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Neil, Alex, and Geddy are elite level, master class musicians and consummate professionals. Neil was called, “the professor” because wrote most of the lyrics to their songs. He was a very cerebral person. Their bond was unbreakable because they deeply respected and loved each other. The loss of Neil was beyond devastating to Alex, Geddy and their fan base.

His daughter was killed in a single vehicle rollover accident (no other cars involved) while on her way back to college in Canada. His wife was fighting cancer at the time, and she died as a result of her cancer (and depression) 10 months later. I remember being very sad at that time that Rush was through as a band. They had been my favorite since 1979. I was so happy when Vapor Trails came out 7 years later. Rush was back! It had taken 5+ years for Neil Peart to grieve his losses. There you have it!

Neil on his throne. All of them on top of their game here.

Neil's relationship with fame is the song Limelight. He was a classic introvert.

Common Quote: "Neil is YOUR Favorite Drummer's ...... FAVORITE Drummer!!!!"

I like this anecdote ... Neil's mother asked him once why he had to look so *serious* all the time when he was playing. He just said, "Because it's HARD, Mom!"

Fyi Neal’s last name is pronounced "Peert". His daughter died in a single car accident and his wife never got over this tragedy. She was diagnosed with cancer but chose not to fight and passed about a year later. You are totally right about how he chose to grieve by riding his motorcycle for a long trip from Quebec to Alaska to Mexico etc. He wrote a book on that trip called : Ghost Rider: Travels on the healing road.

The incredible Neil peart I was at this show wonderful memories

His daughter and wife passed away like a year apart. Daughter in a car crash wife cancer and a broken heart she lost the will to live and wanted to die.

Neil Peart pronounced his name just as it is spelled: P - ear - T You're saying: P - ur - T PS - As YYZ was about a Canadian airport, it's pronounced "why-why-zed." And yes, that was a triangle, upon which Neil was playing the morse code for YYZ.

Good reactions live in Frankfort Germany his most advance solo it has parts of this solo in it, and brand new sections nice compliments for the grandfathers of progressive music .I feel rush is God given because all the good they give not only musically but lyrically concerning types of hope Ive wrote songs that sound similar to rush because i was so influence by them. and still are. Glad u saw their last show I saw that tour in Tampa great .Do freewill sometime as musicians should appreciate it, if don't know the song already. well wishes to you and yours

Yes, I agree he is the greatest no drummer comes close and that wasn't his best solo. I've seen them 23 times and in some cases he gets better and better, he never stopped learning and never stopped teaching some of the greatest drummers today . But he will live in drummer's heads forever. THE GOAT, THE PROFESSOR THE GREATEST DRUMMER OF ALL TIME MR NEIL PEART....................

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I loved his description of that kit from the tour program, “white with a delicate hint of pink!” With Geddy’s response of, “What on earth possessed you………”

One thing to add about Neil......it's not that the Hollywood Walk of Fame was beneath him, he was extremely uncomfortable around fans. Very introverted, he wanted to be seen as a normal average guy.

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Amazing!!!

The Professor and the 2 Head Masters

compositionally, his best recorded drum solo is from the ESL record album featuring no electronics, just his rosewood Tama Superstars. Starts on snare, incorporating the rest of the kit as he goes along until the big concert tom fill when he gets around to the floor toms. Unfortunately, the recorded version of that album bordered on horrific, muddy bass guitar, almost invisible guitar..... which was cleaned up a lot by Alex when they did the re release; in his mix you can actually hear the air around the drumkit (though Alex inexplicably buried the synth note at the end of Xanadu, which is ridiculous because there is a camera pointing right at that spot on the keys when Geddy hits the note but you can barely hear it). I would be very interested to hear a well mixed version of the Tama drums ESL solo compared to this white Ludwig kit, because the mounted toms on this kit just roar...... I would hope that the Tamas were equally good sounding

y y zed from exit stage left,,,,,,🤘🥁🤘top notch,,,,

Neil Peart Live In Frankfurt drum solo

I'm a long time Rush fan - I liked them, but jumped completely on-board when Moving Pictures came out. One thing this band helped me with regarding my musical journey is the ability to simultaneously hear instruments doing completely different jams. With only 3 guys, and all being so clean and concise, I can manage it! This song is a perfect example - When Alex goes into his solo, I try to focus on that, but you can't ignore the freaking bass solo at the same time! And then there's Neil playing along with Geddy and filling choice spaces with incredible percussion.

Some stated that Neil Peart is an introvert. Yes, he is! Only close friends are his bandmates: Alex Lifeson & Geddy Lee. Neil likes to ride his bike on long trips alone. I think that Neil was battling his cancer during Rush's final tour R40 in 2015, 5 years before his sad death of brain cancer. Both Alex & Geddy performed together since Neil's death at Taylor Hawkins tribute concert. They jammed with Danny Carey.

Neil once described drumming for Rush as running a marathon while doing calculus. 🤔

If you'd like to read about the journey that Neil took after his wife and daughter died, be sure to read his book Ghost Rider; he also wrote a song of the same title for their album Vapor Trails, which they performed during their show in Rio. Rest in peace Professor. 🥁 🥁 🐐 🐐

Pro drummer here - great solo - not nearly his best - his solo from 'YYZ - Exit Stage Left' Montreal 1981 is probably the most famous drum solo ever - any band - any era - that solo set the standard by which any rock/fusion drummer goes by - and what made him a legend - too bad it's only audio, but that's all you need to hear pure genius -

Talking about Neil's drum solo, try his iconic drum solo at Frankfurth, Germany. My friends & I were fortunate enough to see Rush live during their Time Machine tour in 2010. As they gotten older, Rush has never lost their touch. Good Memories!

