cool story
--FT
On 1/11/20 2:43 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes wrote:
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
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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
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