Chords for Randy Meisner Talks About His Need To Leave The Eagles
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I'm John Bowden from Rock [Gb] History Music with part two of our [Bbm] interview, our lost interview,
with Randy [Ebm] Meisner, the former Eagle, who left after Hotel California, specifically
[Gb] left after the Hotel California [Bbm] tour.
In the [Ebm] summer of 2000, I had the pleasure of connecting with Randy on the phone, and
during [Bbm] this interview, it's kind of cute, the second half you'll hear that the interview
[Ebm] actually gets interrupted by two deer, two fawns in [Bbm] the backyard.
He leaves his door open to let the animals in, which is kind of cool.
But remember, [Ebm] this is a dated interview.
Randy's not in the best [C] physical or mental shape these days, but [Ab] we're [Bbm] hoping and we're
wishing him well.
I really [Ebm] enjoyed speaking to him for a couple of hours back in 2000.
I [F] shared with him a feeling I had when he left the Eagles because he was one of my favorite
[Bbm] players in the band.
[Ebm] I told a close friend of mine in radio how pissed off I was with him leaving the band.
My buddy had a [Bbm] good response.
He said, so you mean to tell me he brought you joy [Ebm] in the Eagles?
He really didn't get enough real estate to play the songs maybe he wanted in the Eagles,
[Gb] and you're mad at him for leaving the band after making some [Ebm] pretty good cash and sharing
some pretty good moments, and you're mad at him for [Bbm] going off on his own to basically
follow his nose and find his [Ebm] music.
And I thought, well, when you put it that way, I shared that with Randy Meisner, and
this is what he said.
I can't blame a lot of people for that.
But the thing is, it's like after Hotel California, it just feels like I've been on the road so much.
I was [Bbm] married and going through a divorce.
[Fm] And it's like I thought, [Bbm] my God, it's like taking a
[Ebm] toll.
You know, just being on the road all your life and you don't [Fm] have any normal life.
And I think that's what everybody was.
It was like, you know, these books were written and stuff, and [Db] everybody like bitches each other.
But you know, [N] bottom line is like, you know, that's in the past now.
Because, God, you know, why should I?
I don't want to end up hating everybody for the rest of my life, and I won't.
And I think these guys are just like good compadres that I've worked with, and we had
a [Ab] great time.
And just, you know, leave it alone and have fun together, you know?
Hey, good way of looking at [Dbm] it, because it's amazing when you look at the culture of, you
know, making a [Ab] difference to so many people.
And you shared that with these guys.
You know, a part of rock and roll history that was very important, and that was [Dbm] obviously
very satisfying in a lot of ways.
And it's nice to look back at it that [Eb] way.
We all hear stories of [Ab] people bitching forever about past [Ebm] members.
Yeah, and the good part is there's a time when you've got to stop.
You know, we're getting too old for that crap.
[Ab] I am, anyway.
Hey, I agree.
As my dad would say, it's hard on the heart, man, to hate someone for a long time.
Exactly, exactly.
You've got it right on the money.
And he says it'll make you too old.
[Bb] Yeah, it'll jitter your nerves and make you grow old [Ebm] fast and die quicker.
Do you ever listen to, like, Don's new album?
Are you listening to their stuff they put out?
I've heard a couple of cuts.
Like, I saw him on Jay Leno the other night.
And it was real different.
I mean, Don is always good.
He's got the golden throat.
You know, Kevin, Kevin, like, coined that one.
Is that right?
Yeah, he's got the golden throat, you know, but I had the real high voice.
But the purpose of the whole Eagles to me is like there was that combination of the
chemistry that made all those harmonies just sound perfect.
And the funny thing is, you know, [B] after we made albums, I never listened to them.
Really?
It's only if somebody comes over or I'm at somebody's house, if they play them and then
I say, God damn, that's really good.
You know what I'm watching right now?
I live in the [Bbm] hills in Studio City and my wife and I come here every night.
