The other thread reminded me of this little insight about Mr. Peart.

I'm reading Neal's autobiography "Ghost Rider."
[darn good reading that takes you into his most inner being(baby soul) after losing his daughter in a car accident, his wife to cancer(all in the same year) plus some other setbacks that would drive most men to insanity]


In the book he states that he failed his motorcycle license test three times. He just couldn't get the coordination down between shifting gears and accelerating.

I thinking to myself, you are one of the best drummers ever, and you don't have enough coordiation? With his insight, he reasons that the fact that he's acually not very coordintated makes him the world-class drummer he is. He calls it his"dis-cordination," each limb does it's own thing independentally of the other.

Interesting.

great post

Thanks. Big Rush fan here too. I've read Ghost Rider. It's incredidble to me that a man so intensely private as Peart would bare his raw soul like that in a book. Losing an only child and a wife within a year... I cannot even imagine.

Have you read Neil's earlier book about cycling through West Africa? That's another good read. I believe that's called "Masked Rider".

By far my favorite drummer in rock history...didn't know he had written a book. Thanks for the heads up and the bit about the motorcycle test. As a lifelong rider that always wished he could play the drums and never really had the coordination, that's just funny as hell.

It's been way too long since I've heard Red Barchetta, Limelight and too many others.

Think I'll go digging through the CDs and make a few new MP3s.

Chase '05

I need to get his new book about his drive from California to Big Bend.

Rush is good.










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Adam, no I have not read his other books. Still trying to finish this one.

What are you people doing at 3 and 4 in the morning?

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It's been way too long since I've heard Red Barchetta, Limelight and too many others.

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Chase, find a copy of "Vapor Trails" or "RUSH in Rio DVD" and rediscover RUSH...

In case some of you missed it RUSH has been nominated for a Grammy in the "Best Rock Instrumental Category" for “O Baterista” from the "RUSH in Rio"...

For the record, Grammies don't equal musical genius. Lots of great artists never won a grammy. And while Peart went through some real tragedies, I find Rush to be pretty annoying. Basically, 3 guys showing off instead of writing a good song. "look at me, I can count 5/4 while playing in 9/16!". Wankers.

Thanks for playing Dan...