Neil Peart dead at 67?

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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,053
    Very sad news.....so bummed about this loss.

    Bonham, Mitchell, Peart my GOAT drummers.

    RIP

    H9
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  • Jaybeez
    Jaybeez Posts: 737
    edited January 2020
    Very sad news. As a drummer, I've always considered him among the best ever. He really drove Rush in so many ways. May he rest in peace. I'll be watching this video for about the 100th time later this evening. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSToKcbWz1k
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  • afterburnt
    afterburnt Posts: 7,892
    ugh. goes with the territory
  • boston1450
    boston1450 Posts: 7,438
    What a shock.. RIP
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  • Jetmaker737
    Jetmaker737 Posts: 1,000
    Very sad to hear. RIP, Neil. So it goes.
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,053
    I recently watched a Youtube video Neil Peart a work in progress. Fascinating to say the least. Before Test For Echo Neil took time off to completely reinvent his playing. Even more poignant today.

    Highly recommend you watch. It takes a special kind of person who has been super successful to stop and realize he can still learn and reinvent himself just because he wanted to.

    H9
    "Appreciation of audio is a completely subjective human experience. Measurements can provide a measure of insight, but are no substitute for human judgment. Why are we looking to reduce a subjective experience to objective criteria anyway? The subtleties of music and audio reproduction are for those who appreciate it. Differentiation by numbers is for those who do not".--Nelson Pass Pass Labs XA25 | EE Avant Pre | EE Mini Max Supreme DAC | MIT Shotgun S1 | Pangea AC14SE MKII | Legend L600 | BlueSound Node 3 - Tubes add soul!
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,477
    edited January 2020
    Yep I have seen that as well Brock. He went and took lessons from someone who I can't remember but the guy was 80 some yrs. if I remember correctly.

    Lyric:
    My eyes have been opened and they're open very wide.

    Lyric:
    The whiteness of confusion is unfolding from my mind

    I stand around and wonder
    Have I left my life behind
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    heiney9 wrote: »
    I recently watched a Youtube video Neil Peart a work in progress. Fascinating to say the least. Before Test For Echo Neil took time off to completely reinvent his playing. Even more poignant today.

    Highly recommend you watch. It takes a special kind of person who has been super successful to stop and realize he can still learn and reinvent himself just because he wanted to.

    H9

    Do you have the link? :smile:
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,042
    I think it's on Netflix. Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage documentary.
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

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  • PeteB77
    PeteB77 Posts: 15
    RIP . . .
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  • tratliff
    tratliff Posts: 1,651
    edited January 2020
    2112...great musician....
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    butterbean wrote: »
    The teacher that Neil Peart went to in the 90s was a guy by the name Freddy Gruber, and old-school drummer/teacher. What spurred him onto that was he produced a recording of big band music entitled Burning for Buddy. He lined up Buddy Rich’s. Band and a veritable Who’s Who of drummers! It has some amazing music in there if you love drums check it outhxq7xvaph4ak.jpeg
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    Very cool. Thanks!
  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,162
    He is at all of that Peace now. Loved and remembered always. Let them eat cake. RIP Neil P.
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  • deronb1
    deronb1 Posts: 5,021
    Just checked, I have it on my HD. Thanks THJ!....lol
  • mantis
    mantis Posts: 17,032
    Arguably the best drummer who ever lived. His mark on the music world will go on forever. He was one of my very favorite drummers and his knowledge of the instrument is flat out fascinating. He will truly be missed and I hope he is in a better place with his drums and soul of music.
    I'm sad to hear that he passed but I'm glad on another level that he is not suffering anymore.
    RIP and ROCK ON!
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  • tophatjohnny
    tophatjohnny Posts: 4,162
    Put on Caress of Steel and for so many reasons I can't listen without 😢 crying . I was there at the St. Paul civic Center to witness the live show of this album and then some. What a huge impact the group made on me. Not an easy loss this one is.
    "if it's not fun, it's not worth it & remember folks, "It's All About The Music"!!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,230
    Listening to them now. I was at a loss of words yesterday and I'm about at the same point today. RIP buddy and Godspeed to ya'. Thanks for some really great music through the years.

    Tom
    ~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~
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  • heiney9
    heiney9 Posts: 25,053
    verb wrote: »
    heiney9 wrote: »
    I recently watched a Youtube video Neil Peart a work in progress. Fascinating to say the least. Before Test For Echo Neil took time off to completely reinvent his playing. Even more poignant today.

    Highly recommend you watch. It takes a special kind of person who has been super successful to stop and realize he can still learn and reinvent himself just because he wanted to.

    H9

    Do you have the link? :smile:

    https://youtu.be/4HLD5lxrQV4

    This is what I copied from Youtube. If it doesn't work. Google Neil Peart A Work in Progress.

    I guess I didn't make it clear that was the title of the video

    H9

    P.s It's 2 hours long so I watched on my TV rather than on my computer.
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  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Thank you!
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  • treitz3
    treitz3 Posts: 18,230
    edited January 2020
    Credit to my good friend Ron at Liquid Hi-Fi for this one...

    http://www.liquidhifi.com/products/

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    Tom
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  • Toolfan66
    Toolfan66 Posts: 16,834
    For now RIP stands for Rush In Power...
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,477
    edited January 2020
    Local radio station played side 1 of 2112 in its entirety uninterrupted....
  • Willow
    Willow Posts: 10,862
    Rip not only an amazing drummer, he also wrote majority of their songs.
  • pitdogg2
    pitdogg2 Posts: 24,477
    Nice read Doc, Thanks for sharing
  • verb
    verb Posts: 10,176
    Thanks Doc!

    Interesting link here. Shows in detail a chronology of Neil's kits over the years!
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    http://andrewolson.com/Neil_Peart/drums/drumkits/drums_history.htm
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  • Nightfall
    Nightfall Posts: 10,042
    afterburnt wrote: »
    They didn't speak a word of English, they were from South Carolina.

    Village Idiot of Club Polk
  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,021
    Amazing drummer and a brilliant, humble man based on everything I've ever read about him. He was not only my favorite drummers, but one of my favorite artists.
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