Randy Meisner

**Randall Herman Meisner** (8 ga Maris, 1946 - 26 ga Yuli, 2023) ya kasance mawaƙi, mawaƙi, marubucin waƙa, kuma memba ne na kafa Eagles da Poco . A duk lokacin da yake sana'ar kiɗa, a matsayin memba na rukuni da kuma mawaƙa na zaman, babban aikinsa shine na bassist da mai goyon baya. Ya rubuta tare kuma ya ba da jagora a kan waƙar Eagles mai suna "Take It to the Limit".

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Randall Herman Meisner a Scottsbluff, Nebraska, a ranar 8 ga Maris, 1946,   yaro na biyu kuma ɗan manoma Herman (1911-1995) da Emilie (née Haun) Meisner (1911-2010). Dukkanin kakannin Randy guda huɗu baƙi ne na Volga Jamus. Yana da 'yar'uwa mai suna Carol, wacce ta mutu a shekara ta 2005. Ya tuna cewa mahaifiyarsa koyaushe tana raira waƙa a kusa da gidan. Kakan mahaifiyarsa, George Haun, malamin violin ne.

Iyalin Meisner sun shuka masara, wake, alfalfa, da sukari a gonar su. Randy ya ci gaba da sha'awar guitar yana da shekaru 10, bayan ya ga Elvis Presley ya yi a The *Ed Sullivan Show* . Randy ya fara karbar darussan kuma yana wasa a cikin ƙungiyoyin gida. Yayinda yake halartar makarantar sakandare ta Scottsbluff, daya daga cikin malaman Randy ya ba da shawarar ya ɗauki bass. "Ina son R & B kuma 'yan wasan bass a kan kayan Motown sun kasance masu kyau. Sun yi mini wahayi zuwa gare ni. Ba zan iya karanta kiɗa ba. Da zarar na koyi wani ɓangare, yana can. Bass din na ya zo da gaske. "

## Ayyuka

### Farkon aiki (1961-1968)
Meisner ya buga bass kuma ya raira waƙa tare da ƙungiyar gida mai suna The Dynamics (daga baya The Drivin' Dynamics) [1] daga 1961 zuwa 1965. Ayyukansu na farko na biyan kuɗi shine yin rawa a cikin zauren rawa a Little Moon Lake a Torrington, arewa maso gabashin Cheyenne, Wyoming, a watan Disamba 1961. Sun yi wasa a can a kai a kai har zuwa 1962. A ƙarshen 1962, The Drivin' Dynamics sun fitar da rikodin su na farko, EP mai waƙoƙi huɗu tare da Meisner yana raira waƙa a kan Sam Cooke's "You Send Me".[2] An buga shi a cikin gida tare da kwafin 500 kawai da aka saki. A watan Agustan 1965, The Dynamics sun sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar rikodin tare da Sully Records daga Amarillo, arewacin Lubbock, Texas. Sun rubuta waƙoƙi uku, tare da Meisner yana raira waƙa a kan biyu: "One Of These Days" da "So Fine".[3] "So Fine" an sake shi a matsayin guda, kuma an sayar da shi sosai a yankin da kuma kudu maso gabashin Amurka.[4] A farkon 1966, [1] Meisner ya koma California tare da ƙungiyar da ake kira The Soul Survivors, daga baya za a sake masa suna The Poor (saboda, kamar yadda Don Felder ya ce daga baya, "wannan shine abin da suka zama").

Rayuwa ce mai tsanani, kamar yadda Meisner daga baya ya tuna: "Ban taɓa samun mota ba, dole ne in yi tafiya. Na sayar da *Los Angeles Free Press* a kan Sunset da Highland. Na yi kusan kuɗi biyar a rana. "  Charlie Greene da Brian Stone ne suka gudanar da talakawa, waɗanda kuma suka gudanar da Buffalo Springfield da Sonny &amp;amp; Cher. Kungiyar ta saki mutane da yawa a kan Loma Records, York, da Decca Records a cikin 1966 da 1967 tare da iyakantaccen nasara. Loma ta kasance reshe na Warner Bros. kuma tana da ofisoshi a cikin wannan ginin. A watan Fabrairun 1967, The Poor ya rubuta "She's Got the Time, She's Got The Changes", wanda Tom Shipley (daga baya Brewer &amp;amp; Shipley fame) ya rubuta yayin da yake marubucin ma'aikata na A & M Records. Uku daga cikin 'yan wasa Barry Friedman ne ya samar da su (a.k.a. "Frazier Mohawk") kuma an rubuta su a Gold Star Studios a Hollywood. Kungiyar ta yi a kan "Study in Motion # 1", wanda aka nuna a fim din Jack Nicholson na 1967 Hell's Angels on Wheels . 

