"Tom Sawyer" RUSH Cover YYNOT featuring Frank Bello/John Wesley (Bubba Bash 2023)

"Tom Sawyer" RUSH cover featuring Frank Bello and John Wesley
The EPIC opening moment from "Bubba Bash 2023"
Huge thanks to everyone involved. 🙏
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Recorded LIVE 1/7/2023 at The Keswick Theatre
Mixed by Billy Alexander, drums by Mike Hetzel
Video by Bob Williams
Shenanigans by Tim Starace
Frank Bello - Bass
John Wesley - Guitar
Tim Starace - Keys
Patty Pershayla - Vocals
Mike Hetzel - Percussion

[@snerkberkeley5318]

These guys are great. Also a testament to how great Geddy Lee is that he does the keyboards, the bass, and the vocals all by himself.

[@diezeled]

Just seen them tonight in Temecula, they rocked it!!

[@vorticoctobernegative]

These guys sound great

[@mrcapitalist2285]

These guys are awesome! But can anyone tell me if Rush receives royalties , and I would love to hear what Geddy and Alex has to say about their great talent ??

[@kmlconsolidated]

This band seriously does a great job with Canada’s RUSH!

[@julipander5684]

Met John Wesley more than 30 years ago, in a Marillion concert. Had the pleasure to conversate with him...such a fine guy and versatile musician. I'm glad about his long career on top of the music industry.

[@Heiteinah]

Ah! Now this is a face I haven't seen in a while. John Wesley is a great musician! Glad to see he's assisted with this wonderful night of tribute. Thank you all in YYNOT and everyone who took part in the Bubba Bash!

[@kennycab3374]

Just came across these guys today. My God the whole band is amazing and a woman covering Geddy like she does is crazy good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep it up!

[@Jeff-nk5lv]

All fantastic musicians. Frank Bello nailed Geddy's tone.

[@flogginga_dead_horse4022]

Isn't he playing Tim's rig? Hard not to lol

[@digggerrjones7345]

@@flogginga_dead_horse4022 Your *point* is "on point"!!

[@codersexpo1580]

Mike Hetzel is phenomenal and Patty...well lets just say GOOD GOD woman!

[@Daddy53751]

Never been too much an Anthrax fan, But Frankie Bello is most definitely one of the big dogs!!!🤘🏻

[@DAatDA]

Whole band is amazing, drummer is a legend

[@MrPugsley1961]

Really tremendous rendition of the Rush classic (no his mind is not for rent, to any god or government) especially impressive that this group of players stepped in with little to no rehearsal. Just nailed all the nuances of the song and were so tight in doing it. Mike Hetzel you were so spot on in nailing every iconic detail of the great Neil Peart on a night dedicated to his memory. Patty as normal is just a super front and vocalist, plus she can throw the shit out of a rubber chicken 🐔🍗 Frank Bello and John Wesley (not the Methodist?) were both outstanding. Lastly Tim Starace holding up the keyboard parts with the occasional boogie dance. Damn! 🙌

[@marckristel1598]

John Wesley incredible as always….GREAT JOB GUYS

[@jimwallace6877]

So impressive, pretty much note-for-note from everyone! Doing Neil proud. 😎And props to Patty for dancing in 7/8 (solos) and hitting all the high notes! 🥰

[@evilrslade]

Rush's music is of course not easy to play, but it is (just) possible, but the main problem for cover bands has always been emulating Geddy's vocals. Patty Pershayla comes as close as anyone i've ever heard. She puts her own spin on it which is great. Very impressive.

[@carlbradley4872]

FANTASTIC! Okay-so Video Editing was astounding. Great job piecing all the angles together into this masterpiece. As to the players- It is one thing to watch a bunch of "name brand' studs get together at Hall of Fame gigs and muddle through spotty renditions of basic Rock classics. It is another thing altogether to watch musicians who do not work together regularly -walk out and NAIL a RUSH tune. The way YYNOT orchestrated the second set rotating in players on each instrument from song to song, and those players nailing their parts, was magnificent. Really spectacular work by all involved. And not to leave Patty out- her vocals and command of the stage are remarkable. FanFLIPPINtastic, I say again.

