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Title: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: Gliderjohn on January 10, 2020, 04:37:07 PM
Dang it, from brain cancer. Such a talented man and fellow rider.
GliderJohn
Title: RIP Professor
Post by: Rinkydink on January 10, 2020, 04:49:43 PM
Rush drummer/lyricist Neil Peart dead at 67.
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Post by: RinkRat II on January 10, 2020, 04:52:44 PM

   As a drummer myself, I know the dedication he had to put forth to achieve the level of perfection he showed.
      RIP Neil  :bow:

        Paul B :boozing: :boozing:
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: rjamesohio on January 10, 2020, 05:08:14 PM
For anyone that loved Rush’s music - a part of us died this week.

RIP Neil Peart - you were a good one.
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: analog kid on January 10, 2020, 05:38:22 PM
My favourite band since 1983; hence my screen name.

I'll be raising a glass tonight.  :boozing:

Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime


(https://i.ibb.co/Ln3TMcL/drum-10-2005-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Ln3TMcL)
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Post by: beetle on January 10, 2020, 05:46:34 PM
Oh no. RIP Neil.


My kids make fun of me for being a Rush fan. I'm saddened by this news.

Air drummers will be devastated.


 :cry:


Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: DonT on January 10, 2020, 05:58:51 PM
He wrote a fabulous book about riding between shows.  (I think)
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: Tom H on January 10, 2020, 06:24:09 PM
My local Rock station is doing a Rush all evening in tribute.

Tom
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: Lumpy Idle on January 10, 2020, 07:05:05 PM
Quote from: Gliderjohn on January 10, 2020, 04:37:07 PM
Dang it, from brain cancer. ...

what the heck is going on with all of these glioblastomas. i know 3 people who have/had them. 20 years ago we never heard about them. is it cell phone use or...what?
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: Bobic69 on January 10, 2020, 07:07:57 PM
Sad. I loved them back in the day. I challenge anyone to listen to YYZ and not be blown away.
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: tommy2cyl on January 10, 2020, 07:09:26 PM
Another legend has left us.  Super talented with the sticks.
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: timonbik on January 10, 2020, 07:22:04 PM
I always felt I had a connection with him even though I never met him as he was from my home town, St.Catharines.  I remember his first band, JR Flood playing local venues.  Read all his books, well worth the read.  Great drummer and great rider with an uncompromising attitude.  Taken from us way too early!!!!  RIP
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: LowRyter on January 10, 2020, 07:28:58 PM
Quote from: DonT on January 10, 2020, 05:58:51 PM
He wrote a fabulous book about riding between shows.  (I think)

RIP for the "Ghost Rider" (Travels on the Healing Road).  Famous for riding his GS between shows.

Raise a glass of The Macallan for Neal.   
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Post by: JJ on January 10, 2020, 07:38:53 PM
Terrible news....he was a dedicated rider / enthusiast...and an exceptional talented drummer....Godspeed Neal, and R.I.P.
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: analog kid on January 10, 2020, 07:40:59 PM
https://youtu.be/09l35k0rGvY (https://youtu.be/09l35k0rGvY)

A humorous piece done for tv that aired in 2007. 6 minutes. Bit of bike content.

What did the drummer get on his I.Q. test?.....


....Drool!   :drool:
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: PhilB on January 10, 2020, 07:56:47 PM
This is very sad. He was a great musician, and an outstanding human being.

PhilB
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: Daleroso on January 10, 2020, 08:39:44 PM
Good book. Daughter died in a car crash driving to college. Wife never recovered & died of cancer in about a yr. Hence, he called a time out, bought the bike, cleared his head, wrote the book then rejoined Rush.
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Post by: twowheeladdict on January 10, 2020, 08:44:05 PM
One of my favorite bands.  Very sad news.  RIP Neal. 
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: janguzzi on January 11, 2020, 01:03:47 AM
Big Rush fan here ... so sad.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/neil-peart-rush-obituary-936221/
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: AH Fan on January 11, 2020, 02:20:07 AM
A loss in the music world for sure.
Condolences to those.

Ciao
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: s1120 on January 11, 2020, 08:36:54 AM
SOundtrack of my youth....  SO sad.. 
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: amamet on January 11, 2020, 10:11:43 AM
since you mention his riding, I found some shots of him and his GS


(https://i.ibb.co/289FXjR/81714429-10158443914373488-5673728123879817216-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/289FXjR)

(https://i.ibb.co/7JsmsMt/82736683-10158443914438488-5762447253268594688-n.jpg) (https://ibb.co/7JsmsMt)
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: jas67 on January 12, 2020, 07:32:09 AM
A Hundred Miles Before Breakfast - The Beautiful Life Of Rush Drummer And Motorcyclist Neil Peart (https://www.cycleworld.com/hundred-miles-before-breakfast-beautiful-life-rush-drummer-and-motorcyclist-neil-peart/?fbclid=IwAR2kfV7reudw3RvYMHZheHrgTspXzHCiAdOf-T7dGaVSfQbb3KrkFY-sJKU)
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: LowRyter on January 12, 2020, 12:15:22 PM
Quote from: jas67 on January 12, 2020, 07:32:09 AM
A Hundred Miles Before Breakfast - The Beautiful Life Of Rush Drummer And Motorcyclist Neil Peart (https://www.cycleworld.com/hundred-miles-before-breakfast-beautiful-life-rush-drummer-and-motorcyclist-neil-peart/?fbclid=IwAR2kfV7reudw3RvYMHZheHrgTspXzHCiAdOf-T7dGaVSfQbb3KrkFY-sJKU)

Ghost Rider is just a good book.  I was garageband drummer, drink scotch and ride motorcycles, so I could relate to much.  It was marvelous bittersweet story.  We can all feel pain and experience loneliness whether you're a rock star or retired guy.  It also brought to life the winter in Canada in a surprisingly great point of view.   Got to see the band after reading it. 

