At some point is the 90s one of the fellas I work with came back from days off saying he found some Canadian guy, who said he was in a rock band, out wandering in the desert out by our old nuke plant. It seems he was out hunting quail and found this Canadian and he said his dirt bike had broke down and he needed a hand. My work bud took him back to his truck and they took off a couple of miles to his broke down BMW 1150GS out in the middle of BFE. So this random Canadian spent three days at my work associates house while his bike was being repaired, just hanging out with my work associate and he no idea who he was. He came back to work and told us the story we asked him what band the guy said he was in and he said, I don’t remember I think he said his name was Neil and he was in Rush? We all nearly spewed out our coffee. Turns out Neil told my work associate that he randomly picks places desolate, out-of-the-way places to ride off road for several days kind of getting off the grid. He said his intention was to ride from phoenix to Yuma driving exclusively through the desert. When he would reach his destination, he would sell his bike back to a bike shop and hop on a nearest airplane and catch up with the band.
Bob R Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 10, 2020, at 6:06 PM, Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > I should add that when Alex did this he was alleged to have a paper bag over > his head with a face drawn on it. This apparently pissed off the guys in Kiss > and also cause their groupies to flee. > > -D stories from the road > > >> On Jan 10, 2020, at 7:43 PM, dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >> wrote: >> >> Yeah, the whole story about him just taking off after their deaths is really >> sad. Apparently, Geddy and Alex heard little from him the whole time and >> were really concerned about the band ever getting back together. >> >> I heard some really wild stories about them from their crew about when they >> toured as an opening act for Kiss. The guys in Kiss thought there was >> something wrong with them because they didn’t party or have all the >> groupies. They used to barge into the room where Kiss would be having all >> their post-concert debauchery and harsh everyone’s buzz. I don’t recall if >> it was Paul or Ace that Alex used to purposely try and bust up his groupie >> hookups on occasion just to mess with him. At least that’s what I was told. >> >> -D >> >>>> On Jan 10, 2020, at 6:00 PM, Mitch Haley via Mercedes >>>> <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dan Penoff via Mercedes wrote: >>>> Bummer. Neil Peart of Rush passed on Tuesday of glioblastoma. >>>> I was lucky enough to meet him a few times while working a number of their >>>> tours through the midwest from 1978-1982. Everyone in the band was really >>>> nice, and very kind to the crew. >>>> Fly by night, Neil! >>> >>> >>> His daughter and his partner went way too soon. >>> May they be with him always. >>> >>> https://www.amazon.com/Ghost-Rider-Travels-Healing-Road/dp/1550225464 >>> >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
