They opened for Zappa in 1975 too, which I didn't know before the book.
Doing a Google search, it turns out Terry Bozzio mentioned that in his Facebook post in memory of Neil Peart.
https://www.facebook.com/TerryBozzio...6688409807190/
They opened for Zappa in 1975 too, which I didn't know before the book.
Doing a Google search, it turns out Terry Bozzio mentioned that in his Facebook post in memory of Neil Peart.
https://www.facebook.com/TerryBozzio...6688409807190/
One show as far as I know. November 14th in Fort Wayne, Indiana.Originally Posted by pb2015
^ Thanks for the info, I just got to the Zappa reference! The book has picked up steam now. The earlier chapters pre-Rush were interesting, but went on a bit long. Too bad there seems to be no detail of the Zappa opening show.
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I must have seen it in the credits, but forgot that Hugh Syme plays Arp synth and Mellotron on 2112. God bless him!
Most likely it was just another night for them by then. It was the Caress tour which I remember wasn't a happy time.
It was interesting that Geddy mentioned that after they opened for Uriah Heep in 1974, he ran into Ken Hensley again a decade later when Ken was working as a sales rep for Ampeg.
Just finished the audio book a few days ago. What a pleasant surprise. My wife, who is not a Rush fan, also enjoyed it.
Geddy really put a lot of work into this book, including researching his tragic family history. Hearing him talk about Neil's death and why there can't be"Rush" without him raised Geddy to a new level of respect for me. Two bonuses for the audio book: 1) Geddy is the reader so you get to hear his feelings not just his words 2) there are 2 bonus songs at the end from his solo release.
When Geddy writes about learning to be a frontman and how he would hear Gene Stanley say “I have a feeling it’s going to get hotter than hell in here,” it reminds me of when I first saw Rush at the Carrier dome, and Geddy yelled “Let’s see if we can blow up this big old balloon!”
Won’t give too much of a spoiler here, but a very nice, unexpected reference to Camel in the book!
It's been a few months since I read the book, but I remember it was nice that Geddy mentioned his enthusiasm for prog rock several times and gave shoutouts to some lesser known bands.
Yep, several mentions of VdGG in there as well!
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I read this book, but listening to Geddy read it was twice as good. I've read a shitload of musician autobiographies and this is one of the best.
As an aside, l just finished Peart's book 'Traveling Music' and he mentioned seeing Marsupalami at the Roundhouse when he lived in London, and chatting with their guitarist.
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I go, and come back, forever, evermore.
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I read the book (excellent!) and love camel, but forgot the reference! I’ll have to check…
But a coincidence: yesterday I was helped in a shop by a very nice woman named “Elke” who was born and raised in Germany…I told her she needed to listen to “Elke” by Camel because it was a lovely song and named for…her! About 20 minutes later I was in the middle of nowhere on the way to my brother’s home and passed a street named “Raindance.” I chuckled since “Elke” is on the album “Raindances.”
Anyway, I had wondered about how good his recorded version was, so thanks to the folks reviewing that side of things.
Interesting that in later chapters Geddy says Neil went to the Y twice a week to work out. You’d have thought he’d have a home-gym.
Maybe he preferred to go to the Y because he enjoyed socializing with strangers.
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He actually did enjoy socializing with strangers. Just not ones who recognized him and fawned over him.
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