Interview w/ Randy's bassist Tom Erak

[NightMistBlue]

Thanks for the Tom Erak link. I'd never be able to listen to that for an hour and a half.

I love your drollery

[Delilah]

While it's interesting to get titbits from Randy's former bassist, why does it have to turn into a series of nasty little digs at Henley/Frey? It makes those complaints about negativity in Felder threads seem rather hypocritical. It seems that noone is allowed to criticise Felder for what he actually says or does but it's fine to imagine all kinds of petty transgressions by Henley or Frey. Maybe I'm just in a bad mood but today I'm finding it particularly irritating.

I reviewed this thread and I don't see any digs at Glenn and Don H, much less "a series of nasty" ones. I'm not sure what you mean by "petty transgressions" either. Maybe if you gave examples to clarify? I definitely haven't seen anything that remotely compares to level of hostility that has been lodged against Don F.

I disagree that no one is allowed to criticize Felder, excepting the "Positivity" thread. Heck, a new Felder-bashing topic just started in the Eagles forum, and no one has objected as far as I know. Maybe that is what VG was referring to.

I posted the link b/c I thought it provided interesting insight about Randy from someone who knew him well and worked closely with him. I didn't believe anyone would take seriously and literally Mr. Erak's comment about the songwriting credit. Anyway, this was supposed to be about Randy.

[Freypower]

I reviewed this thread and I don't see any digs at Glenn and Don H, much less "a series of nasty" ones. I'm not sure what you mean by "petty transgressions" either. Maybe if you gave examples to clarify? I definitely haven't seen anything that remotely compares to level of hostility that has been lodged against Don F.

I disagree that no one is allowed to criticize Felder, excepting the "Positivity" thread. Heck, a new Felder-bashing topic just started in the Eagles forum, and no one has objected as far as I know. Maybe that is what VG was referring to.

I posted the link b/c I thought it provided interesting insight about Randy from someone who knew him well and worked closely with him. I didn't believe anyone would take seriously and literally Mr. Erak's comment about the songwriting credit. Anyway, this was supposed to be about Randy.

If you didn't think anyone would take the credit statment seriously why did you specifically mention it?

Look at the sarcastic comments made by VG after my 'Glenn said he wrote the song' post, starting with the 'same old' about refusing to give Randy credit & then the 'Glenn's muse' stuff.

Regarding VG's comments onTempchin - he wrote PEF & co-wrote Already Gone. He never wrote with Frey during the Eagles years until LROOE & he has never written with Henley, full stop. You want a dig at Frey & Henley? There is the comment that they 'needed' Tempchin to help them learn to write songs.

As for 'Felder bashing' a topic was started which has had two responses, one of which I admit is mine. It seemed to die very quickly because the subject was covered in the 'what I don't like' thread.

Of course I should have said nothing. I should have known better.

[VillageGirl]

Delilah, thank you so much for posting the link. We have so little news regarding Randy, so it was a huge treat. I'm pretty sure most of us appreciated it greatly!

I'm just going to leave it at that because as you wisely said, this post is about Randy. Sorry we got off track

[Delilah]

Delilah, thank you so much for posting the link. We have so little news regarding Randy, so it was a huge treat. I'm pretty sure most of us appreciated it greatly!

I'm just going to leave it at that because as you wisely said, this post is about Randy. Sorry we got off track

You're welcome, VG, and everyone else who expressed thanks. I regret that I got off track myself. This was new positive information about Randy that I was happy to share. Thanks to everyone who added constructively to the thread.

[UndertheWire]

Thanks for finding it. I'm always pleased to read new stories of Randy when he was out there doing what he did best.

[Funk 50]

For anyone who hasn't already read this rare treat. This is the text version of a 90 minute-ish interview that John Beaudin carried out with Randy in the early noughties:

http://rockhistorymusic.com/intervie...randy-meisner/

[chaim]

Thanks, Funk 50! Finally I see Randy confirm what I've assumed all along. He was interviewed for an Eagles book in the 90's, and I've always felt that he was just angry at the time because he had wanted to be part of the "resumption" and that's why his comments are bitter. This is what he said about the book(s) in 2015:

"Yeah, there were a couple of them. It’s like catching someone at a wrong time when everyone was kind of angry at everyone else. You say things that you really don’t mean. These people want the dirt and they forget that most of the time there was not any dirt. Most of the time we got along really well. Years later you read it and its dirt and you think why in the hell did I say that about him whether it’s Glen or Henley. For God sakes were just people. It was a time where there was a little resentment."

Someone referred to Randy's comments in the book just the other day, but I think we can say now that what Randy says in the book is just how he felt at the time.

[Delilah]

Thank you for posting Funk50; it's a great interview that reflects Randy's modest and kind personality.
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This is what he said about the book(s) in 2015:

"Yeah, there were a couple of them. It’s like catching someone at a wrong time when everyone was kind of angry at everyone else. You say things that you really don’t mean. These people want the dirt and they forget that most of the time there was not any dirt. Most of the time we got along really well. Years later you read it and its dirt and you think why in the hell did I say that about him whether it’s Glen or Henley. For God sakes were just people. It was a time where there was a little resentment."

Someone referred to Randy's comments in the book just the other day, but I think we can say now that what Randy says in the book is just how he felt at the time.

This is from the same link about The World Class Rockers:

Randy – Yeah, it changes sometimes. There was Spencer Davis, Nick St Nicholas who was with Steppenwolf, Ron Wikso from Foreigner on Drums and Denny Laine from Wings. We’ve been together for a while now maybe four to five years.We do mostly corporate dates.

Randy joined WCR in 1995. So this interview took place around the year 2000 not 2015. It seems he let go of whatever resentment he expressed in that one book a long time ago. And he certainly wasn't the only one to say negative things in it.

[chaim]

Thanks for the correction, Delilah. I didn't have much time, so I only read the bits where I saw the word "Eagles". Btw, why didn't the transcriber bother to find out how to spell Glenn's name???