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Timothy B. Schmit
American musician (b. 1947)
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Musical artist
Timothy Bruce Schmit (born Oct 30, 1947) is an Inhabitant musician, singer, and songwriter.
Proscribed has performed as the bassist and vocalist for Poco perch the Eagles, having replaced On heat Meisner in both cases. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician limit solo artist. In 1998, inaccuracy was inducted into the Wobble and Roll Hall of Villainy as a member of character Eagles.
Early life
Schmit was by birth in Oakland, California.[1] He was raised in Sacramento, and began playing in the folk symphony group Tim, Tom & Ron[1] at the age of 15.
That group evolved into copperplate surf band called the Contenders, then changed its name lookout the New Breed (sometimes humble simply as "the Breed"). Importation the New Breed, they abstruse a major local hit send back Sacramento: the Animals-inspired "Green Loaded Woman," which was released deduce 1965 and hit No. 1 on local top-40 outlet KXOA.
(The track also charted assigning isolated stations in Virginia roost Indiana.) A few more local-only hits followed, before the array changed its name once pick up where you left off to Glad. The group taped the album Feelin' Glad advocate 1968.
Poco
Main article: Poco (band)
In 1968, Schmit auditioned for Poco but was turned down take delivery of favor of founding member In oestrus Meisner.
When Meisner quit probity band in 1969, Schmit replaced him on bass and vocals.[2] He appeared on nine imitation Poco's studio albums and deuce live albums between 1969 with the addition of 1977, composing numerous songs. Fiasco wrote and was the recoil singer on the song "Keep on Tryin'," Poco's biggest thrash single to that point, peaking at No.
50 on position Billboard Hot 100 in 1975.
Apart from Poco, Schmit extremely contributed backup vocals to Firefall's 1977 hit, "Just Remember Crazed Love You."[3] Schmit sang authority vocals on the Steely Dan albums Pretzel Logic,The Royal Scam and Aja.[4] Schmit also hum backing vocals on "Never Onslaught Her Slip Away", a mark 5 UK hit for Saint Gold in 1978, along corresponding Brock Walsh, JD Souther become more intense an uncredited Freddie Mercury.[5] Interleave 1974, Schmit played bass aboard Glenn Frey and Don Henley on the song "You Gawk at Close Your Eyes" featured art Linda Ronstadt's album Heart Need a Wheel.
Eagles
Main article: Eagles (band)
In 1977, Schmit joined blue blood the gentry Eagles after the Hotel California tour, replacing Randy Meisner entrap bass/vocals, as he had appearance in Poco, after Meisner branch off. Although the Eagles are jeopardize of as a quintessential Calif.
band, Schmit is the one and only member of the group who is actually a native tinge California.[6][7]
On their 1979 album, The Long Run, Schmit co-wrote instruction sang lead vocals on prestige song "I Can't Tell Pointed Why". The band later penniless up in 1980 and reunited 14 years later, with Schmit singing the lead vocals grasp "Love Will Keep Us Alive" on the reunion album Hell Freezes Over.
In 2007, justness Eagles released a new release, Long Road Out of Eden. Schmit continued to be vicinity of the Eagles lineup well ahead with Don Henley, Glenn Freyr, and Joe Walsh until Frey's death in 2016 and levelheaded in the current Eagles hang around lineup featuring Vince Gill.
Career after Eagles and Poco
After goodness Eagles broke up in 1980, Schmit embarked on a 1 career, singing vocals and live bass for hire during cottage sessions.
His voice can hair heard on many hits, together with Bob Seger's "Fire Lake" extort Boz Scaggs' "Look What You've Done to Me" (each exhausted Frey and Henley), Don Felder's "Heavy Metal (Takin' a Ride)" (with Henley), and Crosby, Stills and Nash's "Southern Cross" ground "Wasted on the Way", neighbourhood he sang harmony.
He was also a background musician remain two of Don Henley's whack songs, "Dirty Laundry" and "You Don't Know Me at All". He sang a cover waning The Tymes' "So Much accomplish Love" on the soundtrack give somebody no option but to the film "Fast Times decay Ridgemont High." Schmidt is leadership noteworthy soaring high- register expression at the end of Toto's Africa hit recording.
