Word: meisner
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
NOBODY EXPECTED the Eagles to pull this one off. Hotel California, their last album, betrayed a group hesitant to stray from familiar territory, unwilling to explore themes beyond the California fast life, unrequited love and witchy, lying women. And after Hotel California Joe Walsh and Randy Meisner went the solo route, leaving the band treading water in the backwash of the New Wave tide. But somehow the Eagles stayed afloat. Somehow they coaxed Walsh back into the flock, incorporated new themes into their music, and experimented with new sounds. And somehow The Long Run turned out to be a surprisingly...
Bass player Timothy B. Schmit, a former member of Poco who replaces Meisner, adds a new dimension to the Eagles, tempering the fury of The Long Run with his romantic "I Can't Tell You Why." Schmit's haunting tenor elevates run-of-the-mill lyrics to a sensitive, convincing level. In fact, the cut epitomizes what makes the good songs on this album click: they're from the heart, reflecting the experience and professionalism of the band members--they indicate the Eagles' ability to work creatively witnin the framework of their talents...
...false IRS agents' credentials. One, an IRS clerk-typist, was sentenced to two years on probation after he confessed forging the identity papers as a drunken lark. The second man, however, gave an alias and disappeared. Last month he suddenly turned himself in, identified himself as Michael James Meisner, 27, a former national secretary of the Church of Scientology, and said he had just escaped from two months of "house arrest" by cult members. Meisner told the FBI that he had supervised a whole program of covert operations against several Government agencies during 1975-76. Scientologists had planted...
...almost recluses. An eight-mile-long dirt road separates Felder's rustic, ridgeline house from the Pacific coast highway far below. On tour, Leadon is a loner who prowls music stores to discover new instruments for his $80,000 collection. Frey is a nocturnal playboy; Henley reads Rimbaud. Meisner is a family man, calls his Nebraska home daily to check in with his wife and three children...
...special-and practical-view of reality that the Eagles gained in the Mojave extends to their own egos and abilities. "There's tension among us," admits Meisner, "because we give each other second thoughts. But we remember C.S. N. &Y. and the Beatles. Since Lennon and McCartney split, they have never been as productive." The Eagles are staying together. The bond of the desert is strong...