tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42552779418770417782024-03-09T19:47:08.084-07:00Rush News from Power WindowsRush News and more from Power Windows, http://www.2112.netPower Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.comBlogger1662125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-89918205322834110602024-02-26T14:32:00.000-07:002024-02-26T14:32:02.498-07:00Alex Lifeson appears on "Today Was Yesterday"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/49v34f3" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="425" data-original-width="425" height="200" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81y150P9jFL._SX425_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Alex Lifeson features on 6 tracks on the new album <i>Today Was Yesterday</i>, released back on November 24th. <a href="https://amzn.to/49v34f3" target="_blank"> Buy now</a>.<br /><p></p><p></p><blockquote>"Today Was Yesterday is the fresh and exciting new project of Angelo Barbera and Ty Dennis, two friends and veterans of the Los Angeles music industry. Their self-titled debut album showcases their talent and passion for creating timeless songs that blend catchy melodies, meaningful lyrics, and superb musicianship that is inspired by the bands that have left a lasting mark on music history. The album features guitar legends Alex Lifeson (Rush), and Robby Krieger (The Doors), who add their signature sound that helps make this release an instant classic. Today Was Yesterday is more than just a band name, it's a statement of timeless music that transcends genres and generations."</blockquote><p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-4866771451904973442024-02-08T09:20:00.002-07:002024-02-14T09:25:23.315-07:00Alex Lifeson appears on Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes present: 'Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)'<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://linkstorage.linkfire.com/medialinks/images/e4f886e5-e14f-41ca-a02b-7bf66c11898b/artwork-440x440.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="440" height="200" src="https://linkstorage.linkfire.com/medialinks/images/e4f886e5-e14f-41ca-a02b-7bf66c11898b/artwork-440x440.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Alex Lifeson is one of 60 superstar musicians performing on the remake of Mark Knopfler's Guitar Heroes present 'Going Home (Theme From Local Hero)', produced in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust and Teen Cancer America. Out March 15th. <a href="https://markknopfler.lnk.to/guitarheroesFA" target="_blank">Preorder here</a> <br /><p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-7995815534810923822024-01-25T14:17:00.000-07:002024-01-29T14:22:41.540-07:00Lerxst Launches Limelight – The Alex Lifeson Limited Edition Signature Guitar<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/3118ebcf-77ca-412a-9afe-87e9e584b6af/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="133" src="https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/3118ebcf-77ca-412a-9afe-87e9e584b6af/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/" width="200" /></a></div>Alex Lifeson and Lerxst announce the launch of Limelight, a new signature guitar created in partnership with Canadian manufacturers Godin Guitars. Inspired by Lifeson’s iconic Hentor Sportscaster guitars from the mid-80s, Limelight thoroughly reimagines Lifeson’s original concept with modern part selection and craftsmanship to create a high-quality, forward-thinking instrument designed for today’s players. Limelight is available now for MAP $3,999. For more information please <a href="https://u14456542.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=mfF90preIiP2ZLErl5gw3fmLo-2FBF8d5nlyvXimfL-2FzPfHnWEVVHfHPrZ-2BC4yuUebdwks-2BJUuAuFBimNlxRHIaw-3D-3DISet_yn7pBXWkb-2BiZLSz9IJMK8kfnrPUqe2suzrRMxgFNd-2FjAk908Sp7W87kxvcBkE-2FwihAnH4-2FR76CfEQ1-2BmfzxdqnVw27hj8Y6FciP-2FMiq5ugLvn8UCkC8TnYv8J0V9Lqh0uGC-2FatURsE37Eh68Uck7EEXyClGkVbqXDw6jhyiRorxw5FUrCWhkt2CPKZUsKAeIkURlglOSo6KbM-2Ft2Vo-2FrA2c4-2Bl4wriXHRrGxzcQm5Iuu0k8PuUP0MtNWzqv4AQObI2Lp7gn3nFO1445mxxiQceDpOaCrZ-2Bef8jexx6-2BW4g6qSpXrsCwFUxGRRV6yKQNUGOc5rg3uyxF02Wxvqr1paNKSSaSZ2I2-2BxBCqMVh8CB-2FiIy2p0U4FEvGE-2FQD4TRiJC4-2FIv2cIqGJcjLbxw8-2BN0OZBdz925cIxGHZZ5nVR3tKtcl1auGTA9DJSjm537o6NybaDfWbenzX2GPN03p-2BepTgaHXyr7xWQvKsw20tTZhqWvm-2BnxSw60FYEEtsbFkkM" target="_blank">click here</a>.Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-22964474690265603372023-12-22T10:26:00.002-07:002023-12-22T10:29:44.129-07:00Neil Peart's, final book, "Silver Surfers", coming May 7, 2024<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="800" height="149" src="https://robbreport.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/peart01.jpg?w=1000" width="200" /></div></div><p></p>The final piece of writing by legendary Rush drummer Neil Peart was about one of the great passions of his life—collecting cars; the joy of collecting them, and the even bigger joy of driving them. In this never-before-seen piece, finished just before his passing in 2020, Neil writes about not only his lifelong passion for cars and the open road, but about his Silver Surfers—a rare collection of the best sports cars from the 1960s.<br /><br />Each image in the book, personally selected by Neil, takes you on his journey of car collecting—including a photo of him at 22 with his first car, a 1969 Lotus Europa, purchased when he was working as a parts manager at his father’s farm equipment dealer; a 1948 MGTC he bought in London while on tour; and the black Ferrari car he drove while writing the songs for the seminal album Moving Pictures. And then there are his beloved Silver Surfers—seven classic 1960s sports cars, from an Aston Martin DB5 Saloon to a 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray, each one a gorgeous silver, except one: a black 1964 Shelby Cobra whose patina Neil loved so much he refused to change it.<br /><br />Beautiful studio images showing both the interior and exterior of these extraordinary cars, as well as personal images of Neil driving them along the California coast, accompany Neil’s warm, personal memories of why and how he bought the cars, the friends he made along the way, and what it was like to be behind the wheel. Neil’s final work is a love letter to these cars that meant so much to him, and to the passion of the road that fueled his life.<p></p><p><a href="https://amzn.to/3RTL0F1" target="_blank">Click here to preorder. </a><br /></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-35733079338867584832023-12-05T11:37:00.005-07:002023-12-05T11:37:55.718-07:00Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too? - Now Streaming<p><i>Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?</i> is <a href="https://www.paramountplus.com/shows/geddy-lee-asks-are-bass-players-human-too/" target="_blank">now streaming on Paramount+</a>. All episodes are currently available to stream for subscribers, with the first episode provided for free.