Randy Meisner, dead at 77

[PhaseDance]

https://apnews.com/article/eagles-musician-randy-meisner-obit-b4f9bdabdc17f8e789262fb8023c5f7d

[PhaseDance]

It's all about the high note at 4:20.

[Roundabob]

I saw Meisner with The Eagles Hotel California tour in 1977. His singing on Take It To The Limit was probably the greatest vocal performance that I have ever heard live. He stuck each and every note. RIP.

[luna65]

My favorite of his was always "Try and Love Again" - such a gorgeous voice.

[Enlighten]

It's all about the high note at 4:20.

Simply stunning, Randy sang from a deep place within himself.

[T.R. Brockbanks]

Randy's voice and songwriting was an essential ingredient on those early eagles albums, same goes for Bernie Leadon - they don't really get much recognition for their contributions. Anyone who's only familiar with the singles should give the debut album a spin, Meisner is all over that one - even taking the lead vocal on one of Glenn Frey's ballads.

[patrickq]

Do many classic-rock observers consider him to have been among the key members after Henley and Frey?

[luna65]

I mean...in some sense, yeah. Not in, like, a directional/administrative sense because Don and Glenn would never allow that. But those harmonies - which they were rightfully famous for - you couldn't get that without Randy. "One of These Nights" is a prime example of that, because they wanted something that sounded like Motown, and they needed a crystalline high harmony in order to get it right (although Don also has a good scream at the end).