[Ebm] Oh, my God.
And there's two little farms up here.
They're spotted.
Yeah, they're twins.
We've been feeding them for like about, oh, gosh, I've been [Ab] here 14 years.
But it's just so neat.
[Bbm] I just have to say that.
Oh, my God.
[Ebm] We feed them and they come up every night.
They trust us.
And you got to build trust in the animals.
You know, it's interesting you should say that because, you know, if you look at a stereotypical
view, I think of anybody looking at someone who was with Poco and the Eagles, they probably
think that he's sitting on his porch feeding deer and they're doing it.
Little guys.
It's like they're so cute.
All together, I mean, the animals we feed, it's like we've seen, I don't know, three
skunk families raise their children.
[G] Wow.
And everybody says skunk.
Oh, no.
But they're the cutest little things in the world.
Do you have a lot of privacy where you live?
Very much so.
Is that right?
I'm like on a little street where it's like I have a driveway that [Eb] comes into my house.
It's like a dead end.
And then below my house, there's a lot of land.
And it's like in the mountains, you know, towards the Universal City where they really
can't build on the hills.
And so I leave my gates open for the deer and all the animals.
And we feed them every night.
I mean, it's like six feet from us.
[Bb] And [N] it's just I think animals are one of the most wonderful things in the world.
Oh, yeah.
Talk about getting [Ebm] close to nature, which is kind of important.
Do you ever have something coming up to your [Bbm] door that maybe you don't want coming to your
door that could eat you or something?
No, we've had a [Ebm] bobcat come up here.
They're just, I just consider them just beautiful animals.
Yeah.
[Eb] That's kind of cool.
And the thing is, we take [Bbm] pictures because people do not believe it in the Hollywood
Hills that, [Ebm] you know, there could be that many animals.
Believe [N] me, over the last 14 years, we've built so much trust with them that we can
watch them or we can put food out while they're eating and they don't even [Gb] move.
Do you still collect cards?
[Db] Do you?
Yeah, like I had a whole bunch of real ones.
Like about maybe eight years ago.
I had like about 23 cars, antiques, mostly Ford.
Oh, my God.
And all of a sudden, they were in Nebraska.
I had a storage place back there.
And you're from Nebraska, right?
Yes, I am.
I grew up on a farm.
[Ab] And so that's why I like my privacy.
Yeah, I had a whole bunch of them.
Right now, I just, I sold all of them and kept like a little 44 pickup that's like all restored.
It has a little V8 85 in it with duals and 15 inch tires.
That's all I've done.
It's just like perfection.
[Ebm]
Well, who restores them?
You or someone you know?
I didn't restore this one.
My cousin did.
He went to Cal State and a friend of his took this thing and took it like down to the frame,
you know, everything and did it as an art project.
Wow.
And so every bolt in the car, he saved in a bag, unless it was arrested a little bit
and put it back in the same spot.
Oh, my God.
And rather than like a lot of people like to sand them down in Pasadena, California,
there's a place where you can take the body of the pickup and the fender and the dip them
in a solution that takes the paint off without taking all your metal away.
And then the guy that worked for a dealership painted it in this old enamel before they,
you know, stopped the paint.
That was a good paint.
And it's just like, [Bbm] it's my little pride and joy.
Doesn't Randy Misner sound like the nicest guy in the [Ebm] world?
[B] Really nice man.
We'll have more clips from [Ebm] our interview, our last Randy Misner interview from [Bbm] the summer
of 2000 coming up in a couple of weeks.
I [Db] want to thank all the folks who have given us some great [Ebm] feedback about this interview.
He really is a [Bbm] nice man and we wish him luck.
We know he's not in the best physical and mental shape right now, but we tip our [Ebm] hat
to you, Randy Misner.
I'm Jon Bowden.
Make sure you share our videos and subscribe to our channel and comment on our videos.
This is Rock History Music.
