Randy was born on March 8, 1946, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. Prior to Poco, he was bassist and vocalist with Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band.

His vocal range was astonishing, as is evident on his signature ballad, ‘Take It to the Limit,’” said the Eagles. “Randy was an integral part of the Eagles and instrumental in the early success of the band. He was inducted with the Eagles into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. 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. The Eagles are sad to report that founding member, bassist, and vocalist, Randy Meisner, passed away last night (July 26) in Los Angeles at age 77, due to complications from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease (COPD).Īs 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. The full statement from the legendary band: An ideal world that can be reached by the strength of every single man who will not abandon the desire and hope for a better world, and who will not give up on this difficult undertaking.On Thursday afternoon, the Eagles announced on social media that founding member, bassist and vocalist Randy Meisner has passed away. The similarity with Martin Luther King’s speech is both in form and content of the text: the meaning of the song consists precisely in the wish for a better world, a world where one can live in peace and harmony, where pain can be transformed into serenity. If I Can Dream: the lyrics and their meaning

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