Lucas Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 (edited) Rush were dressed as characters from the late-'50's American sitcom Leave It To Beaver: guitarist Alex Lifeson as dad Ward Cleaver, his long hair slicked back, wearing a smoking jacket; bassist/vocalist Geddy Lee as mom June Cleaver, hair in pigtails, wearing a floral-print night dress; and drummer Neil Peart as son 'Beaver' Cleaver, in school uniform How I would love to see just one photo - one blurry Polaroid .. something .. anything Interesting that Neil was Beaver and Alex was Ward - I would have guessed the other way around .. I suppose that just added to the surreal quality .. ( notice how I make no mention of Geddy as June Cleaver ? ) http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/tours/760417story.htm Edited May 21, 2016 by Lucas 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas Posted May 21, 2016 Author Share Posted May 21, 2016 April 17th, 1976 http://www.2112.net/powerwindows/tours/760417poster.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Permanent-Rush Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verena Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 The concert surely was amazing. And the "behind the scenes thing" must have been funny, really. :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Great story! :goodone: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhealey Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 Interesting. One of four dates Rush played on the same bill with Thin Lizzy in '75-'76. Would have loved to see any of those shows, of course. Gimme some Whisky in a Jar any day. I didn't remember anything about the third band, Starcastle. They apparently haled from Champaign IL (where I went to law school), played a prog, highly Yes-like style, and in '73-'80 they opened for a bunch of famous acts - Nugent, Boston, Journey, Styx, Tull, Foreigner, Todd Rundgren, Gary Wright, etc. Just listened to Starcastle's Lady of the Lake on Youtube and man, "Yes-like" is polite. More like "can't-ape-a-band-any-more-than-this-Jon-Anderson-should-sue." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GabesCavesOfIce Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 The laid-back Californian had witnessed some shocking sights during his tenure in Thin Lizzy. Some of it, he says, 'went beyond human boundaries'. But what Rush had in store for him was simply weird. It was a couple of hours after the show had ended when Gorham heard a knock at the door of his hotel room. Loaded on booze and weed, and busy entertaining two local girls, he cautiously opened the door and peered out. When Gorham saw the three figures standing outside, he nearly dropped his spliff. The most shocking fact... There was an entire era when Neil didn't sprint for the exit and actually hung around after the show! . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted May 21, 2016 Share Posted May 21, 2016 The laid-back Californian had witnessed some shocking sights during his tenure in Thin Lizzy. Some of it, he says, 'went beyond human boundaries'. But what Rush had in store for him was simply weird. It was a couple of hours after the show had ended when Gorham heard a knock at the door of his hotel room. Loaded on booze and weed, and busy entertaining two local girls, he cautiously opened the door and peered out. When Gorham saw the three figures standing outside, he nearly dropped his spliff. The most shocking fact... There was an entire era when Neil didn't sprint for the exit and actually hung around after the show! .Neil is even a snob with his own band members! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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