I was there for all three nights, Birmingham NEC, UK, 1988

I was there! R40 final show ❤😭

The story you tell about Rush's origin story isn't accurate. They were just a garage band when founded in '69, as the guys were still in high school. And "the guys" didn't even include Peart until 1974. I'm guessing you've heard their eponymous 1974 debut album. There's nothing proggy about it - and that's one of the reasons why the original drummer was fired. Geddy and Alex were really into Yes and King Crimson, while their erstwhile colleague, the late John Rutsey, was more of a Bad Company kind of kind (as Alex once out it). They were accordingly thrilled when they met Neil becauze he liked the same stuff and shared a similar ambition for the kind of music they could make - which they started making in 1974/1975. Finally, it's not at all accurate to suggest that Peart didn't attend the walk of fame ceremony (and others like it) because he thought it beneath him. He was instensly shy and private (so much so that it wouldn't surprise me at all to hear that he was on the super-functional side of the autism spectrum, in addition to being manifestly gifted). He also had good reason to be extremely selective about media hits, given how so many members of the fifth estate wouldn't have left his twin tragedies of 1997/1998 alone. And while we're on the subject, in the moment Neil had told them he was done and so, therefore, was Rush (in 1998). The same thing happened - for good this time - when Peart retired after the R40 tour in 2015. He did so both because he wished to depart the scene while still at the top of his game and because he dearly wished to spend more time with his school-aged daughter from a second wife (the acclaimed photographer, Carrie Nuttal). Cruelly, he would receive a terminal brain cancer notice less than a year later.

Sorry guys but this video doesn't do it's justice to watching Mr. Peart's drum solo! I had the privilege of seeing this Supergroup in concert! The only gripe I had with the professor is he didn't wear a Superman cape! That's how awesome he was to watch live! I sure do miss him😔

Hey Guys!!! Great Reaction!! I'm a New SUB and a HUGE RUSH Fan, since 1975!!! Here's the Album Version, from the 1981, "Moving Pictures" Tour (Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, etc.), that is IMHO, Neil's Greatest Solo!!! As you Listen to this, Try to IMAGINE, ALL the Percussion items he Hits during this!!! His "Riffs & Combos" are Much Different than the ones on THIS Video, his more Recent, Popular one, that's on the videos that Most "Reactors" do! BTW, to the Best of my Rush Video Knowledge, NO Other Reactors have done the version I'm Posting here Now! Maybe a Few have, that I Haven't seen, BUT, YOU will be One of the FIRST and You'll Hopefully and Most Likely, get MANY Hits & New Subs!!! (I Suggest a Thumb of Neil, and the Title: "RARE, Audio of (One of the Top 3? (Just to be Polite...) Neil's Drum Solos EVER Recorded") TRUST ME!!!! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/mdt_ZtKIrJ-wh6M.html ~Your Newest SUB, "Daytona Snooper"

I describe the difference between Peart and Bonham like the difference in a Lamborghini and a fully decked out racing 67 Chevy Camaro. They are both fast as hell but one is slick as a lightning bolt the other is the hammer of the Gods!! Both EQUALLY as affective just a matter of taste.

Great pick. The reason why Rio is the best example of YYZ, is because Alex doesn’t butcher it as he does here and doesn’t overshadow Geddy.

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The only thing about this solo is I don't know what idiot thought we wouldn't want to see the rest of the solo. Fortunately it's on the live album Show Of Hands.

it's YYZ..pronounced why-why-zed. It's an airport code for a Canadian (Toronto) airport, so please annunciate it as it should be. We don't say Zed-Zed-top, as the band from TX and is thr pronounced Zee-Zee-Top!!

I got a fever, and the only thing thats going to cure it is more cowbell!

Rush is Led Zeppelin on speed brother......

What's the significance of the stripe across the face?

What's up with the electric tape ?

Believe in God and also like rock and roll music of the Peart, Lee and Lifeson kind...Shema!!!.

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It's Y Y zed. NOT Y Y zee Rush is Canadian. Z - "zed" is Canadian in fact most English-speaking countries, including Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom, the letter's name is zed but God only knows why in Americans say zee

For the 4897th time, it's YY ZED, and it's Neil PEERT, not 'Pert'. 🤦🤦‍♂🤦‍♀🤦‍♂🤦

That's not how you pronounce his last name.

Get his last name right,if your going to do a video like you know about the man RUSH WORLDS GREATEST 3 PIECE ORCHESTRA 🥁🎸🎸🎙🎼🎵🎶

Say "peert", not "pert". :)

I'm not even going to watch your video. U want amazing? Watch his 9 minute drum solo Life in Frankfurt Germany.

Neil's last name is pronounced like "Peert". The 'ear' in Peart is pronounced like the human 'ear'. In a long-form interview with Rush in the 80s, the only thing Neil said was how to pronounce his last name correctly. This was a point of annoyance with him. Please, in the future, don't be so lazy and disrespectful of the musicians you react to by not taking a minute to learn how to do something so basic as to learning how to pronounce their last name correctly. The second you mispronounced his last name, I clicked out of the video and selected to never receive your reactions moving forward. If you will disrespect him like that, I have no interest in your thoughts on the video.

wow pronouncd his last name wrong, i cannot even watch. but good try! you are also lying about the drum machine thing, ridiculous. ignored nd not subbing.

Oh, its not live in Rio! Toobaf.

Wow... you don't have a clue......you should do your homework 😅

WTF is on your faces?

NO, NO NO,!! His wife died, then his daughter 10 months later, 1997/1998. I wish you young ins would do PREP before your show. (Great Job and All, enjoy you guys Immensely). I'm retired now but was a Drummer (My Whole Life) and ABSOLUTELY RELISHED in learning "PEART" note for note. Thanks Gear

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Its pEARt....not Pert.