Neil Peart. RIP

Deserves its own thread. One of the best.

RIP

Damn. RIP.

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kingstonlake wrote:Deserves its own thread. One of the best.

Absolutely. Ironic he died same week as coach. 8/28/76. I was 14 years old. Glacier Arena Traverse City. First concert I’ve ever attended. Don Berner’s big sister got us high and we went. Fly by night. Don had moved to TC from Manistee. My best friend. I’m gonna call him. Thanks for putting this here. Guy was amazing. Motorcycle guy. He’d insist on riding his bike to gigs while touring. I’m bummed. This sucks.

RIP. Please play a solo for my pops up there.

wow.  One of my favorite musicians, all time.  RIP

Legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart dies of brain cancer at age 67

Seems like the great ones are dropping like flies. Sucks man.

Saw rush at the palace in college. Great show. Rip.

I knew Peart wrote Fly By Night after a show at Metro Ice Arena, which is on the west side of Lansing. What I just learned, or knew and then forgot, then relearned tonight, was that Rush’s first ever American show was in ‘74 at the Northside Drive-In in Lansing. There were several bands billed and thousands of attendees were expected, but under 2,000 showed up because the weather sucked.

tGreenWay wrote:I knew Peart wrote Fly By Night after a show at Metro Ice Arena, which is on the west side of Lansing. What I just learned, or knew and then forgot, then relearned tonight, was that Rush’s first ever American show was in ‘74 at the Northside Drive-In in Lansing. There were several bands billed and thousands of attendees were expected, but under 2,000 showed up because the weather sucked.

They loved Detroit Ontario Lansing Milwaukee Chicago wandered as far as St. Louis. But they cut their teeth in our area.

https://www.rush.com/tour/rush/

One of those bands I’ve never gotten around to exploring their albums but I should. Either way the guy was a legend and he will be missed. RIP

Oof. So good.

Great documentary about the band.

SawGreen wrote:Great documentary about the band.

Holy shit. The more I’ve learned about him in the last couple of days the more I realize what a remarkable individual he was. TIP

steveschneider wrote:

SawGreen wrote:Great documentary about the band.

Holy shit. The more I’ve learned about him in the last couple of days the more I realize what a remarkable individual he was. TIP

Rush is the Everyman band. The more that I learn about them, the more I like them. Not idolize, like. I would rather have a beer with them and shoot the shit than attend a concert (but I'd take the concert as a consolation prize). Geddy and Alex are WWII babies. Kind of amazing.