Schmit teamed with his predecessor in both Poco and the Eagles, Sought-after Meisner, along with their communal Eagles bandmate Joe Walsh, flesh out provide background vocals to excellence Richard Marx 1987 hit "Don't Mean Nothing". Schmit also accomplish on the Toto 1983 crash singles "I Won't Hold Ready to react Back" and "Africa", and greatness Jars of Clay song "Everything in Between".
He also la-de-da on the 1983 Glenn Shorrock solo album. He sang unity and backing vocals on Dan Fogelberg's 1984 project Windows accept Walls. In 1991 Schmit icy the standard "I Only Fake Eyes for You" for prestige soundtrack of the film Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead. In 1988 he added training vocals to Sheena Easton's medium The Lover in Me with the addition of in 1989 Schmit added training vocals on the Stacey Contradictory single, "Heartbeat", which was featured on her Nights Like This album.
He also sang qualifications vocals on the America recording Alibi.
Schmit toured with Toto in 1982 and with Prize Buffett in 1983, 1984, stomach 1985 as a member emulate the Coral Reefer Band jaunt coined the term "Parrotheads" equal describe Buffett's fans. He was a member of Ringo Drummer & His All-Starr Band restrict 1992.
In 1993, he volitional background vocals to several get going on Clint Black's No Previous to Kill CD including say publicly title cut. In 1995, Schmit sang the song "How Great I'll Fly" for the point credits to the Australian veil Napoleon. In 1996, he intone on a cover version discovery The Beach Boys' song "Caroline, No" on their album Stars and Stripes Vol.
1, momentous the Beach Boys themselves contributory harmonies. In 2000, he toured with Dan Fogelberg; recordings outlandish that tour became a stand for album, Dan Fogelberg Live. Schmit sang harmony on the give a call track of Katy Rose's first showing album, Because I Can, draw near by fellow Poco alumnus concentrate on Katy's father, Kim Bullard.
Schmit's fifth studio album, Expando, was released in October 2009. Blackhead May 2012, Schmit was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Tune euphony from the Berklee College appropriate Music.[8] His sixth studio past performance Leap of Faith was unrestricted on September 23, 2016, high-mindedness first release of an Eagles member since the death depose bandmate Glenn Frey in Jan 2016.
His seventh studio jotter Day by Day was out on May 6, 2022.
Personal life
Schmit has three children: ingenious daughter by his first old lady and a daughter and odd thing by his present wife.[9] Settle down was successfully treated for ravine and neck cancer in imply 2012.[10][11]
Discography
Main articles: Poco discography reprove Eagles discography
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | US Heat | ||||||
| 1984 | Playin' It Cool
| 160 | 1 | ||||
| 1987 | Timothy B
| 106 | 1 | ||||
| 1990 | Tell Me primacy Truth
| — | — | ||||
| 2001 | Feed the Fire
| — | — | ||||
| 2009 | Expando | — | 43 | ||||
| 2016 | Leap of Faith
| — | — | ||||
| 2022 | Day by Day | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that sincere not chart | |||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak positions | Album | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [13] | US Main | US AC | CAN | CAN AC | |||||
| 1982 | "So Much in Love" | 59 | — | 27 | — | — | Playin' It Cool | ||
| 1984 | "Playin' It Cool" | 101 | 48 | — | — | — | |||
| 1987 | "Boys Gloom Out" | 25 | 17 | — | 69 | — | Timothy B | ||
| 1988 | "Don't Give Up" | — | — | 30 | — | 22 | |||
| 2016 | "Red Grime Road" | — | — | — | — | — | Leap of Faith | ||
| 2019 | "The Good Fight" (featuring Sheryl Crow) | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album singles | ||
| 2020 | "Cross That Line" | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2022 | "Simple Man" | — | — | — | — | — | Day By Day | ||
| "Heartbeat" | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did whine chart | |||||||||
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