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[Bbm]
[Ebm]
[Bbm]
[Ebm]
I'm John Bowden from Rock [Gb] History Music with part two of our [Bbm] interview, our lost interview,
with Randy [Ebm] Meisner, the former Eagle, who left after Hotel California, specifically
[Gb] left after the Hotel California [Bbm] tour.
In the [Ebm] summer of 2000, I had the pleasure of connecting with Randy on the phone, and
during [Bbm] this interview, it's kind of cute, the second half you'll hear that the interview
[Ebm] actually gets interrupted by two deer, two fawns in [Bbm] the backyard.
He leaves his door open to let the animals in, which is kind of cool.
But remember, [Ebm] this is a dated interview.
Randy's not in the best [C] physical or mental shape these days, but [Ab] we're [Bbm] hoping and we're
wishing him well.
I really [Ebm] enjoyed speaking to him for a couple of hours back in 2000.
I [F] shared with him a feeling I had when he left the Eagles because he was one of my favorite
[Bbm] players in the band.
[Ebm] I told a close friend of mine in radio how pissed off I was with him leaving the band.
My buddy had a [Bbm] good response.
He said, so you mean to tell me he brought you joy [Ebm] in the Eagles?
He really didn't get enough real estate to play the songs maybe he wanted in the Eagles,
[Gb] and you're mad at him for leaving the band after making some [Ebm] pretty good cash and sharing
some pretty good moments, and you're mad at him for [Bbm] going off on his own to basically
follow his nose and find his [Ebm] music.
And I thought, well, when you put it that way, I shared that with Randy Meisner, and
this is what he said.
I can't blame a lot of people for that.
But the thing is, it's like after Hotel California, it just feels like I've been on the road so much.
I was [Bbm] married and going through a divorce.
[Fm] And it's like I thought, [Bbm] my God, it's like taking a
[Ebm] toll.
You know, just being on the road all your life and you don't [Fm] have any normal life.
And I think that's what everybody was.
It was like, you know, these books were written and stuff, and [Db] everybody like bitches each other.
But you know, [N] bottom line is like, you know, that's in the past now.
Because, God, you know, why should I?
I don't want to end up hating everybody for the rest of my life, and I won't.
And I think these guys are just like good compadres that I've worked with, and we had
a [Ab] great time.
And just, you know, leave it alone and have fun together, you know?
Hey, good way of looking at [Dbm] it, because it's amazing when you look at the culture of, you
know, making a [Ab] difference to so many people.
And you shared that with these guys.
You know, a part of rock and roll history that was very important, and that was [Dbm] obviously
very satisfying in a lot of ways.
And it's nice to look back at it that [Eb] way.
We all hear stories of [Ab] people bitching forever about past [Ebm] members.
Yeah, and the good part is there's a time when you've got to stop.
You know, we're getting too old for that crap.
[Ab] I am, anyway.
Hey, I agree.
As my dad would say, it's hard on the heart, man, to hate someone for a long time.
Exactly, exactly.
You've got it right on the money.
And he says it'll make you too old.
[Bb] Yeah, it'll jitter your nerves and make you grow old [Ebm] fast and die quicker.
Do you ever listen to, like, Don's new album?
Are you listening to their stuff they put out?
I've heard a couple of cuts.
Like, I saw him on Jay Leno the other night.
And it was real different.
I mean, Don is always good.
He's got the golden throat.
You know, Kevin, Kevin, like, coined that one.
Is that right?
Yeah, he's got the golden throat, you know, but I had the real high voice.
But the purpose of the whole Eagles to me is like there was that combination of the
chemistry that made all those harmonies just sound perfect.
And the funny thing is, you know, [B] after we made albums, I never listened to them.
Really?
It's only if somebody comes over or I'm at somebody's house, if they play them and then
I say, God damn, that's really good.
You know what I'm watching right now?
I live in the [Bbm] hills in Studio City and my wife and I come here every night.