<br /></p><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><blockquote>"So <span></span>this happened…. Out of the solitude of a pandemic lockdown came some ideas.. one of them was this… communing with my fellow Bass Folk to learn a little bit about where and how they live the moment they walk off the stage… Edifying, enlightening and an effin’ blast.. check it out and decide for yourself if Bass Players are Human… too!" - Geddy Lee</blockquote></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"></div></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ds6LCsgXKEE?si=vQvO2ddh7kMp7zXX" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-62406454990390773082023-12-05T09:58:00.001-07:002023-12-05T09:58:06.521-07:00Geddy Lee's "The Lost Demos" Single<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music126/v4/b4/04/c2/b404c2fe-4e8a-c584-d2cd-aab01324bba7/075679661333.jpg/592x592bb.webp" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="592" height="200" src="https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Music126/v4/b4/04/c2/b404c2fe-4e8a-c584-d2cd-aab01324bba7/075679661333.jpg/592x592bb.webp" width="200" /></a></div>Geddy Lee's "The Lost Demos" Single is <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fgeddylee.lnk.to%2Fthelostdemos%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0rXlxqCD3thuOLtPykHj_fL497qumq7wBCTB30GDWx0ufNkU00U60AxiM&h=AT05o2PrvacRmEwWd0rvhru8_xgglCA2VmXypceXzRmq9GmYMULpExvqoDj0TyWTfLg94oOHHpVcgj4vAiQh47dAQLO2U304sM4QStaGQczwt5KW7v1cvHhrsZttgKONvFPy&__tn__=-UK-y-R&c[0]=AT1ROedswviHDOEk8-vbqHavHTjMxrt4QvSq89w7dNFLUkL-pkaOZU1FRZuxhrGFwQ-I-f7-teBe2ktvH-FMDnKIRiXh5TgEzlRKhrl1r9Jw6lKa2TdPp1cPgLjoJkh9vhFGW5aTRLv3GQMRsEg0tlA4NwfSMFW0c_7bNjmiYEO4mCORJ_PLxqtQ9KziyziTJvvVLprZZprJbeDeIhBgSLsdweCilt4gqWox" target="_blank">now available on all streaming services</a>, as well as <a href="https://amzn.to/3NfCZro" target="_blank">mp3 download</a>. The two demos were recorded during the sessions for Lee’s first and only solo album to date, 2000’s <i>My Favourite Headache</i>, but didn’t make the final tracklist. They were recently mixed and mastered by producer David Bottrill (Tool, Peter Gabriel).<br /><br />“I’m excited to see these 2 ‘lost demos’ released,” said Lee in a press release. “I loved the songs when they were written and in some ways they feel as fresh and perhaps more relevant all these years later.”<br /><p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-1173998282094400052023-11-30T13:57:00.014-07:002023-12-15T13:59:47.211-07:0050 Years of Sonic Exploration: Alex Lifeson Launches LERXST Amplifiers<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/70a52e52-d799-486b-b284-5afdc55c5fe5/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="133" src="https://cdn.uc.assets.prezly.com/70a52e52-d799-486b-b284-5afdc55c5fe5/-/resize/2400x/-/format/auto/" width="200" /></a></div>Alex Lifeson has announced the launch of LERXST, a new family of amplifiers inspired by the Rush guitarist’s five decades of musical exploration on the guitar while also offering modern players a versatile tonal platform upon which to build their own sonic identity.<br /><br />LERXST amplifiers offer a diverse palette of sounds that range from crystal-clear cleans to raging arena rock sounds and everything in between, supplemented with key features like power-scaling and serial effects loops to suit the needs of the next generation of sonic explorers, all designed to Lifeson’s exacting specifications and hand crafted in the USA by Mojotone. The initial launch includes the OMEGA amplifier head, CHI amplifier head and combo, and an accompanying range of matching guitar cabinets. For more information and to purchase LERXST amplifiers, please visit <a href="https://lerxstamps.com/">https://lerxstamps.com/</a>. <p></p><p><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/70MybIzuTYg?si=qruX-mxF9cA36o-o" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-72283233884932192962023-11-06T10:42:00.003-07:002023-11-06T11:15:31.601-07:00Geddy Lee is selling the bulk of his baseball memorabilia collection Dec 6<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2023/11/05215212/Geddy-Lee-at-his-Toronto-home-with-his-collection-photograph-courtesy-of-Richard-Sibbald--1024x683.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="134" src="https://cdn.theathletic.com/app/uploads/2023/11/05215212/Geddy-Lee-at-his-Toronto-home-with-his-collection-photograph-courtesy-of-Richard-Sibbald--1024x683.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Geddy Lee is selling some 300 items at Christie’s on
December 6. It is being billed as "Selections from The Collection of
Geddy Lee.” For more check out the below interview published today by <a href="https://theathletic.com/5022106/2023/11/06/geddy-lee-rush-baseball-collection/" target="_blank">TheAthtletic.com</a>:<p></p><p></p><blockquote>Speaking on the phone from his home office, Geddy Lee asks if he can take a second to grab one particular baseball. He knows its story by heart but wants to get it exactly right, in its own words. Of the hundreds of baseballs Lee has collected, this ball is among the least valuable. There are items in his collection worth well over $100,000. They are signed by U.S. presidents and baseball Hall of Famers; they have been thrown in no-hitters and hit for milestone home runs.<br /><br />But Lee has reached for a ball signed by Bert Shepard, a left-handed pitcher who pitched exactly one game in the major leagues before fading into obscurity. When Shepard signed the ball, he found room between the seams to write his life's story.<br /><br />"I lost my right leg being shot down over Germany in World War II," Lee says, reading from the ink. "I got a new leg and pitched for the Washington Senators."<br /><br />At this, Lee starts laughing, but it's an emotional laugh, as if the smile is helping him choke back something more. Lee's parents were Holocaust survivors.<br /><br />"And then on August 14, 1945," Lee continues, "gave up one run and three hits in five and one-third innings."<br /><br />It is a box score brought to vivid, handwritten life, and when the bulk of Lee's memorabilia goes to auction next month, that ball will not be among the items for sale. How could anyone put a price on something like that?<br /><br />"To me, it's kind of just a miraculous thing," Lee said.<br /><br />If there is such a thing as wholesome indulgence, this is it. Lee, 70, is the singer and renowned bass player of the Canadian rock band Rush. He is in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, his signature literally etched into its walls. He is a rock star in every sense of the word.<br /><br />But Lee is also a meticulous curator of the American pastime. Over many decades, Lee has filled his office with baseball treasures. He has a a 1917 Chicago White Sox ball signed by Shoeless Joe Jackson, a 1942 Negro Leagues ball signed by Josh Gibson, and a Mickey Mantle bat that's been traced back to the 1960 World Series. He also has a ball signed by The Beatles and four signed by John F. Kennedy. It is a collection of Rock and Roll excess, but also of passion and stewardship.<br /><br />Some 300 items from Lee's collection will be auctioned by Christie's on December 6. It is being billed as "Selections from The Collection of Geddy Lee," and the auction house has estimated The Beatles ball alone to be worth upwards of $300,000. Same for the Mantle bat and a ball signed by Rube Waddell. One of the Kennedy autographs could fetch $100,000. It's a lot of money.<span><a name='more'></a></span>"If you really look at it from an abstract point of view, it's greed," Lee said. "You want to own the game. You want to own a piece of every great player, to hold in your hand a ball that was signed by Lou Gehrig. It just became a magnificent obsession for me."<br /><br />What's telling, though, are the pieces Lee has decided to keep, and the unmistakable care with which he accumulated so many artifacts in the first place.