[@daveg4236]

Frankie is a GREAT bass player. A lot overlook him

[@digggerrjones7345]

@@geddylee501 He's playing Tim's rig!

[@jetblast190]

Outstanding! And Patty’s absolutely crushing it! 👍🤟👏

[@krzysztofhawrot1971]

❤

[@EmmeTupakoiTaalla]

Absolutely amazing!

[@gcapps100]

Frank is amazing in his own right.

[@eschdaddy]

Yet another triumph!

[@Pataluhta]

Amazing! I never believed that anyone could cover Rush so well!

[@matthewdelap5404]

Everything about this act is first rate !!

[@BassistJayDLeep]

Great Job Guys and Girl, kicked butt!

[@bethwilbourn]

FN NAILED IT!!!

[@ricardoguzman9947]

A super clean job. Congrats.

[@tageast148]

She's amazing really gets down with it

[@charlesgordon8713]

What an awesome group this is.

[@michaelgriggs8574]

Hetzel is killing it!

[@gcapps100]

Mike always kills it. He's amazing.

[@bencarter6702]

John Wesley as in Porcupine Tree/Pain Of Salvation? And the lady singing reminded me of the frontwoman for Chicago's District 97.

[@mistermusic140]

The whole band kicks royal ass...BRAVO!!!! Liked and subscribed!!!

[@mikelestrat3121]

Bravo! A touch of magic.

[@johnkilpatient1509]

Killer!

[@Joe-mz6dc]

THE RIVER! Nicely done!

[@bruceschwab]

Thats a hell of a job Mike! Even the man Neil Peart admitted Tom Sawyer was tricky to play! You nailed it brother!!!!!!!!!

[@Daddy53751]

That’s always stuck in my mind. Said something along the lines of “I always love playing TS, because it feels great when I get it right.” (paraphrased)

[@Nickc4555]

I try not to engage in "he's better than" debates when it comes to musicians, it praises one at the expense of another, but having seen these and other audience recorded videos, Mike Hetzel is my man of the night. In such an august company of guest players, no one was more in tune with the music and the The Professor's mighty legacy. And he rocks like a train.

[@pdsidd]

Totally agree - outshines Portnoy realising that Neil understood that you don't need to play as if you're trying go through the batter head. Dynamics dear boy.

[@GalavantersSlots]

All these years of Rock n Roll Tom Sawyer was Always my favorite Tune of any songs out there, here i am years later still listening and you guys NAILED IT FIERCELY!!! ROCK oN!!

[@justinbaugh3432]

So glad to see the whole group still together! Patty just keeps getting better.

[@julipander5684]

OMG, that drummer!!!! And Patty's voice ranks highest level...

[@MarkTThompson]

Wezzzz, bloody amazing mate.

[@GalavantersSlots]

Back again!! Can't help to jam out to this icon of a tune!!!! You Guys are Amazing!

[@oldgadfly8398]

Excellent, as usual.

[@deputydog332]

WOW just wow.

[@THEMADSHADCHANNEL]

HELL YEAH!!!

[@Terry_Sieving]

40+ year Rush fan. F yeah!

[@edjones3390]

Epic!

[@stevethegreek71]

Excellent!

[@trevin1691]

Best tribute Tom Sawyer Evah!

[@OkieMikester]

Spot on!!👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽

[@nayazhitsofficial6611]

amazing....tom sawyer cover

[@DK-ox3ox]

John Wesley is an awesome musician. To bad he wasn't with Porcupine Tree this past tour.

[@paulmears5330]

Outstanding 😎🤘

[@Billyjoehenry]

Love me some Patty! :)

[@toronto57]

Oh ya they have that Rush grove!

[@VirtualLiveShow]

Amazing❤❤❤

[@ch3nz3n]

Ya had me at John Wesley.

[@brianst.martin9205]

Wow!

[@tmsnohio]

excellent cover

[@BrentTaylor56]

Absolutely amazing! Lead singer is really good. As i said before, Neil would be very proud. God rest his soul.