[Ebm] Oh, my God.
And there's two little farms up here.
They're spotted.
Yeah, they're twins.
We've been feeding them for like about, oh, gosh, I've been [Ab] here 14 years.
But it's just so neat.
[Bbm] I just have to say that.
Oh, my God.
[Ebm] We feed them and they come up every night.
They trust us.
And you got to build trust in the animals.
You know, it's interesting you should say that because, you know, if you look at a stereotypical
view, I think of anybody looking at someone who was with Poco and the Eagles, they probably
think that he's sitting on his porch feeding deer and they're doing it.
Little guys.
It's like they're so cute.
All together, I mean, the animals we feed, it's like we've seen, I don't know, three
skunk families raise their children.
[G] Wow.
And everybody says skunk.
Oh, no.
But they're the cutest little things in the world.
Do you have a lot of privacy where you live?
Very much so.
Is that right?
I'm like on a little street where it's like I have a driveway that [Eb] comes into my house.
It's like a dead end.
And then below my house, there's a lot of land.
And it's like in the mountains, you know, towards the Universal City where they really
can't build on the hills.
And so I leave my gates open for the deer and all the animals.
And we feed them every night.
I mean, it's like six feet from us.
[Bb] And [N] it's just I think animals are one of the most wonderful things in the world.
Oh, yeah.
Talk about getting [Ebm] close to nature, which is kind of important.
Do you ever have something coming up to your [Bbm] door that maybe you don't want coming to your
door that could eat you or something?
No, we've had a [Ebm] bobcat come up here.
They're just, I just consider them just beautiful animals.
Yeah.
[Eb] That's kind of cool.
And the thing is, we take [Bbm] pictures because people do not believe it in the Hollywood
Hills that, [Ebm] you know, there could be that many animals.
Believe [N] me, over the last 14 years, we've built so much trust with them that we can
watch them or we can put food out while they're eating and they don't even [Gb] move.
Do you still collect cards?
[Db] Do you?
Yeah, like I had a whole bunch of real ones.
Like about maybe eight years ago.
I had like about 23 cars, antiques, mostly Ford.
Oh, my God.
And all of a sudden, they were in Nebraska.
I had a storage place back there.
And you're from Nebraska, right?
Yes, I am.
I grew up on a farm.
[Ab] And so that's why I like my privacy.
Yeah, I had a whole bunch of them.
Right now, I just, I sold all of them and kept like a little 44 pickup that's like all restored.
It has a little V8 85 in it with duals and 15 inch tires.
That's all I've done.
It's just like perfection.
[Ebm]
Well, who restores them?
You or someone you know?
I didn't restore this one.
My cousin did.
He went to Cal State and a friend of his took this thing and took it like down to the frame,
you know, everything and did it as an art project.
Wow.
And so every bolt in the car, he saved in a bag, unless it was arrested a little bit
and put it back in the same spot.
Oh, my God.
And rather than like a lot of people like to sand them down in Pasadena, California,
there's a place where you can take the body of the pickup and the fender and the dip them
in a solution that takes the paint off without taking all your metal away.
And then the guy that worked for a dealership painted it in this old enamel before they,
you know, stopped the paint.
That was a good paint.
And it's just like, [Bbm] it's my little pride and joy.
Doesn't Randy Misner sound like the nicest guy in the [Ebm] world?
[B] Really nice man.
We'll have more clips from [Ebm] our interview, our last Randy Misner interview from [Bbm] the summer
of 2000 coming up in a couple of weeks.
I [Db] want to thank all the folks who have given us some great [Ebm] feedback about this interview.
He really is a [Bbm] nice man and we wish him luck.
We know he's not in the best physical and mental shape right now, but we tip our [Ebm] hat
to you, Randy Misner.
I'm Jon Bowden.
Make sure you share our videos and subscribe to our channel and comment on our videos.
This is Rock History Music.
