The music world mourns the death of Randy Meisner, bassist, vocalist and founding member of The Eagles, who passed away Wednesday night in Los Angeles at the age of 77 of complications from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
“Randy was an integral part of The Eagles and instrumental in the band’s early success. His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident in his signature ballad, Take It to the Limit,” the group reminded him in a statement they have released. made public on its website.
Born in 1946 in Scottsbluff, Nebraska, Meisner was always clear that he wanted to develop a musical career and began it in the country-rock group Poco in the late 1960s.
But it would not be until a decade later when he would rise to fame with The Eagles, the legendary rock band that wrote the world-renowned songs Take it easy and Hotel California and which was included in the Rock Hall of Fame in 1998. In this adventure was accompanied by his until then inseparable Glenn Frey, Don Henley and Bernie Leadon. Nine years later, however, the band broke up over disagreements and drug problems.
In 1977, Meisner continued his solo career and was succeeded by Timothy B. Schmit. A few years later, in 1981, he had another big hit, Hearts on Fire.
His compilation album ‘Greatest Hits 1971-1975’ managed to surpass Michael Jackson’s Thriller album as the best-selling album in the United States in 2018 after exceeding 38 million sales.
The Eagles, currently made up of Henley, B. Schmit, Vince Gill, Joe Walsh and Deacon Frey, recently announced their The Long Goodbye farewell tour, after 52 years together.