<br /><br />"Baseballs, nobody owns them," Lee said. "They're like houses. You take care of them for a while, and then they move on to the next person, the next custodian."<br /><br />Lee always liked baseball, even if he was never ticketed for the major leagues. As a kid in Toronto, he tried out for a local team but didn't make it. He grew up listening to American League broadcasts from Buffalo and fell in love with Norm Cash, Al Kaline and the potent Tigers teams of the 1960s. Toronto had a Triple A team in those days — the Blue Jays wouldn't arrive for more than a decade — and Lee took a streetcar to see the pros play. He can still picture the wooden bleachers.<br /><br />By the 1970s, though, Lee was a musician. Playing the game had been replaced by playing on stage, and so he toured the U.S. and Canada, sleeping in hotel rooms past noon, eating breakfast at 1 p.m., and searching the television for something worth watching in the middle of the day. What he found were Cubs games on WGN and eventually Braves games on TBS. His passion was rekindled, and Lee was wired for obsession.<br /><br />When the broadcasts mentioned players from bygone eras, Lee thumbed through The Baseball Encyclopedia and thrilled at the colorful nicknames of the past. He read Hoopla by Harry Stein and The Southpaw by Mark Harris. He discovered the writings of Roger Angell and Roger Kahn. In 1979, he returned home from tour and contacted the Blue Jays — in their third year of existence and on their way to a third-straight 100-loss season — and purchased season tickets, which he shared with his brother.<br /><br />"We would ride our bikes down to the old Exhibition Stadium and watch game after game," Lee said. "As many as I could when I wasn't on the road."<br /><br />Rush already had three albums certified gold. In a little more than a year, the band would begin recording its iconic, five-times-platinum Moving Pictures. For that summer, though, Lee was just a 25-year-old kid riding his bike to baseball games with his brother.<br /><br />Perhaps he's being coy, but Lee says he "inherited" the ball signed by every member of the 3,000-hit club. It came to him with more than 20 signatures — Ty Cobb, Eddie Collins, Tris Speaker, Stan Musial — and through various connections in the game, Lee's been able to keep it up to date. Ichiro Suzuki. Miguel Cabrera. Albert Pujols.<br /><br />"It's a big job to keep adding to it," Lee said. "And I'm running out of space, too!"<br /><br />Lee was hesitant at first to ask for autographs. His bandmate Neil Peart was notoriously leery of the celebrity spotlight, and Lee didn't like the idea of hassling ballplayers on the field or in the clubhouse. He came into autograph collecting by chance. His blossoming obsession led to a Blue Jays front-office connection who gifted Lee and his brother a set of baseballs signed by various American League players. With those tucked away at home, Lee was on tour in Kansas City when he stumbled upon a memorabilia shop and purchased a signed photo of Satchel Paige and another of Bobby Thomson's "shot heard round the world."<br /><br />Soon after, he called that Kansas City shop looking for advice on obtaining a specific item.<br /><br />"I got in my head — and I think this is how every collector starts — wouldn't it be cool to have a baseball signed by Babe Ruth?" Lee said.<br /><br />The shop owner became a dear friend and mentor who eventually got him a Ruth ball. When Lee acquired the 3,000-hit ball, it was the shop owner who encouraged him to keep adding signatures; to not just admire a piece of history but to maintain it and enhance it.<br /><br />The rock star talked for a half hour without swearing until he was asked whether he's still in the fantasy baseball league he joined in the 1980s.<br /><br />"Oh, f— yeah I am!" Lee said.<br /><br />In the wake of the Moving Pictures album, when Rush was bigger than ever, Lee immersed himself in rotisserie baseball at a time when the hobby required a daily check of newspaper box scores. His league has grown notoriously complex and competitive, with minor-league players, long-term keepers and defensive statistics to make lineup building as realistic as possible. Lee sounded almost embarrassed to admit he hadn't won it since 2019. Four whole years without a trophy, when his Blue Jays are just starting their fourth decade without one.<br /><br />This season, Lee said, was something of a moral victory. He got off to such a bad start that, "I actually pondered whether I was getting too old for it." But he traded for Pablo López, picked up Kodai Senga and Elly De La Cruz, and got a strong second half from Triston Casas. He finished in a respectable fourth place.<br /><br />"When the season ends," he said. "My God, I miss the box scores so much."<br /><br />Truth is, Lee has his own place in baseball history. It's a footnote in the grand scheme of things, but it exists. Rush songs have been used as walk-up music, and former Padres play-by-play man Matt Vasgersian once called a home run by singing the chorus to Fly By Night on the air. Lee threw the ceremonial first pitch for the Blue Jays' home opener in 2013, and he sang the Canadian national anthem for the All-Star Game in 1993. With no pitch pipe and no accompaniment, Lee walked up the microphone and sang a cappella — but not before someone from the TV network told him he would be "happy to know" 80 million people were watching from home, which did little to calm his nerves.<br /><br />"The whole thing wound up being a very marvelous experience for me and very memorable," Lee said. "But it's one of those things: Once you do it once, why would you do it again?"<br /><br />Lee's brother-in-law took a picture of him from the stands, and 30 years later, that picture is still framed in Lee's office. He also added to his baseball collection that day, though he didn't mean to. Marlins closer Bryan Harvey, whom Lee didn't know, gave him a baseball before the first pitch.<br /><br />"And he just said, 'This is for your son,'" Lee said. "I mean, how sweet is that?"<br /><br />Lee is a collector by nature and a student of history by choice. He has collected art and wine, he wrote a book about his collection of bass guitars and he's recently begun collecting watches. The baseball collection, he said, has given him a greater understanding of American history. He has a 1946 Montreal Royals baseball with Jackie Robinson's signature on the sweet spot.<br /><br />"As a Canadian, that's a marvelous piece," Lee said.<br /><br />As a collector, though, Lee has come to believe that "collections need to be tended, and they need to be fed." And in recent years, Lee realized he'd stopped feeding his baseball collection. In 2008, he purchased more than 200 baseballs signed by Negro League players and immediately donated the entire set to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. He's made enough connections that people in the game still gift him artifacts, but he won't sell any of the gifts. They're priceless in their own way.<br /><br />"I kept a lot of personal things, and a lot of things that I felt my grandson perhaps would be interested to take over eventually in time," Lee said.<br /><br />Lee will sell the many baseballs in his collection that are signed by U.S. Presidents (an obsession back when he was still aggressively adding). He has Kennedy, Harry Truman, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon B. Johnson, and some of the signatures are on actual ceremonial first-pitch baseballs. He will also sell the final-out balls from both of Johnny Vander Meer's back-to-back no-hitters, themselves historical artifacts from a different angle.