{"id":12424,"date":"2020-01-30T05:59:58","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/hi-lo\/?p=30000006782"},"modified":"2020-01-29T22:00:38","modified_gmt":"2020-01-30T06:00:38","slug":"drummer-neil-peart-celebrated-in-an-evening-of-rush-at-que-sera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/drummer-neil-peart-celebrated-in-an-evening-of-rush-at-que-sera","title":{"rendered":"Drummer Neil Peart celebrated in an Evening of Rush at Que Sera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Drummer Neil Peart was so accomplished at his instrument that stating as such was so obvious\u2014akin to saying the sun was hot\u2014it became a bit of a joke. But his playing never was. When Peart died on Jan. 7, from brain cancer, he was one of the acknowledged masters in rock history, comfortably set in a pantheon that included the likes of John Bonham, Ginger Baker and, his idol, Keith Moon.<\/p>\n<p>When he passed, Dave Grohl, who, if you don&#8217;t know kids, is actually quite a decent drummer himself, said Peart&#8217;s &#8220;power, precision and composition was incomparable. He was called \u2018The Professor\u2019 for a reason: We all learned from him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former Police drummer Steward Copeland once said that Peart was &#8220;the most air-drummed-to drummer of all time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"10 Times Neil Peart Was the Best Drummer on Earth\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nICgCOJ7BS8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>There promises to be a lot of that going on tonight at Que Sera with An Evening of Rush, A Tribute to The Professor.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Rush tribute DJ Dave Skott, the evening will not only feature the music of Rush but synchronized concert lasers and Rush videos playing on screens.<\/p>\n<p>Skott, who describes himself as a lifelong Rush fan\u2014are there any other kind?\u2014will no doubt be playing lots of stuff that showcases not only Peart&#8217;s drumming prowess but his writing as well.<\/p>\n<p>What some people might not know is that Peart was the primary lyricist for the band, his lyrics taking on a many times philosophic or highly personal subjects. In the song &#8220;Limelight&#8221; he wrote: &#8220;Living in a fisheye lens\/Caught in the camera eye\/I have no heart to lie\/I can&#8217;t pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While there will be no doubt many feelings of sadness and loss during the evening, know that 100% of the evening&#8217;s proceeds will be donated to St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Entry is free and there will be a cash bar, with an ATM on site.<\/p>\n<p><em>Que Sera is located at 1923 E Seventh St. An Evening of Rush begins at 9 p.m. and runs until 1 a.m. For more information, click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1027088154324023\/\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hosted by Rush tribute DJ, Dave Skott, the evening will not only feature the music of Rush but synchronized concert lasers and Rush videos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":241,"featured_media":70826,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","inline_featured_image":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":"","_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"_":"","_author_alias":"","cap-aim":"","cap-description":"","cap-display_name":"","cap-first_name":"","cap-jabber":"","cap-last_name":"","cap-linked_account":"","cap-newspack_employer":"","cap-newspack_job_title":"","cap-newspack_phone_number":"","cap-newspack_role":"","cap-user_email":"","cap-user_login":"","cap-website":"","cap-yahooim":"","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_email_html":"","newspack_email_type":"","newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_hide_page_title":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_show_share_buttons":"","newspack_sponsor_byline_prefix":"","newspack_sponsor_disclaimer_override":"","newspack_sponsor_flag_override":"","newspack_sponsor_only_direct":"","newspack_sponsor_url":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_show_updated_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7950],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"coauthors":[2890],"class_list":["post-12424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hi-lo","tag-do-this","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/241"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70826"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12424"},{"taxonomy":"newspack_spnsrs_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/newspack_spnsrs_tax?post=12424"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=12424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}