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AzEaglesFan
06-22-2010, 01:37 AM
I have never read anything personal about Bernie other than he dated Patti Davis. Did or does he have a family???

whitcap
06-22-2010, 02:40 AM
I have never read anything personal about Bernie other than he dated Patti Davis. Did or does he have a family???

He has a son. He was married at some point but I'm not sure when. I don't think he's currently married. He also has nine siblings.

AzEaglesFan
06-22-2010, 03:51 AM
I had read about a brother that was also in a band but nine, what a great way to grow up.

GettheLeadonOut!!
06-22-2010, 01:30 PM
I had read about a brother that was also in a band but nine, what a great way to grow up.

Bernie's brother, Tom Leadon was in Tom Petty's first band Mudcrutch (which also included Mike Campbell) until they broke up in '75. Petty went on to form the Heatbreakers with Campbell but reformed Mudcrutch in 2008 and they recorded a great album that is well worth a listen or two.

bernie's bender
06-28-2010, 11:31 AM
Tom Leadon was also the bass player in Silver. They had a hit in the 70's "Wham Bam Shang A Lang"

and a really great album. Other members of that band: John Batdorf of Batdorf And Rodney, Breny Mydland later of the Grateful Dead, Harry Stinson later of the Marty Stuart band...

Bernie is big into trains and spends a lot of time traveling in his personal rail car.

sodascouts
06-28-2010, 12:46 PM
He has a personal rail car? Interesting.

I think that's worthy of a new topic, since some folks who'd be interested in reading about Bernie's penchant for trains might not necessarily be reading a thread about his family, if anyone is wondering why I care. :)

I think I read in Felder's book that Bernie's dad was a rocket scientist - seems like Bernie inherited some of that brilliance and just took it in another direction.

whitcap
06-28-2010, 01:15 PM
Bernie's dad was a professor at the University of Florida. (I came across a book about astrophysics on amazon awhile back and it mentioned Bernie's dad. Apparently Bernie's dad's name is also Bernie.)

whitcap
06-28-2010, 01:35 PM
The only Leadon siblings that I know any info on (besides Tom) are Monica (http://www.gainesville.com/article/20100125/articles/1251006) and Mark (http://www.mleadon.com/index.html).

sodascouts
06-28-2010, 01:41 PM
Those sites mention a "Leadon Family Band" - wonder how many Leadons that included?

whitcap
06-28-2010, 01:51 PM
Those mention a "Leadon Family Band" - wonder how many Leadons that included?

The two of them are the only Leadons in the band (http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080926/NEWS/809260252).

bernie's bender
06-28-2010, 01:59 PM
ss,

take a look.

bernie and trains (http://pw1.netcom.com/~dparsons/McCloud4.html)

he's big on the rail car tours of copper canyon (big fun, they also run flat cars that you put your rv on and cruise through some of the most beautiful country in mx)

oh yeah, Bernie is a III

his dad was the jr.

sodascouts
06-28-2010, 02:57 PM
The two of them are the only Leadons in the band (http://www.gainesville.com/article/20080926/NEWS/809260252).

Hmm, what you linked to says that also performed songs by Bernie and Tom Leadon, at least at that show - wonder what they were? I think "Hollywood Waltz" would have been especially appropriate for them to perform! Wonder if they can ever talk one or both of their more famous musical siblings to join them onstage.

Ive always been a dreamer
06-28-2010, 06:45 PM
Does anyone know how old Bernie's son is or what his name is? Also, anybody know if Bernie has been married more than once? He sure has managed to keep his private life private. I guess if he wanted us to know all this stuff, we would, huh? :wink:

whitcap
06-28-2010, 06:52 PM
Does anyone know how old Bernie's son is or what his name is? Also, anybody know if Bernie has been married more than once? He sure has managed to keep his private life private. I guess if he wanted us to know all this stuff, we would, huh? :wink:

His son is 30 and his name is Ian. I have no idea how many times Bernie has been married.

Ive always been a dreamer
06-28-2010, 07:03 PM
Thanks wc!

sodascouts
06-28-2010, 11:49 PM
I think I read somewhere that Bernie was married to a woman named Caroline but they divorced. I've never heard of him being married to anyone else but that doesn't mean much, as Bernie is low enough under the radar that such things wouldn't be reported to the general public.