<br /><br />Packing his office for the sale, Lee said, was an emotional experience. Each item had a history and a story, and some of them Lee had acquired in especially memorable ways. They meant something beyond their hefty price tags. But when Lee was finished packing, he dug into his archive to better display the items he was not ready or willing to let go.<br /><br />"Within three days, my wife came into the office and said, 'I thought you sold your baseballs!'" Lee said. "I said, 'Well, yeah, some!'"<br /><br />Some stories, and some baseballs, just aren't for sale.<br /><br />"Those are symbolic of the life of a person, to me," Lee said. "I sit in the stands as a fan, and I marvel about the beauty of the sport and the grace with which it's played. In almost every game something happens that you've never seen before. I mean, what sport can really boast that? That's baseball to me.<br /><br />"The items I collected over these years, I collected with passion, I collected with love, and I just have too much! It's time to share with the world again. And that's fine."<br /><br />It's kind of just a miraculous thing.<br /></blockquote><p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-40538010177582438852023-10-26T09:37:00.002-06:002023-10-26T09:37:37.038-06:00Geddy Lee hosts new four-part series, "Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?" coming to Paramount+ December 5th<p>Geddy Lee will be premiering his brand new Paramount+ series Are Bass Players Humans Too? on December 5. Featuring Geddy speaking candidly with fellow legendary bassists like Nirvana’s Krist Novoselic, Metallica and Suicidal Tendencies’ Rob Trujillo, Primus’ Les Claypool, and Melissa Auf der Maur, formerly of The Smashing Pumpkins and Hole.<br /><br />“I’m trying to show the world that a bass player can do many things,” Lee is says in the trailer. “Join me as I travel to the homes of four bass legends and dive deep into their lives, and their inspirations, plus some fun making music … as I try to answer one really important question: Are bass players human, too?”</p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ds6LCsgXKEE?si=k1ZY2Y6r008n1NuQ" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-16182008784804662522023-08-30T08:49:00.008-06:002023-09-06T14:58:04.102-06:00Neil Peart's sister recalls how family members broke the news of the late Rush drummer's death<p>Nancy Peart Burkholder, one of Rush drummer Neil Peart's two sisters,
has shared her memories of her brother's passing. Peart died on January
7, 2020, following a three and a half year battle with brain cancer
(Glioblastoma), and his death was announced three days later, on January
10,m 2020. <br /><br />In conversation with podcaster Kelly Barrett,
Burkholder recalls how family members had to keep the news of her
brother's death a secret for those three days, until the official
announcement was made via Rush's website and social media channels.<br /><br />“We
had three and a half years to prepare, so we knew it was coming,” she
says. “And then once it happened, we had that week of radio silence
where we couldn’t tell anybody. And then we got - I think we had 10
minutes’ notice before it was going live to the world. So we had 10
minutes to tell everyone that we hadn’t told in three and a half years
that, ‘Sorry, we lied. Everything’s not okay.’ So, yeah, it was a really
hard - that week was the hardest week that we went through because we
knew and couldn’t share it.” <span></span></p><a name='more'></a>Burkholder recalls that, when news
of her brother's death became public knowledge, the family were
bombarded with messages of sympathy.<br /><br />“Our messages were blowing
up,” she tells Barrett. “My daughter finally turned her phone off. She’s
also a musician. She’s in the [music] world. And she actually wrote a
song that week called Radio Silence because we were under radio
silence. It played at A Night For Neil [ a memorial event for the
drummer held in October 2022]. It was incredible.<br /><br />“So, yeah, it
was a very surreal week. But that 10 minutes was, like… I can’t even
remember who I called in that 10 minutes. Everybody I knew, well, I had
to message them all at once, ’cause we knew we had 10 minutes. And then
just as one of my best friends got my message, it was on the radio. And
then all of them, of course, were getting called because their families
all know the connection and that - the same thing - had 45 years with
him, technically. So, yeah, it was a shock that went around the world,
that’s for sure.”<br /><br />In the interview Burkholder also recalls how,
when she was young, her brother would drum on her playpen, and how one
particular neighbour would occasionally call the police to visit the
family home when her brother was drumming in the family's garage. <p></p>- .loudersound.comPower Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-12662855508732497632023-07-13T17:42:00.000-06:002023-07-13T17:42:03.581-06:00Alex Lifeson on Shred With Shifty<p>Alex Lifeson breaks down the haunting, legendary solo on Rush’s “Limelight” on the first episode of the new podcast from Foo Fighters guitarist Chris Shiflett, Shred With Shifty. Watch: </p>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zEJuuKELzko" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-17188396182121068472023-07-11T15:46:00.001-06:002023-07-12T15:49:07.236-06:00Introducing the new Epiphone Alex Lifeson "Ruby" Les Paul Custom Axcess<p>Epiphone and Alex Lifeson have announced the release of the all new Epiphone Alex Lifeson "Ruby"<br />Les Paul Custom Axcess.</p><blockquote><p>Created through extensive work with Alex Lifeson and Gibson, Epiphone's Alex Lifeson Les Paul Custom Axcess similarly redefines the boundaries of the classic Les Paul in an accessible, versatile package.<br /><br />This guitar carries all of the traditional tones that have made the Les Paul legendary, along with unprecedented levels of sonic and performance agility. The Alex Lifeson Les Paul Custom Axcess Standard carries powerful Epiphone Ceramic Pro neck and ProBucker 3 bridge pickups with push/pull coil splitting on the volume controls, along with a Floyd Rose 1000 Series tremolo—the world's most efficient vibrato. <a href="https://tinyurl.com/2o2ho4q9" target="_blank">Click here to learn more.</a> <br /></p></blockquote>
