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John - Do you remember the first gig you played with the other guys in the Eagle's?
Randy - Yeah, it was the first time I played with Linda Ronstadt in San Jose, California and it was so much fun playing with Don and Glen. (Laughing) That was when it all started. Don and Glen knew me from Poco and Glen came from a group called Longbranch Pennywhistle with J.D. Souther. Henley came from a group out of Texas called Shiloh. So, that is how we all met and for me it all started with them noticing me in Poco. Then David Geffen got involved once we were already together.
There's another interview that I can't find at the moment in which Randy is asked who inspired him and he says Glenn Frey. He talks about how Glenn didn't always sing on-key in the early days but how he worked on it until he got it right every time.Randy - Don he is a perfectionist and so am I. So, I guess we are both the same. I have heard Don's last album and he is always good. He has got the golden throat. I think David Geffen said that of him so many years ago. Looking back I had the real high voice in the Eagles. The purpose of the whole Eagles thing to me was that combination and the chemistry that made all the harmonies just sound perfect. The funny thing is after we made those albums I never listened to them and it is only when some one comes over or I am at some body's house and it gets played in the background that is when I'll tell myself, "Damn, these records are good." (Laughing)