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I'm John Bowden from Rock [Gb] History Music with part two of our [Bbm] interview, our lost interview,
with Randy [Ebm] Meisner, the former Eagle, who left after Hotel California, specifically
[Gb] left after the Hotel California [Bbm] tour.
In the [Ebm] summer of 2000, I had the pleasure of connecting with Randy on the phone, and
during [Bbm] this interview, it's kind of cute, the second half you'll hear that the interview
[Ebm] actually gets interrupted _ by two deer, two fawns in [Bbm] the backyard.
He leaves his door open to let the animals in, which is kind of cool.
But remember, [Ebm] this is a dated interview.
Randy's not in the best [C] physical or mental shape these days, but [Ab] we're [Bbm] hoping and we're
wishing him well.
I really [Ebm] enjoyed speaking to him for a couple of hours back in 2000.
I [F] shared with him a feeling I had when he left the Eagles because he was one of my favorite
[Bbm] players in the band.
_ [Ebm] I told a close friend of mine in radio how pissed off I was with him leaving the band.
My buddy had a [Bbm] good response.
He said, so you mean to tell me he brought you joy [Ebm] in the Eagles?
_ He really didn't get enough real estate to play the songs maybe he wanted in the Eagles,
[Gb] and you're mad at him for leaving the band after making some [Ebm] pretty good cash and sharing
some pretty good moments, and you're mad at him for [Bbm] going off on his own to basically
follow his nose and find his [Ebm] music.
And I thought, well, when you put it that way, I shared that with Randy Meisner, and
this is what he said.
I can't blame a lot of people for that.
But the thing is, it's like after Hotel California, it just feels like I've been on the road so much.
I was [Bbm] married and going through a divorce. _
[Fm] And it's like I thought, [Bbm] my God, it's like taking a _
[Ebm] toll.
You know, just being on the road all your life and you don't [Fm] have any normal life.
And I think that's what everybody was.
It was like, you know, these books were written and stuff, and [Db] everybody like bitches each other.
But you know, [N] bottom line is like, you know, _ that's in the past now.
Because, God, you know, why should I?
I don't want to end up hating everybody for the rest of my life, and I won't.
And I think these guys are just like good compadres that I've worked with, and we had
a [Ab] great time.
And just, you know, leave it alone and have fun together, you know?
Hey, good way of looking at [Dbm] it, because it's amazing when you look at the culture of, you
know, making a [Ab] difference to so many people.
And you shared that with these guys.
You know, a part of rock and roll history that was very important, and that was [Dbm] obviously
very satisfying in a lot of ways.
And it's nice to look back at it that [Eb] way.
We all hear stories of [Ab] people bitching forever about past [Ebm] members.
Yeah, and the good part is there's a time when you've got to stop.
You know, we're getting too old for that crap.
_ [Ab] I am, anyway.
Hey, I agree.
As my dad would say, it's hard on the heart, man, to hate someone for a long time.
Exactly, exactly.
You've got it right on the money.
And he says it'll make you too old.
[Bb] Yeah, it'll jitter your nerves and make you grow old [Ebm] fast and die quicker.
Do you ever listen to, like, Don's new album?
Are you listening to their stuff they put out?
I've heard a couple of cuts.
Like, I saw him on Jay Leno the other night.
And it was real different.
I mean, Don is always good.
He's got the golden throat.
You know, Kevin, Kevin, like, coined that one.
Is that right?
Yeah, he's got the golden throat, you know, but I had the real high voice.
But the purpose of the whole Eagles to me is like there was that combination of the
chemistry that made all those harmonies just sound perfect.
And the funny thing is, you know, [B] after we made albums, I never listened to them.
Really?
It's only if somebody comes over or I'm at somebody's house, if they play them and then
I say, God damn, that's really good. _
You know what I'm watching right now?
_ I live in the [Bbm] hills in Studio City and my wife and I come here every night.