<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/b9Q-OA7prj4" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-27056217445333073272023-05-25T13:23:00.001-06:002023-05-25T13:23:23.130-06:00 RUSH 716 Master Class & Tribute Concert @ The Cave in Buffalo, NY, August 3rd<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.thecavebuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rush716_MASTER_GRAPHIC_cave-e1684439038659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="194" height="200" src="https://www.thecavebuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Rush716_MASTER_GRAPHIC_cave-e1684439038659.jpg" width="194" /></a></div>The RUSH 716 Master Class & Tribute Concert is coming August 3rd to The Cave in Buffalo New York. The event will feature a master class with music journalist/musician/Rush maniac Jeff Miers and Rush historian, archivist and author Ray Wawrzyniak, in a discussion of the pivotal period in Rush history represented by the albums Permanent Waves(1980), Moving Pictures (1981), and Signals (1982). Following the master class, Rush tribute band Bravado (Jeff Miers, Ryan Nogle, Lucy Bell, Erin Ward, Nate Kalnitz, Mark Marinaccio) will perform a set composed of songs from Permanent Waves, Moving Pictures and Signals.<br /><br />Attendees will have the opportunity to register to win a variety of Rush merch (including deluxe box sets), enjoy Rush Golden Ale, view a Rush slideshow, and participate in a Rush trivia contest. A portion of the proceeds of each ticket sold will be donated to Grapes for Humanity, a Canadian, non-profit organization that supports various humanitarian projects around the world. For more info and to buy tickets visit <a href="https://www.thecavebuffalo.com/?event=rush-716-master-class-tribute-concert-7pm-15ad-20door">thecavebuffalo.com.</a><br /><p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-54235532369289283942023-05-22T15:38:00.005-06:002023-05-22T16:06:41.726-06:00Signals Atmos Listening Experience - enter for a chance to attend<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAry5C7-7Pkuzc7Hav9F2K-offWL2taH2QByABrpa0XL9WRLMeS45nL6SGiLPjcLwOAviBmo6s_R8GcwuwM8kJfZejqNsdk_PYUr1Z90naGB-fGvcZFoc44BKoourOmgKiVa0e0KX2aKgURVTCqqIKpcc8D6yLn2anwJk_uS95sdewR3clFA75tEfTg/s1080/N0_ke49U.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAry5C7-7Pkuzc7Hav9F2K-offWL2taH2QByABrpa0XL9WRLMeS45nL6SGiLPjcLwOAviBmo6s_R8GcwuwM8kJfZejqNsdk_PYUr1Z90naGB-fGvcZFoc44BKoourOmgKiVa0e0KX2aKgURVTCqqIKpcc8D6yLn2anwJk_uS95sdewR3clFA75tEfTg/s320/N0_ke49U.png" width="320" /></a></div>Anthem Records will be hosting an "invite only"
Dolby Atmos listening experience on May 31st in Toronto for the<i> <a href="https://amzn.to/3WoYAAZ" target="_blank">Signals 40th
Anniversary</a></i><a href="https://amzn.to/3WoYAAZ" target="_blank"> boxed set </a>release.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Power
Windows has some passes to give away for the event, and the only proviso is that travel
expenses are not covered, so you'll have to be <i>finding your way</i> to Toronto to
participate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I have the privilege of
choosing the winners, and to be considered, send an email to
<a href="mailto:pwrwindows@yahoo.com">pwrwindows@yahoo.com</a> with the subject line "<b>Signals Atmos Listening
Experience</b>", and provide the following details:
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li class="MsoNormal">First & Last name</li><li>
Email Address</li><li>
Number of tickets desired:</li><li>
Tell me when/where you first heard <i>Signals</i>, and/or what the
<i>Signals </i>album means to you as a Rush fan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Can be brief, i.e. 1-2 paragraphs. <br /></li></ul>
<p>These tickets are free, hold no cash value and cannot be transferred to others. All entries must be submitted by Thursday 5/25 at 10 am MST.<br /></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-23199898869722762652023-04-28T08:07:00.000-06:002023-04-28T08:07:29.091-06:00Signals 40th Anniversary Release Now Available<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://linkstorage.linkfire.com/medialinks/images/4b69323b-8366-4207-9123-54e6d732bdd3/artwork-440x440.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="440" height="200" src="https://linkstorage.linkfire.com/medialinks/images/4b69323b-8366-4207-9123-54e6d732bdd3/artwork-440x440.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>UMe/Mercury have released the <i>Signals 40th Anniversary</i> edition, hitting stores April 28th. <i>Signals-40th Anniversary</i> will be available to fans in three distinct configurations, including the (1) <a href="https://amzn.to/3TMf4lc" target="_blank">Super Deluxe Edition</a>, (2)<a href="https://amzn.to/3lT3Ej7" target="_blank"> one-LP Picture Disc Edition</a>, and (3) Dolby Atmos Digital Edition. There will also be a limited edition Super Deluxe box featuring eight lithographs of Neil Peart’s original hand-drawn lyrics for each song on Signals only available through the official Rush online store. All configurations <a href="https://amzn.to/3TMf4lc" target="_blank">are available here</a>. </p><p> Unlike the previous Rush 40th anniversary releases, <i>Signals-40th Anniversary </i>does not contain any live content. <br /><br />The Super Deluxe Edition includes one CD, one Blu-ray Audio, one high-quality 180-gram black–vinyl LP with new artwork from original album designer Hugh Syme in a premium tip-on jacket, and four 7-inch singles (“Subdivisions,” “Countdown,” “New World Man,” and “The Weapon (Single Edit”), all of them with new artwork from Syme. The set encompasses the Abbey Road Mastering Studios 2015 remastered edition of the album for the first time on CD. The Blu-ray Audio disc contains the core album newly mixed from the original multi-tracks in 48kHz 24-bit Dolby Atmos (the second Rush album to appear in Atmos, following Moving Pictures) and 96kHz 24-bit Dolby TrueHD 5.1 as done by esteemed producer/engineer Richard Chycki, alongside the previously available 48kHz 24-bit PCM Stereo mix. Also included on the Blu-ray are new animated visualizers for all eight songs, as well as two bonus remastered vintage promo videos: the high-school halls narrative of “Subdivisions” and “Countdown,” the latter of which features authorized Space Shuttle Columbia launch footage. Additionally, the LP in the Super Deluxe Edition has been cut via half-speed Direct Metal Mastering (the second Rush album to have been done as such, again following <i>Moving Pictures</i>) on a 180-gram audiophile black-vinyl LP, and it has been pressed at GZ Media in the Czech Republic.<br /><br />The Super Deluxe Edition of <i>Signals-40th Anniversary</i> also includes several exclusive items, including a 40-page hardcover book with new song illustrations and new artwork by original album designer Hugh Syme and unreleased photos from the Signals Tour, along with three lenticular lithographs that transition from the original black-and-white band headshots into the original album’s “Digital Man” color headshots; four SignalsTour band lithographs; Syme’s original album cover sketch lithograph; and a double-sided 24x24-inch poster featuring Syme’s new Signals artwork on one side, and an outtake photo from the original album cover shoot on the other side. All contents are housed in a premium lift-top box, which features significantly reimagined cover artwork by Hugh Syme.<br /><br />The second configuration is a one-LP Picture Disc Edition. The picture disc is housed in a transparent plastic sleeve, and it showcases new Hugh Syme artwork on both album sides.<br /><br />Finally, the third configuration, the Dolby Atmos Digital Edition, is the digital equivalent of Richard Chycki’s expert Atmos mix of all eight tracks from the original album.</p><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uVmU-Qs68GA" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-17212414329540066312023-04-07T14:59:00.000-06:002023-04-07T14:59:04.245-06:00Geddy Lee's "My Effin' Life" coming in November<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41VvVXPUZUL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="329" height="200" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41VvVXPUZUL._SX327_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg" width="132" /></a></div>As he alluded to back in September, Geddy Lee spent time during the pandemic to write his autobiography. Today his book "My Effin' Life" was announced for a November 14th publication date. <span class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">Click here to preorder:
