"Hope"

Here's a home recording that Bill did a couple years ago of one of his favorite Alex Lifeson recordings, "Hope" from the Snakes and Arrows album. Enjoy!

[@Overlander-vo8lo]

Extremely well done! Please do Broons Bane next!

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Ohhh I like the idea!

[@russhfan]

Thank you Sometimes those little treasures get lost.

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Yes they do. I was really pulled into this song right away, and always imagined how it came to be, especially with the rather odd open tuning that Alex used.

[@luiza.8216]

wonderful music and playing

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Thank you, Luiz!

[@prestonh.4436]

Great playing! Alex’s playing always takes me to another place. You have that here! Truly beautiful playing!

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Thanks a lot!

[@erind8849]

Love.

[@gonepickin990]

Beautiful. Please do that next time you are at the Arcada!

[@markthompson2112]

Speechless! Great work and Alex would be proud of execution of song.

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Thank you Mark!

[@BrianCrowellthemusic]

Beautifully done! One of my favorite Lifeson pieces! I've gotta grab the 12 and learn that!

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Thanks Brian! It's a really fun song to go through, but make sure you pick up a few extra 'G' octave strings as that D-A-D-A-A-D tends to break strings.

[@BrianCrowellthemusic]

@@TheRushTributeProject lol Good to know! Will do!

[@vitalsigns6403]

Outstanding brother. Rush legacy like a fine 🍷

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Thanks so much!

[@vitalsigns6403]

@@TheRushTributeProject Hopefully your awesome bad come out west to norcal someday. Ill be there! 🤙🏻

[@tacosandfrenchfries4561]

Cool!

[@Orion13622]

Chills, absolute chills, you captured Alex's playing and sound perfectly! Well done.

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Much appreciated!

[@proffernot5485]

Looking forward to seeing you guys in Iowa City this weekend!

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Thanks in advance for attending!

[@DannyRosendo]

Excelent performance. Saludos desde Argentina. Greetings from Argentina

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Greetings Daniel!

[@distilt1238]

Songs like this, O'Malley's Break, and Xanadu make me want to save up for a good quality 12-string of some kind, but I gotta keep practicing, no way I could get all the notes to consistently ring out like this here 😅

[@nepahistoryandarchaeologys8623]

Great job, 👍

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Thanks!

[@vishtiberiuskirk6770]

Amazing again Bill. Can’t thank you enough for this. Beautifully played. What tuning are you using?

[@TheRushTributeProject]

Thanks so much! The tuning is DADAAD from low to high. The challenge with that on a 12-string is that octave on the G tends to break when tuned up to an A, so I've had to keep a handful of spares laying around.

[@vishtiberiuskirk6770]

@@TheRushTributeProject Thank you. I might give this a go looking at your fingerings, although I struggle with the fingertip pain of a 12 string. I am lucky to have an old line 6 variax 700 so will probably cheat and use the 12 string simulation. Sounds fab with less agony! Vish