William's Song a Day Blog - est. September 2007

From: R30: 30th Anniversary World Tour ; Year: 2005; Genre: Hard Rock/Progressive Rock Dang, still kind of in a state of shock over hearing about Neil Peart passing away; and at such a young age too. Apparently an almost 4 year long battle with brain cancer took him back on Tuesday. Not only was he an amazing and one of the greatest drummers of all time, but was an incredible lyricist for Rush, penning the majority of the band's lyrics. He most certainly will be missed; rest in peace. After a lot of thought on the song I should pick or revisit today I just decided on choosing one of his epic drum solos; this one's from the 30th anniversary tour and translated from German to English Der Trommler means, (you probably guessed it),: The Drummer . Hear Der Trommler on YouTube. My song pick 1 year ago today: Billy Joe Royal - Cherry Hill Park My song pick 2 years ago today: Q Lazzarus - Goodbye Horses My song pick 3 years ago today: Al Di Meola - Black Cat Shuffle ...

1393 Rush ( Neil Peart) - O Baterista (Drum Solo) From: Rush in Rio , Year: 2003 Last night I saw Neil Peart perform a condensed version of his current epic drum solo, which I believe is called " Love 4 Sale ," on The Late Show with David Letterman , which can be found here on YouTube . Anyway, I figured that I should add one of Neil Peart's solos for today's pick, so here's one of the only ones that was available on YouTube in good quality. This solo is named: O Baterista, which is Portuguese for " The Drummer ;" most of the names of his recent drum solos translate from other languages as " The Drummer " as well. Hear O Baterista on YouTube. My song pick a year ago today: Hawkwind - Zarozinia My song pick two years ago today: Ghostland Observatory - Sad Sad City My song pick three years ago today: The Wallflowers - One Headlight +