Neil Peart - RIP

Thanks Neil for inspiring me to play, and for teaching me through your songs how musical drums can really be. Precision is indeed a virtue.

 

Both the untimely death of Neil Peart and the COVD-19 quarantine made me make this video. With total respect and admiration to Rush and the memory of Neil Peart. Hope you enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I2Ds2Arl3s

(Just in case, I'm the bass player. Not the drummer)

 

Enjoyed that very much Hail Vinyl!
Great great tribute. You've made up my mind as to what I'm listening to tonight . Cheers to you and the band.

 

Beauty. And greetings from YYZ!

 

40 years ago today during the Permanent Waves tour I met the great man outside the Albany Hotel in Glasgow and got his autograph. Happy days, as a sixteen year old kid I was awe struck despite the later distancing himself from fans he was really polite and charming. Some memories last forever indeed.

 

Thanks for sharing. I'm in awe of anyone that has musical ability. I love listening to music, but can't play an instrument to save my life.

 

This made me so happy. Cygnus tag at the end, I always hear it that way now.

 

Very nice. What brands of guitar and bass are being played here?

 

The guitar is a Schecter C-1 FR S SLS Evil Twin and the bass is a Rickenbacker 4003. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and thank you all who have watched it so far.

 

New video in memory of Neil

 

The end made me misty eyed

 

Great video, thank you.

 

That is an amazing video. Thanks for sharing!

 

The mask bit - an inside joke? Any hardcore fans who get the reference? Just wondering.

 

I haven't watched it yet, but I know Alex used to have this routine backstage to put on a paper bag as a mask. They called him when he did this (or his character) "The Bag."

 

That must be it - I'd forgotten about that.

 

Oh man... what? He's still young... RiP

 

Great video. Great Tribute. I may have let a tear get away from me at the end.

 

The mask is from this 1980 interview promoting the Permanent Waves album. Alex looks pretty baked and doesn’t talk much at all during the video but at the end wears the mask which is pretty funny in typical Alex fashion. LoL

 

The car.......is that a Red Barchetta?

 

Thanks, I'd not seen that before - and Neil's wearing an FM shirt!

 

Wow, love that. Really enjoyed that they went to see Yes, UK, and Bruford recently.

 

R.I.P.

 

PSA!

Free for a limited time: a documentary about DW Drums, featuring Neil and his R40 kit.

 

A nice metaphor about growth, co-written and narrated by Neil: