Randy Meisner on March 6, 1981, in Chicago Paul Natkin/WireImage
Randy Meisner, beginning Eagles bassist and also the overpriced voice behind the band’s 1976 Billboard Hot 100 leading 5 hit “Take It to the Limit,” has actually passed away at age 77, the band revealed Thursday (July 27).
Meisner passed away Wednesday evening as a result of issues from persistent obstructive lung condition, according to a declaration from the band.
“Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band,” the band claimed in the declaration. “His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on his signature ballad, ‘Take It to the Limit.’”
Alongside Glenn Frey, Don Henley and also Bernie Leadon, Meisner — birthed in Scotts Bluff, Nebraska, in 1946 — was an establishing participant of the Eagles in 1971. Before developing the band, he had fun with Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band and also was the initial bass gamer for country-rock team Poco in the late 1960s.
Meisner was with the Eagles from their self-titled 1972 launching cd with 1976’s Hotel California, prior to giving up the team in 1977. (He was changed by Timothy B. Schmit, that had actually additionally done well Meisner in Poco when he had actually left the team to create the Eagles.)
The mass of the Eagles’ singing responsibilities mosted likely to Henley and also Frey, yet Meisner sang lead on among the team’s most long-lasting hits: “Take It to the Limit,” from the 1975 cd One of These Nights, came to a head at No. 4 on the Hot 100 in 1976 and also invested 23 weeks on the graph — the band’s longest-charting appeal the tally. The tune is born in mind for Meisner’s soaring vocals, specifically towards completion of the tune when his “aaaahs!” surge to brand-new elevations.
Meisner was sworn in right into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame with the Eagles in 1998.
Tragedy struck Meisner’s individual life in 2016 when his spouse, Lana Rae Meisner, was fatally shot in the pair’s Los Angeles house after an “accidental discharge of a firearm,” according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
According to the Eagles’ declaration, funeral plans are pending for Meisner.
