Randy Meisner 2 albums

The Poor were:
Veder Van Dove
John Day
Randy Meisner Randy Naylor
Allen Kemp
Pat Shanahan
From here Randy Meisner, Allen and Pat joined Rick Nelson & The Stone Canyon Band. Randy Meisner then went on to Poco and later to the Eagles. Allen Kemp and Pat Shanahan went on to the New Riders of the Purple Sage.
 
Randy Meisner Live in Dallas.Musicians:
John Coury-guitar-vocals
Dixon House-keyboards-vocals
Tom Erak-bass-vocals
Sterling Smith-keyboards-vocals
Stan Kipper-drums
Randy Meisner-acoustic guitar-vocals

Buford Jones-guitar on Stranger

Recorder live on December 1, 1982 and produced by Randy Meisner and Buford Jones.Reissue produced 2002
Edit: This article was first published on February 24, 2009 by Gormul.

Redwing = Poco in 5th gear

The Seeker recently found a long lost gem: The New Breed, a band with Timmy B. Schmidt, later of Poco and Eagles fame. The New Breed changed their name later to Glad and – when Timmy had left the band to join Poco. Redwing was of great fame in their hometown Sacramento and... in The Netherlands, where they toured after the release of every new album. These gigs are still in my mind as the best things I saw live on stage, together with the concert Poco did in it's original line-up in a double package with Fairport Convention.
Musically think of a mix of Poco and The Outlaws. Great singing, competing guitars and swinging like hell. They released 5 albums: Redwing (1971), What This Country Needs (1972), Take Me Home (1973), Dead Or Alive (1974) and Beyond the Sun and Stars (1975). Timmy returned shortly and can be heard on the 2nd album. Sadly enough these gems never were rereleased on cd, Fantasy did not even think of a great compilation album. Fortunately I was able to lay my hands on the first three LP's so I'll post them here, including scans of the original artwork, ripped from vinyl to AIFF and then to Flac lossless or 320 mp3, whatever you like.

If you'd like to know the complete Redwing story, there's a site dedicated to this band:

http://www.desktop21.com/redwing/

Edit: This article was first published on July 27, 2008 by bearwil.

The New Breed - Wants You

Here we have another pre-Eagles-pre-Poco-thing. The story begins in Sacramento, CA in 1965 when Timothy (B.) Schmit, Ron Floegel, and Tom Phillips, and George Hullin went by the name, the New Breed.
In 1965, the New Breed cut a single, Green Eyed Woman b/w I'm in Love which was quite successful as a regional hit in Northern California. The band's music mirrored the progressive changes that were happening in the music world around this time, and their single Want Ad Reader was, essentially, a New Breed re-write of Paperback Writer. Around 1968, the band signed on with a new label, Equinox, under producer Terry Melcher, who had the group change their name to Glad. Unfortunately, Glad did not sell particularly well, and in 1969, Timothy B. Schmit was offered the position of bassist for Poco. He accepted it and went onto record some of the most underrated music ever with the band. He became the replacement for Randy Meisner, who, ironically, he would replace again in the Eagles in 1977. With Poco, Tim released 11 albums. The remaining members of New Breed/Glad continued making music as Redwing.

Glad - Feelin' Glad

Pre-Poco-pre-Eagles act Glad was the natural continuation of The New Breed (no members left). Their sole 1969's album is in the flower power/soft psychedelic style, complete with rich harmonies and heavy orchestration.
When the band folded Timothy Bruce Schmidt achieved international success first with Poco and then with the Eagles. Tom Phillips, George Hullin & Ron Floegel regrouped to form Redwing who released a string of albums throughout the 1970`s and beyond. Interestingly there's a track Pickin' Up The Pieces on this album(NOT the Richie Furay number). So Tim hadn't to learn any words on this song ;-)
This is a cleaned vinyl rip @192, so some cracks may still exist.