I'm from Toronto and currently live in Neil's hometown of st. Catharines

@@christopherrobin6955 My brother drives for St. Catherines transit

Egoless! Perfect. Really sets them apart, at least from that era.

Geddy and Alex have been friends for more than 50 years they became friends in grade school around 13 years old, as they were kindred spirits as they were both from Jewish families that survived German then Russian oppression

@@rayedwards8347 - Neil lived near me and used to spend summers at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie when younger. They want to put up a memorial to him at Lakeside Park but COVID has delayed it.

Really miss out on the light show in this one

Probably why it's getting flagged. Too many folks listening, and too many reactors trying to download.

I saw Rush for the first time in February 1981 in Binghamton NY.

Agreed. Sadly Geddy's voice is showing his age in this one. The older clip is epic.

@@frankgarcia1 Mine was Glens Falls NY May 15 1981.

Geddy having to use that nose of his to move the mic around to keep singing while changing between 3 other instruments. :)

I think most organs have foot pedals. Bach may have been particularly adept at using them.

Steve Winwood plays the foot pedals on the Hammond. Not a lot of modern keyboardists do.

Pretty much every organ I've seen even electric ones have the foot pedals. It's part of the instrument. Otherwise it's just a keyboard. And there are many who do this. The difference here is that Geddy is playing different instruments which are played in entirely different manners. Strumming amd fingerings vs keying. He's disconnecting the actions vs adding "hands" doing the same thing. I'm a pianist and tried organ. It's akin to Neil playing 2 time signatures at the same time between his hands and feet. Bach was no slouch though. One ofbthe most talented composers. Left us with a mountain of incredible music. Beethovem was deaf. He had the legs of his piano removed and sat on the floor, FEELING the notes by the vibrations the piano made. Pretty sure no one else has done that since. Not even Rush. Mozart and his ridiculous idetic memory and ability to literally hear an entire symphony in his head and write down every part immediately amd hand them to the Orchestra members as he did.

I thought I recalled he'd ride a bicycle between shows that were fairly close earlier on (maybe through the 80's) then switched to a motorcycle later...

I agree that if there was a 3 piece contender to Rush's crown, it would be ELP. They were great musicians (particularly Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer) and provided a very full-sounding experience. HOWEVER, I have to say that the quality of the prog rock ELP created was, for me at least, less thematic, less melodic, and more convoluted, than that of Rush. After much reflection, what has stood out for me is the quality of Rush's compositions, most particularly what they were creating in a six album stretch from "2112," "A Farewell to Kings," "Hemispheres," "Permanent Waves," "Moving Pictures," and (though some might disagree) "Signals." Never before or since has there been an outpouring of such creative compositional genius in rock music. And I say that as a fan of some of the prog greats, including Genesis, Yes, Kansas, ELP, and Jethro Tull.

@@markstromberg1148 I agree with most of your points and appreciate your comments very much. I think that Rush was a very accessible prog group and that is meant as a compliment. They really did create memorable melodic music and for that I think that makes their music timeless in many ways. Of course this began for me as a commentary of other 3 member bands that made great or moreover epic music and Rush really fills the bill. I confess that I have seen some legendary bands from the 60's like Cream and Jimi Hendrix Experience (both in 1968) and although amazing and filled with their own greatness they certainly weren't prog groups and not the least bit complicated. With the bands you mentioned above it is a very good example of some early prog music, interestingly often British that were of course bands with more members. I think that many would agree that Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin were very much in the Prog world but of course for me, those elements aren't the first thing I think about when I consider their sound. Over the last 25 years for my personal consumption I have probably been to see Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree (Steve Wilson), The Flower Kings, Marillion, Haken, Thank You Scientists more than any other groups. There sure is a lot of great music past and present. Thanks for the reply, cheers!

ELP in studio could rival Rush as a 3 piece band but if you watch any of ELP's live performances they just could not do what these 3 guys could do, ELP's live stuff you'll find to be sloppy one reason I believe is Geddy, Alex, and Neil were always stone cold sober unlike most Rock bands, example is Zeppelin Bozo is right up there with Neil but he could hardly sit on his stool as he was wasted most of the time, which of course is what lead to his early demise

@@markstromberg1148 Rush actually inducted Yes into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

I read that with Cartman's voice!

I was driving on WA 410 towards Chinook Pass (near Mt. Rainier NP) on the day after their Seattle show (on the tour in which "Far and Away" was written about) and Neil and his co-riders passed me going the other way. The show the next day was in Portland, which I attended. Man, if I were only a few minutes earlier I maybe could have met them at the pass. It was pretty cool, though.

@@michaeldover That's cool!

The Prog Gods!

Thank you!

Love LV!!! :) BTW.... who are you?? LoL! ♥

@@Buds1own lol. I'm just a girl, who's loves Rush, from Las Vegas. My name is Lyra. 😁

Hmmm. Looked like a single neck base to me.

Thats when he was in his thirties though. Rode his motorcycle across the states to different stadiums in his late fifties early 60s

@@st.fiacre6685 I knew that, just pointing pout that solo 2-wheeling was a lifelong habit of Neil's. Were he still alive, he'd probably wheelchair from gig to gig...if necessary! ;-)>

@@EnerGeezerSquirrel Yeah, i think somewhere along the line, he got bored reading novels on the touring bus between shows. Probably had claustrophobia.

ELP is bigger and fuller than Rush.

Grand Funk was a 4 piece live. They had another keyboardist.

Actually, if we must go there then I will go with another power Trio from Canada ............... Triumph kzfaq.info/get/bejne/namHnZt_35uohZs.html

KING'S X is so criminally underrated. It's sad.

I’ve been a fan since Gretchen went to Nebraska. Went back from there to catch up, then onward through the years. Great band that I have never had the opportunity to see live. ~Randy