Highly recommended book. 
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: M0T0Geezer on January 12, 2020, 01:10:03 PM
"You can drive those wheels to the end of the road
You will still find the past right behind you"
- RUSH (CARVE AWAY THE STONE)

"Only so many summers, so many springs..."
  - Don Henley: Last Worthless Evening

'Geezer 
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: Blaufeld66 on January 13, 2020, 04:37:55 AM
Very sad, I loved Rush, and as a newbie drummer looked at Peart as one of my inspirations with Carey and Harrison...
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: PhilB on January 13, 2020, 01:45:29 PM
A good article about him from the AMA magazine, from 2009:
https://americanmotorcyclist.com/rock-roller-rush-drummer-neil-peart-lives-for-motorcycles-hes-also-one-incredibly-thoughtful-guy/

PhilB
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: screamday on January 13, 2020, 01:57:36 PM
RIP Neal.......Rush was the very first rock concert I went to.......back around 1973 - 74. They were on the bill opening up for Canned Heat and Steppenwolf. Rush blew the other two bands off the stage.  Sorry to say I have not seen them live since. :cry: :cry:
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: janguzzi on January 14, 2020, 02:02:43 AM
Still hard to believe. At the moment it is really hard to watch this but I can recommend the documentaries:
Time Stand Still & Beyond The Lighted Stage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPseMdrUTpw

Maybe this helps to cheer us up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iq3yjfoorsU
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: BrotherJim on January 14, 2020, 12:19:12 PM
One of my favorite bands of all time.  I listen to at least one Rush song daily.  RIP, Neil.
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: jas67 on January 15, 2020, 04:53:48 PM
I've been a Rush fan since about 1980 when "Moving Pictures" was released.  I was about 12.   At time, I worked quickly to collect all of their albums, which, at that time included, "Rush", "Fly By Night", "Caress Of Steel", "A Farewell to Kings", "Hemispheres", and "Permanent Waves."

I'm fortunate enough to have seen them twice in concert, once during the "Counterparts" tour in 1994, and and once during the "Clockwork Angels " in 2112 2012.

Two of the best concerts I've ever been too.

Some of my favorite songs by them include, "The Trees" (Hemispheres), "Spirit Of the Radio", "Free Will" (both from Permanent Waves, 1980), Limelight, YYZ, Vital Signs (Moving Pictures 1981), Subdivisions and Countdown (Signals).   Those are just a few.   There are too, too, many to list.

All three members are/were phenomenal musicians, and Neal, of course a brilliant lyricist and author.

Sadly, I've not had the time to read any of his books, but, plan on doing so.  My brother had read of all them, so, I can even borrow them from him.

RIP, Neal.
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: jas67 on January 15, 2020, 05:08:43 PM
Pics from the AMA museum display of his 1995 R1100GS and his drum kit from the 30th anniversary tour.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/planethiker/2651865086/in/photostream/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/planethiker/2651865086/in/photostream/)
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Post by: mojohand on January 16, 2020, 03:55:02 PM
My shots, starting with my AMA Museum visit of the special Ghost Rider exhibit.

RIP, Professor.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mojohand/albums/72157685872370531/with/5830887453/
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: beetle on January 16, 2020, 04:46:48 PM
Some of you may be curious as to my “air drumming” reference in my first post. I was not being disrespectful in any way. It’s a reference to the film “Adventures Of Power”, a story about an air drummer seeking recognition. Air drummers universally agree that Rush songs are near impossible to replicate. In the finale, he has to air drum to Tom Sawyer. Hijinks ensue. Neil Peart makes a cameo appearance.
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart has died.
Post by: lti_57 on January 18, 2020, 09:02:46 AM
Quote from: Lumpy Idle on January 10, 2020, 07:05:05 PM
what the heck is going on with all of these glioblastomas. i know 3 people who have/had them. 20 years ago we never heard about them. is it cell phone use or...what?
I hear you man  somethings happening
My wife died of a Glioblastoma ( horrible name ) and i have meet 2 others since
I have though since her passing it was the cell phone and i now refuse to hold it to my ear
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: twowheeladdict on January 18, 2020, 10:59:58 AM
Quote from: jas67 on January 15, 2020, 05:08:43 PM
Pics from the AMA museum display of his 1995 R1100GS and his drum kit from the 30th anniversary tour.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/planethiker/2651865086/in/photostream/ (https://www.flickr.com/photos/planethiker/2651865086/in/photostream/)

Not sure if you meant to, or even care, but thinking you had more than one photo of his bikes I started clicking the arrow and was like, "wow, Neal has interesting tastes in motorcycles." than your family photos popped up.  "Oops, time to go back to the forum."
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: jas67 on January 18, 2020, 05:22:46 PM
Quote from: twowheeladdict on January 18, 2020, 10:59:58 AM
Not sure if you meant to, or even care, but thinking you had more than one photo of his bikes I started clicking the arrow and was like, "wow, Neal has interesting tastes in motorcycles." than your family photos popped up.  "Oops, time to go back to the forum."

Not my pics, but, pics I found online.
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: twowheeladdict on January 20, 2020, 09:26:53 AM
Quote from: jas67 on January 18, 2020, 05:22:46 PM
Not my pics, but, pics I found online.

 :shocked:  LOL!
Title: Re: (NGC) - Neal Peart (The Professor) has died.
Post by: janguzzi on February 16, 2020, 12:41:48 PM
A great tribute by the  The United States Army Band "Pershing's Own":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAPSK_cV5n0