Seeing Neil play his solo live with his rotating kit was like watching a human octopus.... RIP. I almost got kicked out of the show at Madison Square Garden in '91 for "smoking that funny stuff"

Barely related, but funny:
Advice from Geddy

My Steering Wheel needed a break from Tom Sawyer.. RIP

September of 2007, I was at the show in Milwaukee at the Marcus amphitheater. Snakes and Arrows tour. Nowadays everyone has a camera and they dont even try to stop filming, but at that time they still tried to keep a lid on it. I stuffed my mini DVD recorder in my pants and went in. It didnt take long into the show before a security guy grabbed me and said come with me. My son was 11 at the time and was kinda freaking out as I was escorted away. He was with his uncles so I just told him everything was fine, be right back. An entourage of security guys formed around me as we descended down towards the stage. The closer we got the happier I was, and at stage level I slowed to a crawl to take in the guys jamming. So we literally go under the stage, into the bowels of the stadium and I am surrounded by a squad of thugs demanding my camera. I held my ground, No way are they getting my camera! I stayed calm and explained that I was on a family vacation, I had called the box office and was told the camera would be fine, AND my 11 year old son was sitting in the stands wondering where his dad was. I had the feeling they wanted me to get belligerent so they could, uh, get more proactive in restraining me. I stayed cool and rational. Had to be a half dozen of them, I had no choice.Once they realized I was not altered and also not giving up my family vacay film, they backed down and made me remove the battery. Guess they took that as a win, so I was allowed back in. If my kid had not been there Im pretty sure I would have been tossed. I have a really cool video/souvenir as a result...

That was the year I saw them. Roll the Bones album I believe. Didn't get into their older good stuff until I started experimenting with that funny stuff ??

Fucking epic! Geddy still got the voice. So awesome to see the two of them performing again. Many many memories and feel good vibes. Almost didn't get to see the last show. Was 2015 when they toured and I saw only 35 shows announced I was a bit puzzled. That's a baby tour for RUSH surely they would do a second leg, announce more shows and swing back to Florida. Turns out Neil was suffering from severe tendonitis which hampered his playing. He always said when it was done it was done, he would never perform if he could not do it to his top level. So the tour was short by design and luckily I bought tickets to the Tampa show at Amalie. Took my two kids and went with a buddy and his wife. We couldn't figure out what the HC was on our tickets. Turns out it was a handicapped booth at club level right above the lower bowl. We lucked out. Our own private balcony with enough room for 15 people but it was only us. More room than I've ever had at a concert. And the show, epic as always. They started with the full stage ensemble, enough amps, lighting props and laser lights to power a small country. And they began with music from the most recent album and worked there way backwards chronologically, album by album. Each time they went farther back in time, a section of the set (amps, effects, screens, etc.) would be removed off the stage until in the end it was almost bare. Finishing with stuff from the very first albums and the stage made to look like a high school dance hall which is basically where they began. It was May 24th so they shocked everyone by doing Lakeside Park off Caress of Steel. "everyone would gather, on the 24th of May, sitting in the sands to watch the fireworks display "! They brought out the double necks, both Gedd and Al, for Xanadu. It was epic and will go down as my favorite RUSH show ever. Great memories...