Rush

rickde · Post by **rickde** » Mon Dec 08, 2003 9:40 pm

So I got the Rush in Rio concert on DVD. Unbelievable. It is definately the best concert DVD I own. What was up with the laundry dryers on stage? Anyway, I know Geddy switched to Fenders on stage and I'm sure this has been discussed in here before, but why did he do it? Did anyone else think Lifeson did his best to show off how many guitars he owns? I think he used a different guitar for every song. I thought it was pretty cool Geddy never switched basses. In fact I didn't see him even fine tune his instrument through the whole show. YYZ was awesome!

leftybass · Post by **leftybass** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 2:09 am

Geddy has used his Jazzes live and the studio as well for years now, at least since 'Counterparts' was recorded....

keb · Post by **keb** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 4:49 am

Regarding the dryers: I believe Geddy pretty much just does direct into the PA these days, he doesn't even use an amp. So he needed... something... back there to fill up the space...

About the Fenders: I read an interview where he said that during the recording of Counterparts, the engineer, Kevin Shirley, convinced him to dig out the old Fender Jazz that he had played on Moving Pictures and play that on the album instead of his Wal basses. I wish he had convinced Geddy to break out the Ricks instead!

rob · Post by **rob** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 6:29 am

The last time I saw Rush in '98, there was a refridgerator on stage. Although, they did not pull out any cold beers out of it. LOL
I think they do this for a joke.

I have a Fender Geddy Lee bass. It's really not a bad bass at all, but the Ricky is better IMHO. The Ricky has a couple more pounds, and the notes sustsain much better. But for a Jap bass, it does have very good quality.

rkbsound · Post by **rkbsound** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 3:56 pm

I saw the tour with the dryers (Saratoga NY). The funniest part was when a stage-hand took out stuff and put stuff in. I think they were towels. Hilarious!

4003seagreen · Post by **4003seagreen** » Tue Dec 09, 2003 8:30 pm

When I saw Rush last year, the stage hands kept going on stage and putting quarters in the dryers to keep them going. T-shirts were tumbling during the whole concert, and at the end they opened up the dryers and tossed some t-shirts out into the crowd.

atomic_punk · Post by **atomic_punk** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 7:02 am

If you watch the DVD closely, he DOES change basses for 2112 because it is tuned down a whole step. He is playing the red Jazz bass on that part. So it was probably getting tuned while he played the red one. Alex has always used a lot of guitars, and some of them (like the 335) he brought for sentimental reasons to play on the old songs. I didn't see the doubleneck, but then again, they didn't do "Xanadu" or "Passage to Bangkok"!

lshaia · Post by **lshaia** » Fri Jan 09, 2004 4:03 am

He plays a third bass, a black J with a tortise pick guard, on "Driven". All of 'em sound great to me.

The only time I've seen Rush was in 1976 at a local skating rink, very primitive compared to Rio but still good.

mike_smith · Post by **mike_smith** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 11:51 am

And you can see them all again when they hit the road in 2004, dryers and all. hopefully the odd Ric making an appearanece as it's the 30th aniversary tour....
May 26, 2004 AMSouth Amphitheater. Nashville, Tennesee. May 28, 2004 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Charlotte, North Carolina.
May 29, 2004 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Virginia Beach, Virginia.
May 31, 2004 Post Gazette Pavilion. Burgettstown, Pennsylvania.
June 2, 2004 Germain Amphitheater. Columbus, Ohio
June 4, 2004 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Noblesville, Indiana.
June 5, 2004 Tweeter Center. Tinley Park, Illinois.
June 7, 2004 Marcus Amphitheater. Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
June 8, 2004 DTE Energy Music Theatre. Clarkston, Michigan.
June 10, 2004 Blossom Music Center. Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. June 12, 2004 UMB Bank Pavilion. Maryland Heights, Missouri.
June 13, 2004 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Bonner Springs, Kansas.
June 23, 2004 Smirnoff Music Center. Dallas, Texas.
June 25, 2004 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. San Antonio, Texas
June 26, 2004 C.W. Mitchell Pavilion. Woodlands, Texas
June 29, 2004 Red Rocks Amphitheater. Morrison, Colorado
June 30, 2004 USANA Amphitheater. Salt Lake City, Utah
July 2, 2004 White River Amphitheater. Seattle, Washington
July 3, 2004 Clark County Amphitheater. Portland, Oregon
July 6, 2004 Hollywood Bowl. Hollywood, California
July 7, 2004 Coors Amphitheater. Chula Vista, California
July 9, 2004 Shoreline Amphitheater. Mountain View, California.
July 10, 2004 Chronicle Pavilion. Concord, California.
July 12, 2004 Sleep Train Amphitheater. Sacramento, California.
July 14, 2004 Verizon Wireless Amphitheater. Irvine, California.
July 16, 2004 Cricket Pavilion. Phoenix, Arizona.
July 17, 2004 MGM Grand Garden Arena. Las Vegas, Nevada
July 29, 2004 Sound Advice Amphitheater. West Palm Beach, Florida.
July 30, 2004 Tampa Bay Amphitheater. Tampa, Florida. August 1, 2004 Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater. Atlanta, Georgia. August 3, 2004 Nissan Pavilion. Bristow, Virginia.
August 4, 2004 Tweeter Center. Camden, New Jersey. August 6, 2004 Meadows Music Theater. Hartford, Connecticut.
August 7, 2004 Montage Mountain. Scranton, Pennsylvania. August 9, 2004 Saratoga PAC. Saratoga, New York.
August 11, 2004 Jones Beach. Wantagh, New York
August 12, 2004 Tweeter Center. Mansfield, Massachusettes.
August 14, 2004 PNC Bank Arts Center. Holmdel, New Jersey.
August 15, 2004 Darien Lake. Buffalo, New York.
August 21, 2004 Bell Centre. Montreal, Quebec.
August 22, 2004 Molson Amphitheater. Toronto, Ontario.
September 8, 2004 Wembley Arena. London, England.
September 11, 2004 NEC Arena. Birmingham, England.
September 12, 2004 Evening News Arena. Manchester, England.
September 14, 2004 SECC. Glasgow, Scotland

mortivan · Post by **mortivan** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 3:03 pm

June 8. Oh yeah!

keb · Post by **keb** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:43 pm

Sure are a lot of Verizon Wireless Amphitheaters and Tweeter Centers out there!

bigbajo60 · Post by **bigbajo60** » Thu Feb 19, 2004 6:54 pm

As for the Rick making a 30th Anniversary appearance... isn't there some official Rush Website where the fans can put in a plea that might have a snowball's chance of getting to Geddy?

Does anyone know of such a cyber-site?

mike_smith · Post by **mike_smith** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 12:45 am

Alvaro, if you head to:
http://www.rush.com/
enter the site and go to the bulletin board to post messages, it's been down a week or so, changing servers etc.. Start that plea, I'll be right behind you, with no new material to promote, we may see a song or two that needs a Ric, maybe even a 4080, bring back Xanadu!

rickde · Post by **rickde** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:03 am

Love those dryers. I want one of the tshirts from the dryers. I think someone from this forum mentioned they had coin operated dryers once and stage hands would have to come out and put more quarters in to keep them going. That is hilarious.

rickde · Post by **rickde** » Fri Feb 20, 2004 1:11 am

Just went to the Rush website. Some cool pics of Geddy with his Ric. If you go to Gallery and then 1980's Geddy is sporting a serious mullet.