[Ebm] Oh, my God.
And there's two little farms up here.
They're spotted.
Yeah, they're twins.
We've been feeding them for like about, oh, gosh, I've been [Ab] here 14 years.
But it's just so neat.
[Bbm] I just have to say that.
Oh, my God.
[Ebm] We feed them and they come up every night.
They trust us.
And you got to build trust in the animals.
You know, it's interesting you should say that because, you know, if you look at a stereotypical
view, I think of anybody looking at someone who was with Poco and the Eagles, they probably
think that he's sitting on his porch feeding deer and they're doing it.
Little guys.
It's like they're so cute.
_ All together, I mean, the animals we feed, it's like we've seen, I don't know, three
skunk families raise their children.
_ [G] Wow.
And everybody says skunk.
Oh, no.
But they're the cutest little things in the world.
Do you have a lot of privacy where you live?
Very much so.
Is that right?
I'm like on a little street where it's like I have a driveway that [Eb] comes into my house.
It's like a dead end.
And then below my house, there's a lot of land.
And it's like in the mountains, you know, towards the Universal City where they really
can't build on the hills.
And so I leave my gates open for the deer and all the animals.
And we feed them every night.
I mean, it's like six feet from us.
[Bb] _ And [N] it's just I think animals are one of the most wonderful things in the world.
Oh, yeah.
Talk about getting [Ebm] close to nature, which is kind of important.
Do you ever have something coming up to your [Bbm] door that maybe you don't want coming to your
door that could eat you or something?
No, we've had a [Ebm] bobcat come up here.
They're just, I just consider them just beautiful animals.
Yeah.
[Eb] That's kind of cool.
And the thing is, we take [Bbm] pictures because people do not believe it in the Hollywood
Hills that, [Ebm] you know, there could be that many animals.
_ Believe [N] me, over the last 14 years, we've built so much trust with them that we can
watch them or we can put food out while they're eating and they don't even [Gb] move.
Do you still collect cards?
_ [Db] Do you?
Yeah, like I had a whole bunch of real ones. _
Like about maybe _ eight years ago.
I had like about 23 cars, antiques, mostly Ford.
Oh, my God.
And all of a sudden, they were in Nebraska.
I had a storage place back there.
And you're from Nebraska, right?
Yes, I am.
I grew up on a farm.
_ [Ab] And so that's why I like my privacy.
Yeah, I had a whole bunch of them.
Right now, I just, I sold all of them and kept like a little 44 pickup that's like all restored.
It has a little V8 85 in it with duals and 15 inch tires.
That's all I've done.
It's just like perfection.
_ [Ebm]
Well, who restores them?
You or someone you know?
I didn't restore this one.
My cousin did.
He went to Cal State and a friend of his took this thing and took it like down to the frame,
you know, everything and did it as an art project.
Wow.
And so every bolt in the car, he saved in a bag, unless it was arrested a little bit
and put it back in the same spot.
Oh, my God.
And rather than like a lot of people like to sand them down in Pasadena, California,
there's a place where you can take the body of the pickup and the fender and the dip them
in a solution that takes the paint off without taking all your metal away.
And then the guy that worked for a dealership painted it in this old enamel before they,
you know, stopped the paint.
That was a good paint.
_ And it's just like, [Bbm] it's my little pride and joy.
_ _ Doesn't Randy Misner sound like the nicest guy in the [Ebm] world?
[B] Really nice man.
We'll have more clips from [Ebm] our interview, our last Randy Misner interview from [Bbm] _ the summer
of 2000 coming up in a couple of weeks.
I [Db] want to thank all the folks who have given us some great [Ebm] feedback about this interview.
He really is a [Bbm] nice man and we wish him luck.
We know he's not in the best physical and mental shape right now, but we tip our [Ebm] hat
to you, Randy Misner.
I'm Jon Bowden.
Make sure you share our videos and subscribe to our channel and comment on our videos.