</span><a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" href="https://t.co/fA9MH4IwOt" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" role="link" target="_blank"><span aria-hidden="true" class="css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-hiw28u r-qvk6io r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0">https://</span>amzn.to/43iYOgb</a><p></p><p> </p><p>Back in September, Geddy <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CUFgwgYAZYs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link" target="_blank">posted on Instagram</a>:</p><p></p><p></p><blockquote>So, how did I kill time during the pandemic? Little did I know that as of March 2020 I'd be locked down for over a year and a half—the longest time I'd spent in Toronto since I was nineteen and hit the Northern Ontario bar circuit with Rush.<br /><br />Although Nancy and I had to cancel a bunch of adventures we'd been planning, there were some shiny silver linings to be found at home: teaching my grandson the finer points of baseball and birdwatching, tending to my pups (one of whom was quite ill) and spending the evenings with my lovely better half, glass of Armagnac in hand, as we watched every European mystery show ever produced. Oh, and another thing: I began to write. Words, that is.<br /><br />My friend and collaborator on the Big Beautiful Book of Bass, Daniel Richler, saw how I was struggling in the aftermath of Neil's passing, and tried coaxing me out of my blues with some funny tales from his youth, daring me to share my own in return. So I did—reluctantly at first, but then remembering, oh yeah, I like wrestling with words. It's a less physical version of arguing with musical notes, without a Ricky doubleneck breaking my back! And soon my baby-step stories were becoming grownup chapters. Being the nuclear obsessive that I am, I'd write and re-write them, reassessing perspectives in the narrative not just by scouring my memory banks but my diaries and piles of photo albums too. I was piecing together a mystery of a different kind.<br /><br />I'd then send these improved and even illustrated stories to Daniel, who'd clean up some of the grammar and remove a lot of the swearing (I love to fucking swear), and presto! In a voice that sounded, well, just like me, a presentable, epic-length account of my life on and off the stage was taking shape: my childhood, my family, the story of my parents' survival, my travels and all sorts of nonsense I've spent too much time obsessing over. And Daniel said, "I think you're writing a book. An actual memoir, in fact." To which I replied, “Hmm… I guess I am.”<br /><br />I'm rounding third on this as-of-yet untitled memoir, which will be published by HarperCollins, edited by Noah Eaker, and is scheduled for release in Fall 2022.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGMyJWOzxuTvVa7p4ti5DrFkJpGajMZYivJxG1S8aq8xKFDr35scHZ5M76XCnDbr8xCyw1zUig_I18BRrSxVldy6wGMO0LGdUVRlNqlicoWIUEwEMkf8MAKNWqH2v5sf8p8VWzcEMic-7/s742/Screenshot+2021-09-21+110522.png" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="742" height="169" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeGMyJWOzxuTvVa7p4ti5DrFkJpGajMZYivJxG1S8aq8xKFDr35scHZ5M76XCnDbr8xCyw1zUig_I18BRrSxVldy6wGMO0LGdUVRlNqlicoWIUEwEMkf8MAKNWqH2v5sf8p8VWzcEMic-7/s320/Screenshot+2021-09-21+110522.png" width="320" /></a></div></blockquote><br /><p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-81576005795934597922023-04-01T12:41:00.005-06:002023-04-01T12:41:52.200-06:00Envy of None Limited Edition Picture Disc coming to Record Store Day Canada 2023<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/coverpics/EONrsd.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="200" src="http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/coverpics/EONrsd.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><p>Envy Of None's critically acclaimed debut is available on picture disc LP exclusively for RSD. The ambient, cinematic darkness that the collective creates evokes a powerful atmosphere that will excite superfans & new audiences alike. Alex Lifeson & Andy Curran's long-time friendship was the catalyst for the band's inception - but Envy Of None is not defined by its members resumes - they aren't Rush or Coney Hatch & far more than the sum of its collective parts. Above the beautiful cacophony of guitars, synths, bass & drums sits the fragile melodies of 24-year-old vocalist Maiah Wynne - the newest name in Envy Of None's impressive personnel. Hearing Mariah's voice intertwined with the music will bring back memories of when you heard Shirley Manson of ‘Garbage' or Amy Lee of ‘Evanescence' for the first time. Wynne brings charm & beauty to these recordings in spades - with floating hooks & emotive lyrics transcending the oftentimes textural aesthetic. The Storm Thorgerson-esque visuals that grace the cover may remind fans of Lifeson's earlier work - Andy Curran explains: “[the] hipgnosis style artwork of albums like ‘Pink Floyd' & ‘Led Zeppelin' & others were so eye catching, surreal & attention grabbing & we wanted to scratch that itch. We were instantly drawn to Lebanese photographer Eli Rezkallah at Plastik's photography & design work. We fell in love with a bunch of his work - we had a hard time choosing something because he had so many great images”. However, the 70's prog/Rush comparisons may end with the artwork - the music that this ensemble creates treads new ground with each track throughout their 42-minute debut, from industrial/electronic influences on post-progressive soundscapes. Envy Of None create a sound that will haunt, comfort & ignite. "If you can picture maybe Massive Attack with a little bit of some electronic stuff with Nine Inch Nails influences, with this beautiful, fragile, sweet voice & some very, very dark heavy sounds" - Andy Curran (Envy Of None) Following on from the excitement that followed the initial release in 2022, Kscope are proud to present a limited Picture Disc edition for Record Store Day 2023. <a href="https://recordstoredaycanada.ca/blog/article.php?id=172" target="_blank">For details visit RSD2023</a>.<br /></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-18475880263149451042023-02-22T15:43:00.000-07:002023-02-22T15:43:00.558-07:00Alex Lifeson appears on "Moonage Daydream" cover on Easy Star All-Stars' new album "Ziggy Stardub"<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3Ij4ddk" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="355" data-original-width="355" height="200" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71TtIRpu5wL._SY355_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Coming April 21st, Alex Lifeson appears on "Moonage Daydream" by Easy Star All-Stars on their new album, Ziggy Stardub, a reggae cover album of David Bowie's The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and The Spiders from Mars. <p></p><p></p><blockquote>"The mesmerizing rendition strips the gritty sound of the original, leaving a slick and sultry cover in its place. Lifeson closes out the track with an ethereal guitar solo, while Naomi Cowan's vocals flow through the chilled track, blending his celestial guitar stylings seamlessly. Perfectly balancing an aura of psychedelic and reggae, the essence of Bowie's classic sci-fi song finds a new purpose in this genre-crossing performance. ... Lifeson reveals he already had admiration for Bowie going into the recording of the track. 