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5 reasons Neil Peart is the greatest drummer of all time
You've selected Neil Peart as the Greatest Of All Time in our GOAT Hunt poll ... the opening bars of The Spirit of Radio and Tom Sawyer to Neil’s full-blown live drum solos which captivated the ...
Drummer Nic Collins (Phil Collins’ Son) Learns and Performs RUSH’s Epic “2112” Suite in One Sitting: Watch
The post Drummer Nic Collins (Phil Collins’ Son) Learns and Performs RUSH’s Epic “2112” Suite in One Sitting: Watch appeared ...
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The best Neil Peart drum solos of all time
Since Neil Peart died on Jan. 7 ... to his first-ever recorded drum solo (in 1974 in Cleveland, Ohio), dive into nearly five minutes of Peart's epic drum solos, below. We also recently went ...
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Mystic Rhythms: Rush's Neil Peart On The First Rock Drummer
All this week, Morning Edition is talking about drums and drummers. For the second installment in "Beat Week," Steve Inskeep spoke with Neil Peart about his early fascination with Gene Krupa and ...
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Neil Peart, Rush Drummer Who Set a New Standard for Rock Virtuosity, Dead at 67
Neil Peart, the virtuoso drummer and lyricist for Rush, died Tuesday, January 7th, in Santa Monica, California, at age 67, according to Elliot Mintz, a family spokesperson. The cause was brain ...
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Neil Peart, dynamic and influential rock drummer for Rush, dies at 67
Neil Peart, long considered one of the greatest drummers in rock history ... drive and polyrhythmic eruptions behind an enormous drum kit, died Jan. 7 in Santa Monica, Calif.
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Rush drum legend Neil Peart on the pursuit of excellence: "There is nothing I would rather have than the respect of other musicians for what I do"
Today, 12 September, would have been Neil Peart's birthday ... "He had me moving the snare drum up, the bass drum farther away - so counter-intuitive. I always thought, 'Get everything as close as you ...
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Drummer Neil Peart’s body is finely tuned instrument
A recent reader’s poll in Rolling Stone magazine proclaimed my fellow Canadian Neil Peart of Rush to be the greatest living drummer, and I, many drum magazines and TV’s “Family Guy” agree.
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Neil Peart, the drummer and lyricist of Rush, has died at 67
Neil Peart, whose virtuoso chops and artful lyrics propelled his band Rush to global stardom and sealed his place as one of the greatest ... drummer, Peart told Rolling Stone that he still took ...
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Neil Peart’s Rush Drum Kit From 1974 to 1977 Hitting the Auction Block
The drum kit Rush’s Neil Peart played between 1974 and 1977 — both onstage and on albums like Fly by Night and 2112 — will soon hit the auction block. The chrome Slingerland drum kit ...
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Neil Peart, Drummer and Lyricist for Rush, Dies at 67
By Jon Pareles Neil Peart ... Alex Lifeson on guitars and Mr. Peart on drums — after Mr. Peart replaced the band’s founding drummer, John Rutsey, in 1974. Mr. Peart’s lyrics transformed ...