GettheLeadonOut!!
06-29-2010, 05:40 PM
ss,

take a look.

bernie and trains (http://pw1.netcom.com/%7Edparsons/McCloud4.html)

he's big on the rail car tours of copper canyon (big fun, they also run flat cars that you put your rv on and cruise through some of the most beautiful country in mx)

oh yeah, Bernie is a III

his dad was the jr.

Interesting, those are great picks of Bernie and his dad. Gives Train Leaves Here This Morning and Midnight Flyer new meaning :thumbsup:

sodascouts
06-29-2010, 06:53 PM
You know, I went to look up some more info only to discover that his father passed away just this past December.

RIP, Bernard Leadon, Jr.

GettheLeadonOut!!
06-30-2010, 05:23 PM
Thanks soda. Found his obit. Sounds like a heck of a guy:

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/gainesville/obituary.aspx?n=bernard-m-leadon&pid=137810254

GlennLover
06-30-2010, 05:51 PM
Quite an accomplished man. RIP

whitcap
07-03-2010, 01:44 PM
Here are a couple videos of Bernie's brother Tom with Mudcrutch

He's singing lead on this one

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb-PfRRmeV0

He sings lead in this one for about 10 seconds (:50-1:00) but the quality is better

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWD-0trigeg&feature=related

sodascouts
07-03-2010, 04:38 PM
Thanks for those, whitcap. I never would have guessed that was Tom Leadon from looks or vocal timbre when compared to Bernie.

whitcap
07-03-2010, 05:25 PM
Here's a video of the Leadon Family Band

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIc7NNg1AVc

capowilson
06-02-2014, 01:14 AM
Does anyone know how to reach Bernie? His father Bernie Sr and my father in law Richard Wilson traveled from MN to CA in 1939. I have Bernie's fathers memory book with pictures of that trip. I met Bernie and his father at my father in laws house in the 80's.

Carol

MaryCalifornia
06-03-2014, 12:24 PM
Hi Carol - that is very cool that you have Bernie's father's memory book - I'm sure he would like to have it.

Since nobody else has replied, I thought I'd chime in. I think your best chance of making contact would be to photocopy a few pages of the book and include them with a letter describing what you have and who you are. You should make it as professional looking as possible - i.e. not handwritten. You should be clear that you are just looking for a safe place to send the book, where it will be delivered to Bernie, and that you're not trying to meet him or speak to him and that you don't expect anything in return. Let them know that an e-mail confirmation from his assistant will suffice to confirm the address, and include your e-mail. Then tell the assistant to look for the package via FedEx, from you.

That's about the best scenario, unless you want to try to deliver it at a show, which could work if you can get to the right person and include a nice note.

You should send your letter and photocopies of the book pages to:

Bernie Leadon
c/o ETC [I think this stands for Eagles Touring Company or similar]
1100 Glendon Ave., Suite 2000
Los Angeles, CA 90024

This is the address Timothy's assistant gave to send him cards and I've seen it elsewhere as well.

Good luck!!

sodascouts
06-03-2014, 06:40 PM
Well, Bernie might not receive mail there, since he isn't part of the Eagles Recording or Touring Company - the official organization. It would be like sending mail for me to my co-worker and hoping the co-worker gets it to me.

MaryCalifornia
06-04-2014, 01:08 AM
I'm not telling her to just stick it in the mail to that address and hope that someone gives it to him, I'm saying that's the first place she could reach out in order to try to get a good address for him, where someone will acknowledge they'll be on the lookout for the package, accept it, and get it to him. I'm sure someone in the Eagles organization knows how to contact Bernie Leadon's representatives and how to get correspondence to him.

If anyone has a better suggestion, have at it. I'm sure enough research could reveal his own lawyer/manager/agent/label.

DJ
06-04-2014, 02:50 PM
I read, before Bernie started touring with the band again, that he had gotten married. Can't remember where I read it or if it's true...

GlennLover
06-04-2014, 06:45 PM
See posts #51 & #52 in this thread: https://www.eaglesonlinecentral.com/forum/showthread.php?t=881&highlight=Eagle+kids&page=6