[mass55th]

"I remember the first time I heard him 30 years ago on my car radio and thinking 'This guy is great!!' "

I found Rush on my car radio during Desert Storm. I was on my way home from work. After listening to him for a few days, I realized he was saying and thinking the same things I was. He validated my beliefs. I'd never listened to talk radio prior to Rush.

[SamAdams76]

I also discovered Rush on my car radio during Desert Storm. Or actually it was Desert Shield. I had a job back then that had me driving from Boston to Springfield, MA on a regular basis on the Mass Pike and having gotten tired of hearing the same Van Halen and Madonna songs over and over again, I switched to AM talk. I still remember all those C-5As that were constantly lifting off from Westover AFB to deliver supplies to the Desert Shield operation.

I immediately became a huge Rush fan and while he infuriated me on occasion, he was almost always in the right.

Rush also is responsible for getting me into Christmas music. I remember he used to rave about Mannheim Steamroller so I started buying their Christmas albums. Before long, I was a Christmas music fanatic and have seen Mannheim Steamroller in concert at least 10 times since.