Author Archives: Jeff "Geddy"

Rush Before Neil

I didn”t know that this existed.

Get this show on the road…again.

The HeadRUSH web site is the resurrection of sorts on previous efforts. HeadRUSHis a San Diego tribute to the band and music of the legendary Toronto band….RUSH! This new band features two members of the previous band HeadRUSH. Though this site is up, there are many things to add and modify before it can escape the [...]

News and Winter Advice From Geddy Lee

I wanted to drop a post to let everyone on the HEADRush Shred Barchetta friends list that sadly, there is not likely to be any shows this coming year, unless something changes.  I will still keep up the site and post from time to time if anything Rushlike happens. I will also be doing everything [...]

Red Barchetta

Ever wonder how Neil Peart got the idea for his songs? http://www.bmwbmw.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8693&hilit=drummer [Fiction piece from Road & Track -- November 1973, pp.148-150] It was a fine morning in March 1982. The warm weather and clear sky gave promise of an early spring. Buzz had arisen early that morning, impatiently eaten breakfast and gone to the [...]

Alex Has Groupie Problems?

One of my favorite all time guitarists would of course be Alex Lifeson. He is really stepping up his stage act recently. During the Snakes and Arrows tour, there are multiple “Barbie Doll” groupies known as “Big Al’s Babes” standing on stage in front of Alex Lifeson, holding “Post-It” notes with various sayings on them, apparently [...]

Happy Bastille Day!

Happy Bastille Day everybody! On this day back in 1789 Parisians stormed the Bastille, freeing its inmates and taking the prison’s large quantities of arms and ammunition, thereby setting in motion the French Revolution. More importantly, back in 1975 Rush decided to write a song about it. There’s no bread, let them eat cake! There’s [...]

Rush fans make their way out of the woodwork

After 35 years of criticism, Rush is now considered cool By Christopher Borrelli | Tribune reporter April 15, 2009     If you have waited decades for the signal to come out of the closet and declare your allegiance to “The Holy Triumvirate,” as Jason Segal dubs Rush in “I Love You, Man,” consider this [...]

Geddy interviewed on Blender

I have something you might enjoy. I Just ran into an article on Blender magazine where they recently interviewed Geddy Lee and opened up questions to the readers. There were a lot of interesting questions. For example… You were made an officer of the Order of Canada in the ’90s. To what does that entitle [...]

Tiny Tim and the Snow Dog

If anyone ever doubts the veracity and inventiveness of RUSH fans, this should set your mind at ease…Thanx to Mitch.  httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQhF30FJZYM

Big Al Lifeson Lists His Best Guitar Solos

  MusicRadar.com recently spoke with Alex Lifeson and asked him what he thought were his three best guitar solos. Alex chose Freewill, Kid Gloves and Limelight. Very interesting.

Get this show on the road…

The Shred Barchetta web site is the resurrection of sorts on previous efforts. Shred Barchetta is a San Diego tribute to the band and music of the legendary Toronto band….RUSH! This new band features two members of the previous band HeadRUSH. Though this site is up, there are many things to add and modify before [...]