Posted on 01/10/2020 3:17:10 PM PST by tuffydoodle
Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist for Rush, died Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California at age 67, according to Elliot Mintz, a family spokesperson. The cause was brain cancer, which he had been quietly battling for three-and-a-half years. A representative for the band confirmed the news to Rolling Stone.
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RIP Neil .... thanks for the great music and lyrics
This man, is truly a rock and roll legend. Gifted drummer, easily the best of all time in his position.
Probably the best of the second wave of rock drummer’s when people talk about Keith moon John Bonham Ginger Baker Charlie wants they also talk about Neil
Subsequently
RIP
Love Peart and Rush...but Bill Bruford with King Crimson was doing as much inventive percussion and odd time signatures as anyone.
Honestly, I don't even know why we still have subforums these days.
Sad to hear this news. Thanks for all the great music and lyrics, Neil.
Rest in peace. Picturing you happy with your wife and daughter again.
Rest in Peace, Neil Peart, you were one of the best drummers ever.
The big bang, took and shook the world
Shot down the rising sun
The end was begun, it would hit everyone
When the chain reaction was done
The big shots, try to hold it back
Fools try to wish it away
The hopeful depend on a world without end
Whatever the hopeless may say
Imagine a man
When it all began
The pilot of Enola Gay
Flying out of the shock wave
On that August day
All the powers that be
And the course of history
Would be changed for evermore
RIP ... no longer with the burden of being in the most overrated, boring rock group of all time.
Why is this news being moved to chat?
Honestly, I don’t even know why we still have subforums these days.
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So the sniveling admins feel important, silly.
Ain’t nobody got time to set up all those drums anymore. Just push a button.
There is a great Netflix show about Rush. Neil has several interviews. They made incredible music for a trio - definitely had their own style.
I saw a Rush concert at the Woodlands, Texas, where Peart did a drum routine to a pre-recorded music track of Buddy Rich that lasted about ten minutes. When it started, his drum riser tilted forward and there were huge mirrors/screens behind him so you could watch everything he was doing. He matched Buddy Rich lick for lick. It was impressive.
Great drummer, but not my style. Not in my top 10. Still, I appreciate his technical wizardry.
Well said. All of it.
Do some YouTube searches.
This is a man who was an incredible drummer, and believed in giving back to music. Already acknowledged as one of the greatest rock and roll drummers, he went “back to school” to learn from others. Always a huge fan of both Keith Moon and Buddy Rich, he got involved in a number of different educational methods, both in book and video form. He was one of the founders of the “Burning for Buddy” project, which introduced Buddy Rich and many other incredibly talented jazz drummers to a whole new generation who felt as you do.
He was the primary lyricist for Rush, writing the lyrics to the vast majority of their songs since joining the band for their second album. The was jokingly referred to by his band mates as “the new guy,” even though their final tour was their 40th anniversary tour.
He also went through a major tragedy in the late 90s, losing his daughter in a fatal car accident, and his wife to cancer is less than 6 months. The members of Rush are dedicated family men, and all three are married and have families. Neil did remarry and have a new family.
His drum solos during Rush concerts made you tired just watching him. But he also did some amazing work with the Buddy Rich Big Band.
Check out his legacy on YouTube.
Mark
Thanks!
My first rock concert was seeing Rush play on their “A Farewell to Kings” tour in 1977. I’ve lost count of how many times I saw them play, between 15 and 20 in the nearly 40 years between then and their final tour, “R-40.”
Their concerts were always amazing, and really fun. Their musicianship was always absolutely top notch, but you could tell that they had fun on stage and being together. They took their music very seriously, but loved to goof around with each other, because they refused to take themselves seriously.
Mark
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