles in Japan, I
remember just a little story.
[Db] These people would come up and it's so funny
[Ebm] because they want autographs.
They'd have an album sitting out.
You'd say,
okay, I'll sign [Ab] that and what [Bbm] they did is have like about 12 of them layered so it
looked like one.
You'd sign one and just jump like a little shutter [Ebm] thing.
_ I _ _ would
stand down there all [Db] night to find every one of them because all these
people that came that wanted my autograph, I appreciate because they're
fans.
Half the people I talk to would say what you just said.
The other half, I've talked to people who almost seem bitter and
angry at the fame they've had.
Everyone's different.
I understand
[Cm] that but it always surprises me because as a kid, I'm like, I mean we all
wanted to do what you're doing.
I mean every kid in high school wanted to be a
rock and roll star, right?
It's part of almost the culture we live in
Yeah, it's like a dream.
Sure.
Well, [B] hey, I can tell you this.
It's like every week I get like about two or three
letters.
Kids and young kids all over the US and stuff and all they
wanted was an autographed picture and it's amazing.
I don't know if their parents tell
them but you know, we played so many gigs that [N] we've seen kids like
15 and 16 singing all the lyrics that it really makes you feel good because
they're appreciating what I did and what we do.
It shows it's lasting too.
[Ab] I mean look at the Eagles greatest hits.
That says a lot.
I [B] know and I got that reward finally. _ _
_ What do you mean you got the reward?
Well, the _ album thing.
Oh, is that right?
When they presented it, they didn't like, Bernie Ledden and I didn't get like a, we weren't even notified
but we had to call.
We finally got our deal.
Oh, no way!
Yeah, because when I quit, it was like, you know, Timothy Schmidt joined the group and then it was like, you know,
Timothy's the guy, you know, and I can't blame them for that.
You know, all that
stuff of all the arguing between the Eagles is over now.
So do you still hang out with them or you just kind of know them still?
Not really.
I mean, this next Tuesday, I'm going to do a benefit for a friend of mine, Fred Wallachie,
which was, he was the guy that we all of us bought instruments from with the Eagles and he became like just one of the group almost.
Right.
And he had like a bad deal with his throat.
He had a cancer in his throat.
[Bbm] And so this next Tuesday and Wednesday, I'm going to do a benefit for him and
there's Don Henley's going to play, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Brown, all these people.
Oh, wow.
And it's like we're all doing it for Fred, you know, because he's our friend and it's going to be really fun.
But, you know, like the Hall of Fame, we all kind of got back together.
Yeah, I remember seeing some pictures.
That was kind of nice.
Yeah, no, it was fun.
We got to get on stage together, Bernie and I, [Ebm] you know, the whole group.
Like the lineup they have now, I know they're not officially together right now, but_
Timothy Schmidt and Joe Wallach said he just played it and, you know, I got up to speak and I'm not a very good person at that.
So it's like, you know, hotty, hotty, hot.
_ _ _ That's Randy Meisner, of course, former bassist and vocalist of the Eagles.
He sang Ticket to the Limit, his biggest hit, but Midnight [Bb] Flyer as well.
And a few other tunes, which I loved and his harmonizing with the Eagles.
[Ebm]
It was so valuable and he's missed, but unfortunately [F]
he's not in mental [Bbm] or physical shape to be back into the Eagles.
So even if they wanted him back, he couldn't [Ebm] come back.
So we're going to have about six, seven, up to maybe [Ab] ten parts [Ebm]
of Randy Meisner talking about things,
his favorite things, like the Eagles, like Polko, which he joined in 1969.
I did that first album with him, Picking Up the Pieces.
And then there was a thing where Richie and I, Richie Fure, _ _ we made the album and then I called in and I said,
well, I want to come down and listen [Bbm] to the mix.
And Richie, for some reason, they thought that him and Jimmy Messina should just do it [Ebm] alone.
And I said, well, if that's the way it's going to be, I said, I don't feel like a member of the band.
Richie said, [Bbm] OK, so you can quit kind of thing.
So then I left.
_ _ It was just simple [Ebm] as that.
And I went back to Nebraska _ _ and worked with [Bbm] _ a friend of mine that owns a John Deere _ _ dealership.
I [Db] was like a park man for about eight months.
_ And then Ricky Nelson called me and I played with him for a while.
And he said, Randy, they were doing Rudy V, I think it was.
_ _ And in the meantime, I started like a group back there, you know, [Cm] like I was playing from nine to maybe one in the morning and then getting to work later every [Eb] day at the John Deere dealer.
And pretty soon Rick called and he said, can you come out [Cm] and just do a couple of songs?
Because we want to hear your bass playing.
So I came out [Dbm] and then it started all over again.
And I started playing with Linda Ronstadt and Glenn and Don.
[Ebm] And that was after Proko.
And then a friend of mine, Steve Love, which was from Philadelphia, he was going to a college in Nebraska.
He was in my band.
He played guitar.
And I didn't want to let Rick down.
So I told Rick, I said, I've got a guy that thinks just the high part perfect and he can play bass anytime he wants. _
And so I got Steve a job with Rick.
I didn't let Rick down, you know, in his band.
And then I went on with Don and Glenn.
And then we got Bernie from the Burrito Brothers.
He had just left.
I mean, John Boylan was a big part of that, the producer.
But yeah, God, I remember the first time I played with Linda Ronstadt up in San Jose, California, Chuck Keller.
And God, it was so fun playing with Don and Glenn. _
That's when it all started.
Make sure you join us again for the Lost [Bbm] Randy Meisner interview that we finally found to be able to transcribe.
And as I mentioned earlier, I didn't even realize [Ebm] when this interview took place.
We had transcribed it, put it on the net [Bbm] and people kept asking us, when was that from?
And I go, I don't know, 2003.
I'd forgotten.
_ [Ebm] _ _
Time goes by.
You do other interviews, right?
So [Bbm] we've got the actual tape.
It's from August 4th, 2000.
And we were talking [Ebm] and we'll have part two coming up for you next week of our [Fm] Lost Randy Meisner interview.
[Bbm] And by the way, we wish him well.
We hope his health improves, [Ebm] his mental and physical health improves.
Stay tuned.
I'm John Boden.
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