By the way, thanks for posting this. Neil Peart did a great job with that tribute. We are about the same age, and I always enjoy hearing/reading somebody else reminiscing the same reminiscences as me.
(Uhh... if that makes any sense.)
Anyway, those (late ‘60s) were some incredible times.
Of course, I happen to be a Rush fan as well. But Neal is talking “loud”? I saw Rush and Kiss open for Blue Oyster Cult in a field house at Bucknell circa 1975 and my ears throbbed for a week. Loudest concert I ever saw, and I saw Black Sabbath at the Spectrum twice (in ‘70 and ‘71).
FRegards,
LH
Loudest band I saw was Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. And I saw a weird double bill with Sabbath and Yes, and didn’t think Sabbath was that loud.