'Bowie was such an incredible artiste and the reggae concept for the project was an interesting approach. Naomi Cowan's vocals were inspiring to track to and the arrangement was fun to play to, as it should be." - <a href="https://consequence.net/2023/02/easy-star-all-stars-david-bowie-moonage-daydream-alex-lifeson-origins/" target="_blank">Consequence of Sound</a>, Feb 22, 2023<br /></blockquote><p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-3441507251073815702022-11-04T09:32:00.002-06:002022-11-04T09:32:08.513-06:00Legendary Artist Hugh Syme Unveils New Online Gallery Shop<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60672e2da354bb41c2ab3899/1631546930832-CMXUEI1XEPM2AUFVOG40/Hugh.Syme.Gallery.HOME.4.jpg?format=2500w" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="437" data-original-width="800" height="109" src="https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60672e2da354bb41c2ab3899/1631546930832-CMXUEI1XEPM2AUFVOG40/Hugh.Syme.Gallery.HOME.4.jpg?format=2500w" width="200" /></a></div>Hugh Syme is a Canadian award-winning illustrator, designer and graphic artist who recently unveiled a new online SHOP portal gallery for fans and followers of his work at <a href="http://www.HughSymeArtShop.com">www.HughSymeArtShop.com</a>. Syme is best known for his amazing artwork and cover concepts for world famous musicians and bands including Rush, Dream Theater, Celine Dion, Whitesnake, Kiss, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, David Coverdale & Jimmy Page, The Allman Brothers Band, Styx, Alice Cooper, Graham Nash, Aerosmith, Earth Wind & Fire, Queensrÿche, Joe Bonamassa, The Band, Tesla, and many more.<br /><br />He has also been commissioned for work in the corporate world by the likes of Disney, Virgin, Paramount, Universal Studios, Microsoft, Forbes, Sam Adams, Time Warner, Verizon Wireless and many major pharmaceutical companies.<br /><br />50 years, and counting, creating timeless works of art, Syme has decided to broaden his online presence in recent years with an expanded website, a personalized story-based Instagram account, participation in the music interviews-based Music Buzzz Podcast and now, with increasing demand, the online gallery where fans can shop and purchase signed prints of some of Syme’s ever-evolving artwork.<br /><br />“Ironically it took a global pandemic for me to get out and start doing art gallery showings and sharing more of my work online,” said Syme. “I have always received inquiries and the like from those interested that it just seemed natural to pause for a minute and create an online portal where followers of my art could shop for prints, all produced on museum grade, acid-free fine art papers, using 13 UV resistant and archival inks.”<br /><br />The shop also includes prints for order from Syme’s personal portfolio that will continue to be updated and expanded as the shop evolves. “I am always creating, whether it be for a music project, a commissioned portrait, a commercial assignment, or even for my personal collection,” said Syme. “Some of my favorites are pieces never or rarely seen by the public.”<br /><br />Syme is also a musician who plays piano, keyboards and guitar and can be heard on albums by the Ian Thomas Band (of which he was a member for five albums), Jim McCarty (of The Yardbirds), Alice In Chains (keyboards on their cover of "Tears" for the Rush 2112 40th Anniversary box set) and Tiles (progressive rock band from Detroit). Syme also appears as guest keyboardist on four studio albums by Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and longtime friends, Rush, including the legendary synthesizer intro to “2112: Overture”.<p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-65197577809703554972022-10-18T10:36:00.002-06:002022-10-24T10:37:19.853-06:00 Alex Lifeson presents SOCAN Cultural Impact Award to Tom Cochrane for "Life Is A Highway" <p>On Monday, October 17th, Alex Lifeson was on hand at the 33rd annual SOCAN Awards to present fellow Canadian musician Tom Cochrane with the Cultural Impact Award for his 1991 song "Life Is A Highway". Alex also joined Cochrane along with Bill Bell, Dala, Davide Direnzo, Molly Johnson, Jeff Jones (member of Tom Cochrane's band, and also a previous member of Rush), Sam Roberts and Julian Taylor to perform the song.<br /></p><blockquote>"I played with him on occasion and performed 'Life Is a Highway,' as well," ... "I am a friend, a collaborator, and like many, many others of his millions of fans around the world, I am a huge admirer of his work. Neruda is one of my all-time favorite records," Lifeson threw in of the 1983 album by Cochrane's original band Red Rider. "Tom is an amazing artist and songwriter, and with 'Life Is a Highway,' he created the perfect analogy of what we all go through. It is a magical blend of music and lyrics with an infectious chorus that sticks with you, and a theme that is inspiring and uplifting. It truly captures our journeys down the highway of life, the high roads, the detours, the dead ends, the U-turns, and especially the fear of running outta gas, the challenges that we all face in order to reach our destinations." Lifeson said the song's "joyous melody" is a hopeful reminder that no matter how many roadblocks life presents, "we will always find a way around them," adding, "It is the perfect message, especially over the past few years and what we've all experienced." - <a href="https://www.billboard.com/pro/rush-alex-lifeson-honors-life-is-a-highway-tom-cochrane/">Billboard.com</a></blockquote><div align="center"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/hQuNpiTxCpc" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-37555360935496285392022-10-14T13:05:00.001-06:002022-10-14T13:05:29.649-06:00Funko Pop! Albums: Exit Stage Left<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3TpVJF0" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="800" height="200" src="https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/1aee0ba0-fe72-4379-a7c9-76e7a44ff242.94d18b376007968583d4eddea1880329.png?odnHeight=2000&odnWidth=2000&odnBg=FFFFFF" width="200" /></a></div>The Funko Pop Albums collection includes Rush <i>Exit Stage Left</i>, and is tentatively scheduled for release on January 24th, 2023. The Pop! Albums line features popular music albums. The background of the box shows a replica of the album cover. The boxes contain one or more standards Pop! figures to recreate the primary image on the cover or band members at the time of the actual album's release to complete the look. This Funko Pop features a characterization of Paula Turnball, the same model who first appeared on the cover of Permanent Waves, then reprised her role on <i>Exit Stage Left</i>. <a href="https://amzn.to/3TpVJF0" target="_blank">Preorder now</a>.<p></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-58571689436464348262022-09-04T09:08:00.006-06:002022-09-04T09:10:42.293-06:00Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson Join Dave Grohl at Taylor Hawkins Tribute - UltimateClassicRock.com<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2022/09/attachment-Rush-TH-tribute.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="534" data-original-width="800" height="134" src="https://townsquare.media/site/295/files/2022/09/attachment-Rush-TH-tribute.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush performed at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in London, delivering a tight three-song set that felt equal parts like an homage to the fallen drummer as well as their own, the late Neil Peart, who died in January 2020.