OT - Any RUSH fans? pic, Alex and I

1971Coupe · 07-17-2008, 08:13 PM

Big thanks to a great guy (former NHL'er Peter Zezel) also in the pic, who treated us to an amazing evening with RUSH.

smook · 07-17-2008, 08:19 PM

Where's Geddy? I went to school with him.

Where was that pic taken?

Racer · 07-17-2008, 08:21 PM

Wow, Rush...brings back some good memories. April Wine and Rush...Trooper and Rush. Keystone Centre Brandon Manitoba, must of been 32-38 years ago. In concert, Rush's songs went for ever and ever and.....one song blended into another, into another......

They tell me I had good times at them though...

1971Coupe · 07-17-2008, 08:32 PM

the pic was taken last week (July 9th) at the Molson Amplitheater.
this was a backstage thing, Geddy was their, I was standing beside him at one point, but didn't bother to interupt him, as he was talking with family.
No Peart thou, he splits right after the show.

GettReal · 07-17-2008, 10:33 PM

Very cool... I totally grew up a fan.. And Smook, where did YOU go to school? Geddy went to my highschool in North York.. Bathurst and Finch

DEMITRISTYLES · 07-17-2008, 10:53 PM

Holy ****! That's awesome Romeo. It must have been a dream come true to meet your favourite band. You know Peter Zezel? He was in the Blues and the Leafs I totally remember him.

awesome again...

1971Coupe · 07-17-2008, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by DEMITRISTYLES

You know Peter Zezel? He was in the Blues and the Leafs I totally remember him.

awesome again...

I don't know him, my buddy is good friends with him, he played 16 years in the NHL.

1971Coupe · 07-17-2008, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GettReal

Very cool... I totally grew up a fan.. And Smook, where did YOU go to school? Geddy went to my highschool in North York.. Bathurst and Finch

was it A.Y. Jackson?

GettReal · 07-18-2008, 02:58 AM

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Originally Posted by 1971Coupe

was it A.Y. Jackson?

Northview Heights

mg62 · 07-18-2008, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 1971Coupe

... an amazing evening with RUSH.

Romeo, very cool, and great that you got the pic. The backstage thing is always a rush, so to speak!

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Originally Posted by smook

Where's Getty? I went to school with him.

Bill, I guess you must have been pretty tight with "Getty" to get to call him by that special nickname ....

smook · 07-18-2008, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by GettReal

Very cool... I totally grew up a fan.. And Smook, where did YOU go to school? Geddy went to my highschool in North York.. Bathurst and Finch

Yup. North York = Willowdale !!!

He sat behind me in Grade 6 English glass at Silverview Public School. That's of course when he attended class. He was always writing poems too. (who would ever know.... !!!)

Then, Northmount Jr. High, and then Newtonbrook High School.

Geddy, (typo Mark.. I wasn't that close to him... he usually wasn't in school). Even in Grade 6, he was playing in the band already and they played at his house in the garage, with the garage door closed. You could hear them play at the end of the street!! I also remember him getting a black Porche very early in his career. It was the first Porche in Willowdale back then. He drove it all the time and he drove it hard and fast. We always would say, that's Geddy's car! btw no one ever saw a Porche before that.

All good memories! They even played at the school dances in the area as RUSH back then!

-Bill.

stpman · 07-18-2008, 08:51 AM

Very

wish I was there
Racer44 don't forget Max Webster

Steve