A lokacin rani na shekara ta 1967, an yi wa The Poor rajista na makonni biyu a Salvation Club a Birnin New York don buɗewa ga Jimi Hendrix Experience . Kodayake ƙungiyar ta yi wasa sau da yawa, ba damar da membobinta suka yi fatan za ta kasance ba; dole ne su yi barazanar gudanarwar su don samun kuɗi don tikitin jirgin sama zuwa Los Angeles. Rev-Ola ya fitar da CD na kiɗan The Poor a shekara ta 2003, wanda ya haɗa da waƙar da Meisner ya rubuta, "Come Back Baby".

### Poco da Stone Canyon Band (1968-1970)
A watan Mayu na shekara ta 1968, bayan ya yi sauraro tare da Timothy B. Schmit, Meisner ya shiga Poco (wanda ake kira Pogo)  tare da Rusty Young, da tsoffin mambobin Buffalo Springfield Richie Furay da Jim Messina. Meisner ya bayyana a cikin kundi na farko na ƙungiyar, Pickin 'Up the Pieces,  amma ya bar ƙungiyar  jim kadan kafin a saki rikodin. Fitarwarsa ta kasance sakamakon fushinsa na cire shi daga shiga cikin zaman karshe na kundin; Messina da Furay ne kawai za su shiga cikin kammala samarwa. An cire hotonsa daga zanen da ke kan murfin kundin  kuma an maye gurbinsa da kare.  An bar sassan bass dinsa da muryoyin goyon baya a cikin haɗin ƙarshe, amma an cire muryoyinsa na farko kuma George Grantham ya rera sabbin sassan.

A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1969, Meisner ya shiga ƙungiyar Dauda-linkid="246" href="./Rick_Nelson" id="mwvg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Rick Nelson">Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band,  kuma ya shawo kan Nelson da furodusa John Boylan su hayar tsoffin abokan aikinsa daga The Poor, Allen Kemp (gitar) da Pat Shanahan (drums). Dan wasan guitar na karfe Tom Brumley, a baya na ƙungiyar Buck Owens, ya kammala ƙungiyar. Meisner ya bayyana a cikin In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969  da kuma Rudy The Fifth . Har ila yau, an nuna shi a cikin Easy to Be Free, wani shirin fim na yawon shakatawa na Stone Canyon Band na 1969, wanda ɗan'uwan Rick Nelson David ya jagoranta. An watsa fim din a gidan talabijin na Amurka a shekarar 1973. Meisner ya hada kai da In Concert a Troubadour tare da Rick Nelson . Kodayake bai yi aiki a Nelson's Garden Party ba, ya kasance co- marubucin ɗayan waƙoƙin kundin, "I Wanna Be With You". Meisner ya ci gaba da tallafa wa kansa a matsayin mai yin wasan kwaikwayo, yana wasa da bass a kan waƙoƙi biyu na kundin James Taylor na Sweet Baby James ("Country Road" da "Blossom"), wanda aka rubuta a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1969. A cikin wannan watan, ya buga bass a kan waƙoƙi da yawa don Waylon Jennings ' 1970 album Singer of Sad Songs, wanda aka rubuta a RCA Victor Studio a Hollywood.

Meisner ya koma Nebraska a cikin bazara na 1970 bayan yawon shakatawa mai wahala a Turai tare da Rick Nelson da Stone Canyon Band . Ya fara aiki a Kamfanin Frank Implement Company, dillalin John Deere na gida. Da dare, ya yi wasa a cikin ƙungiyar, Goldrush, wanda ya ƙunshi Stephen A. Love (daga baya ya zama memba na New Riders of the Purple Sage). Daga baya a wannan shekarar, tare da ƙarfafawar Rick Nelson, ya koma Los Angeles don ci gaba da aikinsa. Ya yi aiki don kafa Goldrush yayin wasa a cikin Stone Canyon Band kuma yana yin zaman John Stewart da Compton & Batteau .  A tsakiyar shekara ta 1971, John Boylan ya dauke shi aiki don ya zama mai aiki a cikin jerin sunayen Linda Ronstadt na masu goyon bayan mawaƙa, wanda ya haɗa da Don Henley, Glenn Frey, da Bernie Leadon.

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