Timothy B Schmit

Timothy Bruce Schmit (born October 30, 1947) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter, best known for his work as the bass guitar player and singer for Poco and the Eagles. Schmit has also worked for decades as a session musician and solo artist. In 1998, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Eagles.

After the Eagles broke up in 1980, Schmit embarked on a solo career, singing vocals and playing bass for hire during studio sessions. His voice can be heard on many hits, including Bob Seger’s “Fire Lake” and Boz Scaggs’ “Look What You’ve Done To Me” (each with Frey and Henley), Don Felder’s “Heavy Metal (Takin’ A Ride)” (with Henley), and Crosby, Stills and Nash’s “Southern Cross”, where he sang harmony. He was also a background musician on two of Don Henley’s hit songs, “Dirty Laundry” and “You Don’t Know Me at All”.

Schmit teamed with his predecessor in both Poco and the Eagles, Randy Meisner, along with their mutual Eagles bandmate Joe Walsh, to provide background vocals to the Richard Marx 1987 hit “Should’ve Known Better”. Schmit also performed on the Toto 1983 hit singles “I Won’t Hold You Back” and “Africa”, and the Jars of Clay song “Everything in Between”. He also played on the 1983 Glenn Shorrock solo album. In 1991 Schmit covered the standard “I Only Have Eyes for You” for the soundtrack of the film Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead. In 1988 he added background vocals to Sheena Easton album “The Lover in Me” & 1989, Timothy added background on the Stacey Q single, “Heartbeat”, which was featured on her critically acclaimed Nights Like This album.

Timothy B Schmit toured with Toto in 1982 and with Jimmy Buffett, in 1983, 1984, and 1985 as a member of the Coral Reefer Band, and coined the term “Parrotheads” to describe Buffett’s fans. He was a member of Ringo Starr & His All-Starr Band in 1992. In 1993, he contributed background vocals to several tracks on Clint Black’s “No Time to Kill” CD including the title cut. In 1996, he sang on a cover version of The Beach Boys’ 1966 song “Caroline, No” on their album Stars and Stripes Vol. 1, with the Beach Boys themselves contributing harmonies. In 2000, he toured with Dan Fogelberg which became a live album, “Dan Fogelberg Live.” Schmit sang harmony on the title track of Katy Rose’s debut album, Because I Can, produced by fellow Poco alumni and Katy’s father, Kim Bullard

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1984 Timothy B Schmit - Playin It Cool
1987 Timothy B Schmit - Timothy B