[@jackshittle]

Great job Tim! I never knew Frank came in to play a song with you guys. I can't wait for Frank's SansAmp to come out BTW. IMO, Frank gets put into "One of the nicest, coolest, friendliest people in metal" along with David Ellefson - no wonder those two joined forces for Attitudes & Altitudes.

[@LouisGedo]

👏 👏 👏

[@ChesterWalkingPhotoTours]

Get these guys to Download UK

[@tonycalvo5908]

They are great. Wish they would tour so I could check 'Em out! #Texas

[@gryffrees]

Outstanding

[@TheGreatOutdoors]

Awesome!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@snevs]

John Wesley......nice.

[@gcapps100]

She said "catch the fish". I'm dead. 😂😂😂

[@projekt9759]

Nice to see bands doin covers on Rush songs. 👍👍

[@LyinginSilence]

Mike ...excellent

[@Albytor2112]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing :)

[@rob98705]

Absolutely killed it! When are you coming to Dallas?!?!

[@turdeaugottago114]

so solid! i hope youre very proud of your efforts! you should have alot more subscribers and views. top shelf reproduction. drum work was almost perfect! neil always said this was one of his hardest songs to play.

[@nayazhitsofficial6611]

frank bello...🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BLDRUNNER81]

Yeah!!!! You got my blood boiling and my soul a stiring once again, takes me back to my teenage years when this song first came out

[@_tgwilson_]

Fantastic cover guys.

[@mbench4174]

Like it😀

[@rogerminnick5059]

Please come to Boise Idaho, I would love to see you guys live!

[@tageast148]

I love your voice

[@travis1572]

I would like to see that guy on KZbin who does Rush covers on the drums, I think he's a professor 🤔 (not a pun)from Hawaii,he nails Neil to a T . Would love to see him sit in with some of these bands

[@donaldcampbell9219]

The drummer is the best one.

[@waynebaker2452]

Wow. Who'd a thought those Pearl Decades would have sounded better than the DW's.

[@zwastiunburzy3688]

Rush was (still can't believe it's 𝘸𝘢𝘴!😢) a rarity in "prog" music in that there seemed to be an almost equal amount of female fans as there was male. RIP Neil Elwood Peart, we'll never know the likes of The Professor again.

[@spike002uk]

Base player nails it.

[@zabe67]

Nothin bether of rush but this guy ROCK!!!

[@degeciguilhermedearaujo7813]

Parabéns!! Mandaram super bem ! Fazer viver do Rush, não é pra qualquer um!!! Muito bom. Instrumental, voz nota 10!!!

[@GlenPeterson]

This is excellent! Question: how can this be called YYNOT when the bass player (on keyboards here) is the only original member? I mean, I can roll with it. I just missed a few transitions somewhere.

[@YYNOT]

This was a Neil Peart Tribute/charity event dubbed "Bubba Bash" event that we arranged with a bunch of Neil's friends sitting in on various songs. We raised in excess of 100k for Cedars-Sinai in Neil's name that night. Feel free to add to that by following the link below. giving.cedars-sinai.edu/neilpeartbraintumorresearch

[@TweedSuit]

These guys should get some royalty from Rush just for pulling it off.

[@Vnachi8]

Frank is entirely underrated as a bass player, musician and writer, but I'd still rather see Tim on bass.

[@easytalkcafe]

Very awesome. Mike is great. But the OCD over Rush songs makes me say the next part. Catch the drift.....not catch the fish. The only time Geddy used catch the fish on one tour (Presto tour I believe) he said it during that song, he used it replace catch the spit.

[@nohero178]

Also, it's "Catch the mist, catch the myth" not the other way around.

[@stevedarms9914]

^^^It's that kind of stuff that turns "normal" people off to Rush fans. Just stop analyzing and enjoy the music. Also Patty formerly was in a side project called Catch the Fish...so whenever she sings TS, she's probably going to slide that phrase in there. Just sayin'.

[@miketeeguitar]

Why is he not playing te bass!!!

[@tyronereid6797]

I like this version better than the original by RUSH and I'm a musician.

[@chriszickel5085]

Sorry get rid of the singer

[@mikesummers6634]

That was great!

[@markbustamante4825]

The Main Monkey Business

[@primegroover75]

Excellent!