Fun Facts About Timothy B. Schmit
Some completely random pieces of trivia
- The "B" in Timothy B. Schmit stands for Bruce. There is no special reason why Timothy uses his middle initial ‘B’. Timothy first used the initial in his senior year of high school. When writing down his name and accomplishments for the yearbook, spontaneously Timothy expanded his name to 'Timothy B. Schmit'. He has pretty much used the ‘B’ initial ever since.
- As a boy, Timothy wanted to be a firefighter.
- The first record Timothy ever bought was Elvis Presley's "Hound Dog."
- Timothy was a gymnast in high school.
- Timothy not only replaced Randy Meisner in the Eagles, he did so in Poco as well.
- Timothy's father was part Chilean and part Mexican. "Schmit" is the name of Tim's adopted grandparents (his father's adopted parents).
- Timothy has three children: one daughter, Jeddrah, by his first wife and a daughter and son by his current wife. Jeddrah is also a professional recording artist: see her official site.
- Timothy still uses the same "ghetto blaster" that he did in the '70s to record his musical ideas for demos.
- Johnny Depp is one of Timothy's favorite actors.
- The first musical instruments Timothy played were the violin, trombone, ukulele and banjo.
- Feed The Fire is the title for Tim’s latest album because it is representative of how you have to work to make things good in life.
- Timothy plays the electric bass when all the other Eagles go acoustic because he has never found an acoustic bass that amplifies well on stage.
- Timothy never listens to Eagles music, going so far as to turn off the radio if an Eagles song comes on. However, he does occasionally listen to a song of the Eagles from before he became a member, to ensure that he is singing it correctly.
- Timothy owns a '64 Jazz Bass. That has been on 13 albums from Poco, the Eagles, and various other albums. He purchased this bass in 1970 for $175 from a surfer.
- Timothy was originally passed over for the bass player spot in Poco partially because of draft difficulties with the Vietnam War. His school deferments having run out, there was a possibility he might have had to go to Vietnam. Thankfully he didn’t.
- Timothy first played with Don Henley and Glenn Frey in 1974 on Linda Ronstadt's Heart Like A Wheel album.
- Top of the Stairs originally was not going to be an acapella song. But Timothy could not get the right sound for it. So he played it for a friend and this friend came up with the "do-wop!" With that beat the acapella was natural.
- Timothy lived on a couch when he first moved to LA in 1968.
- Timothy would like to perform with Keb Mo' and Jennifer Warnes in the future.
- On the Crosby, Stills and Nash album Daylight Again, Timothy sang with Graham Nash and Stephen Stills and was the third voice, filling in for David Crosby who was "unavailable" at the time.
- At one Poco show in late 1968, Tim drove down from Sacramento to see the band he’d missed out on joining during the summer. Amazed at what he saw, Tim returned home and set to work writing Hear That Music. Timothy and Poco would perform this song on their Deliverin' album years later.
- Timothy got paid for his first gig when he was 14.
- Timothy wrote and performed a song called In The Circle for the movie Let's Get Harry. Glenn Frey had a significant role in the film.
- In order to stay in shape Tim does yoga and “speed walks” the steep hills in his California neighborhood.
- Timothy was the one who coined the phrase "Parrotheads" for Jimmy Buffet's fans.