This is Rock History Music. _ _ _ _
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I'm John Bowden from Rock [Gb] History Music with part two of our [Bbm] interview, our lost interview,
with Randy [Ebm] Meisner, the former Eagle, who left after Hotel California, specifically
[Gb] left after the Hotel California [Bbm] tour.
In the [Ebm] summer of 2000, I had the pleasure of connecting with Randy on the phone, and
during [Bbm] this interview, it's kind of cute, the second half you'll hear that the interview
[Ebm] actually gets interrupted _ by two deer, two fawns in [Bbm] the backyard.
He leaves his door open to let the animals in, which is kind of cool.
But remember, [Ebm] this is a dated interview.
Randy's not in the best [C] physical or mental shape these days, but [Ab] we're [Bbm] hoping and we're
wishing him well.
I really [Ebm] enjoyed speaking to him for a couple of hours back in 2000.
I [F] shared with him a feeling I had when he left the Eagles because he was one of my favorite
[Bbm] players in the band.
_ [Ebm] I told a close friend of mine in radio how pissed off I was with him leaving the band.
My buddy had a [Bbm] good response.
He said, so you mean to tell me he brought you joy [Ebm] in the Eagles?
_ He really didn't get enough real estate to play the songs maybe he wanted in the Eagles,
[Gb] and you're mad at him for leaving the band after making some [Ebm] pretty good cash and sharing
some pretty good moments, and you're mad at him for [Bbm] going off on his own to basically
follow his nose and find his [Ebm] music.
And I thought, well, when you put it that way, I shared that with Randy Meisner, and
this is what he said.
I can't blame a lot of people for that.
But the thing is, it's like after Hotel California, it just feels like I've been on the road so much.
I was [Bbm] married and going through a divorce. _
[Fm] And it's like I thought, [Bbm] my God, it's like taking a _
[Ebm] toll.
You know, just being on the road all your life and you don't [Fm] have any normal life.
And I think that's what everybody was.
It was like, you know, these books were written and stuff, and [Db] everybody like bitches each other.
But you know, [N] bottom line is like, you know, _ that's in the past now.
Because, God, you know, why should I?
I don't want to end up hating everybody for the rest of my life, and I won't.
And I think these guys are just like good compadres that I've worked with, and we had
a [Ab] great time.
And just, you know, leave it alone and have fun together, you know?
Hey, good way of looking at [Dbm] it, because it's amazing when you look at the culture of, you
know, making a [Ab] difference to so many people.
And you shared that with these guys.
You know, a part of rock and roll history that was very important, and that was [Dbm] obviously
very satisfying in a lot of ways.
And it's nice to look back at it that [Eb] way.
We all hear stories of [Ab] people bitching forever about past [Ebm] members.
Yeah, and the good part is there's a time when you've got to stop.
You know, we're getting too old for that crap.
_ [Ab] I am, anyway.
Hey, I agree.
As my dad would say, it's hard on the heart, man, to hate someone for a long time.
Exactly, exactly.
You've got it right on the money.
And he says it'll make you too old.
[Bb] Yeah, it'll jitter your nerves and make you grow old [Ebm] fast and die quicker.
Do you ever listen to, like, Don's new album?
Are you listening to their stuff they put out?
I've heard a couple of cuts.
Like, I saw him on Jay Leno the other night.
And it was real different.
I mean, Don is always good.
He's got the golden throat.
You know, Kevin, Kevin, like, coined that one.
Is that right?
Yeah, he's got the golden throat, you know, but I had the real high voice.
But the purpose of the whole Eagles to me is like there was that combination of the
chemistry that made all those harmonies just sound perfect.
And the funny thing is, you know, [B] after we made albums, I never listened to them.
Really?
It's only if somebody comes over or I'm at somebody's house, if they play them and then
I say, God damn, that's really good. _
You know what I'm watching right now?
