That's insane! People thought he had cancer and the chemo was making him bald and that's why he started wearing the bandannas and then the hats. Also heard the rumor that he had a PhD. You know, he says he wears the hat to keep sweat out of his eyes. Think back to the early days when they all had all of that long hair. That must have been a nightmare when playing the drums as he does Maybe an honorary degree from somewhere, but if memory serves, he didn't finish HS.
He definately didn't go to college. Posted 24 October - AM yeah, that is pretty well known now, but that rumor was flying around when I was in H. Heavy Metal. Marvel comics. Hiking and fishing, music, women. Posted 24 October - AM I noticed he alternates on tour. Irvine, Las Vegas he wore the colored logos. Posted 24 October - AM Here in Oberhausen, he had different ones on for the two halves of the show. To bad those aren't available in the store, either here or the Offical Store.
No, you're not alone. Posted 24 October - AM I think that this is an extremely important topic. As a bald man who plays drums and has had sweat drip into my eyes, it actually is of interest to me.
I wear a bandanna, because unless you have a cultural link to it, you must be a professional musician of Neil's stature to pull off the kufi hat without looking ridiculous.
Posted 24 October - AM I suppose if he's worried abouyt male-pattern baldness he could simply recultivate his luxuriant handlebar moustache, then arrange it over his head in an elaborate comb-over - problem solved. Posted 24 October - PM Fridge, Some of our friends from way over west even further than Irvine don't do Scots humour too well. It was the only job I ever walked out on. It was a bunch of big fat English guys in piece suits shouting and yelling while we played cocktail jazz. In , as we sat in his rehearsal studio in Oxnard, outside of Los Angeles, Neil talked about the drum lessons he had taken after Rush had sold millions of records and filled stadiums around the world.
It was like discovering Wayne Gretzky had enrolled in stickhandling class after winning the Hart Trophy. But he was always The Student. Even when he was routinely landing on Greatest Drummer of All Time lists, he never stopped learning. He studied with percussion legends, including Freddie Gruber and Peter Erskine, to recast techniques and be more improvisational. Over the years, as Rush cemented into a prog-rock powerhouse, Neil also gained a whole new understanding of life for those not in the spotlight.
Your biggest worry is finding water to drink and some rice to eat at the end of the day. It necessarily changes your values forever. I could never come home and listen to people complain about room service or catering again. But he kept pounding away. Ultimately, Neil Ellwood Peart was a New World Man of contradictions: a high-school dropout who became a philosopher king. A gentle soul who beat the daylights out of his elaborate kit with a ferocious playing style.
A man with an easy laugh and a heavy heart. A global superstar allergic to fame. A history buff forever looking ahead.
The limelight or big money was never the goal. The world is coming at me. Catharines, Ontario, Canada, he found escape, inspiration, and the promise of possibility. Never interested in playing the important but often subservient role of timekeeper, Peart, in lockstep with his like-minded bandmates, has always taken a more-is-more approach to songwriting. As active as his playing is, the care he brings to each piece of music can be found in his development of the musical storyline.
One percussive specialty that held audiences rapt over the course of four decades is the drum solo Peart performed during each Rush show. He developed the story, as it were, without losing fundamental elements of the plot. Learning to play his drum parts has been nothing less than a right of drumming passage over the years for countless percussionists. The enthusiasm he has for sharing his approach to his musical craft, and his gift for articulating his ideas and recounting his experiences, makes his instructional videos compelling on many levels.
Less explicit lessons can be found between the lines of his lyrics and prose. In a interview with Jam!
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