Rush in Cincinnati!

Steph and I got to see Rush--the most amazing band in the world. ;-) The venue, Riverbend in Cincinnati, was set up similar to DTE with a pavilion and lawn, but the view of the stage from the lawn wasn't as good. Neither was the sound.

The performance was great. Though they aren't "spring chickens" anymore, to steal a line from Getty, they put on a 4 hour show with one small break. I'm still amazed at their level of performance.... after 25 some years of playing and touring together.


They played more songs from their current album than we anticipated. About 8 I'd say. And their choice of classic songs to preform wasn't the best... at least from our point of view. Overall the flow of the show wasn't as good as that of the DTE show we all went to.

Check out Neil's drum solo for the tour. Great solo over all! One of the biggest changes to the solo was the electric portion. When he starts that part (2:22 on the video) the sound affects for the drums are very mechanical sounding. Once he started that section the whole crowd went quiet... probably thinking the same thing I was.... "Wait.. what is that?"

Awesome show, awesome time, awesome band. Nuf said.