_ I live in the [Bbm] hills in Studio City and my wife and I come here every night.
[Ebm] Oh, my God.
And there's two little farms up here.
They're spotted.
Yeah, they're twins.
We've been feeding them for like about, oh, gosh, I've been [Ab] here 14 years.
But it's just so neat.
[Bbm] I just have to say that.
Oh, my God.
[Ebm] We feed them and they come up every night.
They trust us.
And you got to build trust in the animals.
You know, it's interesting you should say that because, you know, if you look at a stereotypical
view, I think of anybody looking at someone who was with Poco and the Eagles, they probably
think that he's sitting on his porch feeding deer and they're doing it.
Little guys.
It's like they're so cute.
_ All together, I mean, the animals we feed, it's like we've seen, I don't know, three
skunk families raise their children.
_ [G] Wow.
And everybody says skunk.
Oh, no.
But they're the cutest little things in the world.
Do you have a lot of privacy where you live?
Very much so.
Is that right?
I'm like on a little street where it's like I have a driveway that [Eb] comes into my house.
It's like a dead end.
And then below my house, there's a lot of land.
And it's like in the mountains, you know, towards the Universal City where they really
can't build on the hills.
And so I leave my gates open for the deer and all the animals.
And we feed them every night.
I mean, it's like six feet from us.
[Bb] _ And [N] it's just I think animals are one of the most wonderful things in the world.
Oh, yeah.
Talk about getting [Ebm] close to nature, which is kind of important.
Do you ever have something coming up to your [Bbm] door that maybe you don't want coming to your
door that could eat you or something?
No, we've had a [Ebm] bobcat come up here.
They're just, I just consider them just beautiful animals.
Yeah.
[Eb] That's kind of cool.
And the thing is, we take [Bbm] pictures because people do not believe it in the Hollywood
Hills that, [Ebm] you know, there could be that many animals.
_ Believe [N] me, over the last 14 years, we've built so much trust with them that we can
watch them or we can put food out while they're eating and they don't even [Gb] move.
Do you still collect cards?
_ [Db] Do you?
Yeah, like I had a whole bunch of real ones. _
Like about maybe _ eight years ago.
I had like about 23 cars, antiques, mostly Ford.
Oh, my God.
And all of a sudden, they were in Nebraska.
I had a storage place back there.
And you're from Nebraska, right?
Yes, I am.
I grew up on a farm.
_ [Ab] And so that's why I like my privacy.
Yeah, I had a whole bunch of them.
Right now, I just, I sold all of them and kept like a little 44 pickup that's like all restored.
It has a little V8 85 in it with duals and 15 inch tires.
That's all I've done.
It's just like perfection.
_ [Ebm]
Well, who restores them?
You or someone you know?
I didn't restore this one.
My cousin did.
He went to Cal State and a friend of his took this thing and took it like down to the frame,
you know, everything and did it as an art project.
Wow.
And so every bolt in the car, he saved in a bag, unless it was arrested a little bit
and put it back in the same spot.
Oh, my God.
And rather than like a lot of people like to sand them down in Pasadena, California,
there's a place where you can take the body of the pickup and the fender and the dip them
in a solution that takes the paint off without taking all your metal away.
And then the guy that worked for a dealership painted it in this old enamel before they,
you know, stopped the paint.
That was a good paint.
_ And it's just like, [Bbm] it's my little pride and joy.
_ _ Doesn't Randy Misner sound like the nicest guy in the [Ebm] world?
[B] Really nice man.
We'll have more clips from [Ebm] our interview, our last Randy Misner interview from [Bbm] _ the summer
of 2000 coming up in a couple of weeks.
I [Db] want to thank all the folks who have given us some great [Ebm] feedback about this interview.
He really is a [Bbm] nice man and we wish him luck.
We know he's not in the best physical and mental shape right now, but we tip our [Ebm] hat
to you, Randy Misner.
I'm Jon Bowden.
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