Eagles Co-Founding Bassist Randy Meisner Has Died

Eagles co-founding bassist Randy Meisner has died at age 77. The band confirmed that he died on Wednesday, July 26 in Los Angeles from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Meisner was a member of the Eagles from its formation in Los Angeles in 1971 through a final performance with the band on September 3, 1977. The band’s only single featuring Meisner’s lead vocals, “Take It to the Limit,” was co-written by Meisner, Glenn Frey and Don Henley, and was a Top 5 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Meisner was replaced in the Eagles by Timothy B. Schmit, who was also Meisner’s replacement in the band Poco.

The statement from the Eagles further detailed Meisner’s career:

As the original bass player for the pioneering country-rock group, Poco, Randy was at the forefront of the musical revolution that began in Los Angeles, in the late 1960s.

In 1971, Randy, along with Glenn Frey, Don Henley, and Bernie Leadon, formed the Eagles and contributed to the band’s albums, Eagles, Desperado, On The Border, One of These Nights and Hotel California. He was inducted with the Eagles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

“Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band. His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on his signature ballad, ‘Take It to the Limit,’” said the Eagles.

Prior to Poco, he was bassist and vocalist with Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band.

Randy was born on March 8, 1946, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

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Source: JamBase.com