I first heard Rush during the first week of his national show. Ironically, I had picked up a burger at a Columbia SC hamburger chain called Rush’s. They have been around since the 50’s if my memory serves correctly.
I was hooked and listened faithfully. I taped his show on cassette tapes and listened in the car on my commutes to/from work.
Many years later I heard Rush put down a caller. I remember thinking he purposely ignored what the caller meant and pretended to take the man literally. I thought of stopping listening, but thought, “I’ve listened to this man for decades and he deserves the benefit of the doubt.
The next day Rush disclosed he had gone completely deaf and was conducting the show via transcripts. Of course he couldn’t recognize that caller’s tone. He was reading from a display.
I have cried all afternoon and night. This is devastating.
I remember that .