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During the early years, Geddy played Rickenbacker 4080 double neck bass. It is most notably played on "A Passage to Bangkok" off RUSH's 1976 album "2112."

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Alex Lifeson throwing it down on the Time Machine Tour.

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Neil playing the bongos while wearing a Compton hat. The Compton hat makes sense. He's more OG than any of us.

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Geddy and Alex doing what they did best on stage.

"I don't take for granted that people just admire what we do.  So whatever we do, they'll admire.  Every audience we have to do that.  We have to earn their dedication and expenditure of time and energy and money to be there every single time."

-Neil Peart

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Geddy Lee is a lifelong Toronto Blue Jays fan. Moreover, he's a lifelong baseball fan. Here he is taking notes during a Blue Jays games. I wonder how many notebooks he has with Blue Jays games information. The wealth of information would be a baseball fan's dream.

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Alex playing his first guitar. A 1967 Conora hollow body. It's not a Vox amp. It's just black tape. (Got corrected when I posted it elsewhere.)

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The boys during a songwriting session. Late 1970s working on "Hemispheres" or "Permanent Waves." What song do you think they're writing?

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RUSH doing their best "Bohemian Rhapsody?"

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Rush performing during the "2112" tour, 1976. Photo by Antonia Hille.

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It says 1987. That's "Hold Your Fire" area Rush. The album was released by Anthem in Canada and Polygram/Mercury outside of Canada.

The album is produced two singles "Time Stand Still" with Aimee Man and "Prime Mover." "Force Ten" and "Lock and Key" weren't official singles, but charted.

"Force Ten" peaked at number 3 and number 41 in the United Kingdom while "Lock and Key" peaked at number 16 in the United States respectively.

"Time Stand Still peaked at number 3 and in the United States and number 41 in the United Kingdom while "Prime Mover" peaked at number 43 in the United Kingdom. While it may not have been as commercially successful as other albums, it achieved gold status in the United States. It also has a cult following.

What's your favourite song on the album?

Because of this picture, Neil's height has been noted by fans.

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Here is an acoustic cover of "Tom Sawyer." The vocals are phenomenal. The guitar work is next level. It's unique. Something different than your usual cover.

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Alex and Geddy in 2010 when Rush got their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Neil wasn't there as he was biking to their tour date in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

They got the 2,412th star. It can be found at 6752 Hollywood Blvd..

Donna Halper was on hand for this very deserving honour.

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Geddy and Alex being goofs like only they can.

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While Neil had social anxiety, he still lived an amazing lived not just as musician but in other facets of his life.

A lot of his travels have been documented, but sit and listen to his untold stories of his travels would be an honour and privilege. The stories of traveling the back roads of North America to small towns is what he loved to do.

He loved the diners and small town pubs where he could sit and talk to people who didn't know who he was.

A lesson we could take from Neil is to not just do the touristy stuff, but go off the beaten path a little. You may end with experiences and memories to last a lifetime.

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Rush when they made an appearance on "The Colbert Report" in 2008. Up to that point, it was their first appearance on American TV in 33-years.

It is on the "Retrospective DVD/CD package. They performed, of course, "Tom Sawyer."

For the longest time, you could never find any video of either the interview and or performance. Comedy Central didn't release it to the public. In 2020, Vulture was fortunate enough to get permission from Comedy Central to put the interview in an article.

Now, the whole interview and performance is on YouTube. Hilarious interview. Shows they can laugh at each other and not take themselves seriously all the time.

Go check it out.

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Neil's mustache game was always on point. Good 'ole cookie duster.

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Nancy and Geddy. Two young kids with nothing to lose and everything to gain. I heard everything turned out okay for these kids.