First Time Hearing Neil Peart Drum Solo - Rush

[@FrugalShave]

One important thing to note: This solo is played about 2 hours into their 3 hour live shows. His stamina was insane!

[@catmanpc9166]

Neil Peart.

[@lucifer73]

Rush played loud af! To hear him do this live, the bass drums concussed your chest and made your balls hurt a little. It was magic. RIP Professor.

[@salvatoredioguardi3132]

The ending was a tribute to all the great jazz era artists that influenced him during his musical career! Paying homage and respect. RIP Neil Peart!

[@revdmcspumcsb]

In an interview, Neil said this version of his drum solo was a tribute to druming and the history of rhythm beginning with African beats through western military beats, Asian drumming etc and ended with a Big band and Jazz section in which he was honoring the best from multiple cultures including tap dancers who were rythmic.

[@Goatchild90]

R.I.P. Neil. A Canadian making history like he did makes me proud

[@doug900S]

That’s why Neil is called the professor! And, that drum kit is 24k gold!

[@thatdudekyle5690]

People have no idea how hard it is to hold a tempo with your feet & play something completely different with your hands like he does at

[@garylagstrom3864]

RUSH is THE PERFECT EXAMPLE of the fluidity of MASTERING TIME SIGNATURES! I play drums and there are a few things that you need to know about Neil Peart’s ( pronounced PEER-T) character: First he writes the lyrics so he knows in advance what TYPE of song it’s meant to be ie ballad, driver, etc. Second he COMPOSES on the drums… like a carpenter who looks at a set of blueprints before building the object. Neil lays out a SKETCH in his mind of the VOICES of the drumset and builds the song from there. He is also a great LISTENER knowing when NOT to step over Geddy’s singing or Alex’s solos! Finally, he had perfect timing and fluidity of time changes. He said himself that it’s not about COUNTING the time signatures as much as fluid motion to change the tempo without counting: in other words it should FLOW! He hates repeating the same drum patterns in the same song meaning if he plays a fill one way the first time around he will play it differently the second time around. IE. Rolls down the toms the first time around and triplets or quads (all four limbs) the second time around. In short there will NEVER be another like him on planet earth 🌍 🌏 🌎! REST IN PEACE PROFESSOR!

[@Salmacis99]

RIP Neil Peart- one of the best rock drummers EVER. Regarding Tommy Lee- he's a really good basic rock drummer, but NOWHERE near the league Neil Peart is in. If you want to see another drumming masterpiece, watch Danny Carey of Tool playing the song Pneuma.

[@verified.my2cents]

Besides being a drumming genius, Neil never failed to leave behind words of wisdom for us all. ”The important thing is: if you fail once, or if your luck is bad this time, the dream is still there. A dream is only over if you give it up-or if it comes true.” - Neil Peart. Among the millions of drummers to cite Neil as the best I love this quote by Stewart Copeland " I never get tired of people coming up to me and saying 'You are my 2nd favorite drummer". RIP Neil.

[@TampaCEO]

Neil is your "favorite drummer's favorite drummer." He's legendary among the drumming community. R.I.P. G.O.A.T.!

[@forakermm]

The Professor. There will never be another like him. I’m glad I was alive to see him play with Geddy & Alex several times. ❤️

[@markzuck8486]

He also wrote all of the lyrics to Rush's songs... Crazy talent

[@rockerboy920]

Neil Part is insane and seeing it live is a totally amazing experience. I feel blessed that I got to see Rush live and Peart's solo has always been one of the most memorable parts of the show. They were 3 amazing musicians that came together to make some of the most unique and amazing rock music ever.

[@kevinbryan8726]

Thank you guys for acknowledging the GOAT. He was also a beautiful human.

[@pearlguy6351]

This man was the reason why I started playing drums when I was 10 years old RIP Neil Pert

[@thedagwood1972]

He was 52 years old when this was performed! Amazing.

[@brianhill714]

Ok not only did Neil play the drums but he also wrote all the lyrics for RUSH, the man was a true genius.

[@davidjordan5077]

"When I heard that he was gone, I felt a shadow cross my heart" -Nobody's Hero, Neil Peart I think of that lyric everytime I see this solo on youtube.