Neil Peart

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (danbgt) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:27:36 GMT

I love Rush concerts. Try to always catch them when they are in Houston.
Nothing like setting a few feet back from the stage and having the skin pealed off your face from the blast!!!

-Dan

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (Skip MMShadowT) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:28:36 GMT

It seems to me
I could live my life
A lot better than I think I am.
I guess that's why they call me,
They call me the working man.

Rock On Andy.

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (CleRider) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 12:22:32 GMT

Dan,

It's amazing how many similarities flow between the members of this forum. I've always been a Rush fan, all the way from the mid-70's when I first discovered the band. Rush was a welcome breath of fresh air in the 'Disco' era. Not to date myself too much, but I remember paying $8.00 for second row seats to the first Rush show in Cleveland. Held at a small hall I can remember two things:

- They set up on a white carpet and the stage seemed to...

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (Skip MMShadowT) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:15:25 GMT

Thanks for the link Dawn.

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (danbgt) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 09:56:26 GMT

The really interesting part of going to a Rush concert is the fact that what they play on stage, is almost a perfect recreation of what you hear on their recordings. They are very technical.

-Dan

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (eclecticdawn) — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:31:54 GMT

Neil's website has some pics of him and friends riding (the July update shows them rolling down a hilly gravel road in the midst of a beautiful woods), with some short updates on where they've been riding.
http://www.neilpeart.net/news/index.html

I saw Rush back in '79 and was totally enthralled with their capability to create such a huge and complicated sound.

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (Skip MMShadowT) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 13:13:56 GMT

I had heard that Peart had written a series of books. I'll have to do a seach of Amazon and see what's available. Thanks Dan.

BTW, In my opinion Peart rewrote the book on what a rock drummer should be. I have been a Rush fan since thier debut album, even though Peart wasn't the drummer back then.

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (danbgt) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 09:01:22 GMT

Nope.
None of those guys are worthy of carrying Peart's sticks.
The only drummer of equality to Peart, was his idol, Buddy Rich.
Ofcourse, that is just my opinion. Music is a personal thing. I was never a fan of The Dead. And there are few bands that have come around, lately, that I much care for. And that's the way it usually happens. My dad hated my my long hair, hippie music because, to him, music was Faron Young, Ernest Tubbs and the like. He was very closed minded...

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (fedspaz) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:36:26 GMT

What about Ryan Lacey of Gaelic Storm? He doesn't even bother with sticks.
Now there's a fun hard working band. Don't try to keep up drinking with them...

Re: Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (Chicago) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:25:17 GMT

danbgt wrote:

Neil is (hands down) my favorite drummer. In my opinion, the best drummer breathing air right now.
-Dan

Even better than Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann of the Grateful Dead?

Neil Peart

feeds@yuku.com (danbgt) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:07:34 GMT

I don't know how many of ya'll know who Neil Peart is. For those that don't, he is the drummer for Rush. Rush is one of may favorite bands and, being a drummer myself, Neil is (hands down) my favorite drummer. In my opinion, the best drummer breathing air right now.
That being said, he is also and very good writer and an avid motorcyclist. He has written four books that are about motorcycling and touring with Rush. Usually, when Rush is on tour, he rides from show to show...