<br /><br />"Now if there's one band that I always associated Taylor Hawkins with, it's these next two guys," Dave Grohl told the Wembley Stadium audience. "Taylor got up and played with these two guys once in their hometown of Toronto, Canada. And I have to say, it was not only one of the greatest nights of my life, watching him do that, but perhaps one of the greatest nights of his. So would you please welcome to the stage, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson from Rush!"<br /><br />With Grohl behind the kit, the trio — augmented by multi-instrumentalist and producer Greg Kurstin — launched into a blistering take on the opening overture from the 2112 album. The moment quickly demonstrated that the days of rehearsal they had engaged in leading up to the event had primed them well for the performance.<br /><br />Following that with "Working Man," the AOR staple plucked from Rush's 1974 self-titled debut, a couple of things became clear. First, Lee and Lifeson delivered an astounding full-length version of the track (despite the evening running long), nearly 50 years after the pair first played it together, with the vocalist and bassist proving that he was in good form on all fronts. The guitarist matched Lee at every turn, playing a dizzying solo as Grohl bashed away in perfect synchronization. Not many drummers can step into Peart's shoes — or would dare to — but the shaggy-haired Foo Fighter pulled it off admirably.<br /><br />"So, for Alex and I, it's a privilege to be up here to play with Super Dave, and Greg," Lee shared with the crowd. "In 2008, as Dave told you, we got a call from Foos' management, asking if we'd come to the Toronto show and show up so that Taylor could play one of his favorite Rush songs with us. We obliged and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.<br /><br />"So tonight, in honor of that — and in honor of our own lost brother," Lee added with a reverential pause, acknowledging the formidable absence of Peart, "we'd like to play that song."<br /><br />With that, they offered a reprise of the moment Hawkins joined them for "YYZ," with former David Bowie drummer Omar Hakim stepping in this time for what became a spirited run through the legendary instrumental classic from the Canadian group. Kurstin handled the signature keyboard parts for the song — a satisfying way to wrap up the emotional tribute.<br /><br />"Bless you all, bless Taylor," Lee told fans at the conclusion of the song as they exited the stage.<p></p><p>Read More: <a href="https://ultimateclassicrock.com/geddy-lee-alex-lifeson-taylor-hawkins-tribute-concert-2022/?utm_source=tsmclip&amp;utm_medium=referral" target="_blank">Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson Join Dave Grohl at Taylor Hawkins Tribute</a></p>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-60601915382577293532022-09-03T10:00:00.000-06:002022-09-03T10:00:57.651-06:00Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson to perform at the Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concerts <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.foofighters.com/news/taylor-hawkins-tribute-concerts/" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="640" height="200" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FVTij36VsAYoP0l.jpg" width="160" /></a></div>Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson along with a slew of other artists will join the Foo Fighters at the Taylor Hawkins tribute concerts taking place September 3rd in London and September 27th in Los Angeles. For more info visit <a href="https://www.foofighters.com/news/taylor-hawkins-tribute-concerts/">https://www.foofighters.com/news/taylor-hawkins-tribute-concerts/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="" dir="auto"><div class="d2hqwtrz r227ecj6 ez8dtbzv gt60zsk1" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message" id="jsc_c_9z"><div class="alzwoclg cqf1kptm siwo0mpr gu5uzgus"><div class="jroqu855 nthtkgg5"><span class="gvxzyvdx aeinzg81 t7p7dqev gh25dzvf exr7barw b6ax4al1 gem102v4 ncib64c9 mrvwc6qr sx8pxkcf f597kf1v cpcgwwas m2nijcs8 hxfwr5lz k1z55t6l oog5qr5w tes86rjd pbevjfx6 ztn2w49o" dir="auto"><div class="m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk gh25dzvf n3t5jt4f"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">TODAY <span><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd d1w2l3lo tes86rjd" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/taylorhawkinstribute?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWREnmbnFLrDi38OtlwKeNG64v6OyVOMAgaW0GPnwgINTeO2LAkW-dlWC95nOJQb_EnCM93vdLDCjzV7FUckke0Mo_mtLO5Pjjw463oOUdm-Nch-Soxhp-DyiBKLKSlufdAGF42uZdMtz4pX4qa4U4h3_RTn9Au87To4YL--gjjpw&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" tabindex="0">#TaylorHawkinsTribute</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Show begins at 4:30pm BST - You won’t want to miss the start!</div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;">Watch live anywhere in the world here: <span><a class="qi72231t nu7423ey n3hqoq4p r86q59rh b3qcqh3k fq87ekyn bdao358l fsf7x5fv rse6dlih s5oniofx m8h3af8h l7ghb35v kjdc1dyq kmwttqpk srn514ro oxkhqvkx rl78xhln nch0832m cr00lzj9 rn8ck1ys s3jn8y49 icdlwmnq cxfqmxzd ezidihy3" href="https://lnk.to/MTVYT?fbclid=IwAR23g5jqwPr6tF97xAXdj7e9vXfTm2wxcZc-v_TbQ7oB5Vemj7iNt_VszCw" rel="nofollow noopener" role="link" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://lnk.to/MTVYT</a></span></div></div></span></div></div></div></div> </div>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-6321993536573590862022-08-26T10:05:00.004-06:002022-08-26T15:02:53.759-06:00Alex Lifeson Guest on Aaron Fink's "Dear Universe"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41RM5OoHaKL._UX500_FMwebp_QL85_.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="200" src="https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41RM5OoHaKL._UX500_FMwebp_QL85_.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>In 2001 Alex Lifeson produced <a href="https://amzn.to/3pMJoOB" target="_blank">Lifer's debut</a> self titled album. Lifeson has stayed in touch with the band members over the years and Lifer's Aaron Fink has released a new album titled <a href="https://amzn.to/3dWy53F" target="_blank"><i>Dear Universe</i></a>, which includes Alex Lifeson on the track "Forever Is Yours". Check out this interview with <a href="https://youtu.be/3OWerY7IkE4" target="_blank">Fink talking about the album</a>. <i><span style="font-size: x-small;">- Thanks to RushFanForever for the headsup!</span></i>
<div align="center"></div>Power Windowshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11014751497881644244noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4255277941877041778.post-69587229925236925032022-08-11T09:12:00.003-06:002022-08-17T09:34:45.272-06:00Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson perform at South Park's 25th Anniversary concerts at Red Rocks<p>Last night saw the second night of South Park's 25th Anniversary concerts at Red Rocks in Denver, hometown of South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. During the concert, a South Park video began featuring an animated Geddy and Alex, before they appeared in person to perform "Closer To The Heart" along with Primus and Matt Stone on drums. This is the first time Geddy and Alex have appeared on stage performing a Rush song since the final Rush concert in 2015. Check out the full video of performance below.</p>
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