Far and Wide: Bring That Horizon to Me!

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ECW Press, Sep 13, 2016 - Biography & Autobiography - 304 pages

35 concerts. 17,000 motorcycle miles. Three months. One lifetime. Now in paperback

In May 2015, the veteran Canadian rock trio Rush embarked on their 40th anniversary tour, R40. For the band and their fans, R40 was a celebration and, perhaps, a farewell. But for Neil Peart, each tour is more than just a string of concerts, it’s an opportunity to explore backroads near and far on his BMW motorcycle. So if this was to be the last tour and the last great adventure, he decided it would have to be the best one, onstage and off.

This third volume in Peart’s illustrated travel series shares all-new tales that transport the reader across North America and through memories of 50 years of playing drums. From the scenic grandeur of the American West to a peaceful lake in Quebec’s Laurentian Mountains to the mean streets of Midtown Los Angeles, each story is shared in an intimate narrative voice that has won the hearts of many readers.

Richly illustrated, thoughtful, and ever-engaging, Far and Wideis an elegant scrapbook of people and places, music and laughter, from a fascinating road — and a remarkable life.

 

Contents

INTRO THIRTYFIVE CONCERTS 17000 MOTORCYCLE MILES THREE MONTHS ONE LIFETIME
NOWAND WAY BACK WHEN
SCIENCE ISLAND
ROCK OF AGES
GIFTS OF TIME
BACKSTAGE BYWAYS
A SENSE OF PLACE
SHOW ON THE ROAD SNOW ON THE ROAD
MIRACLE IN COLORADO
SERENITY IN MOTION
THE ACCIDENTAL PILGRIM
GEORGE HARRISONS EYES
COPS AND ROBBERS AND MORONS OH MY
EAST OF EDEN
WESTBOUND AND DOWN
IN A BIG COUNTRY

AGAINST THE WEATHER
MISFIT MIDDLE EIGHT
BINGE RIDING
THE LONELIEST ROAD IN AMERICA

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Neil Peart was the drummer and lyricist of the legendary rock band Rush and the author of Ghost Rider, The Masked Rider, Traveling Music, Roadshow, Far and Away, Far and Near, and, with Kevin J. Anderson, Clockwork Angels and Clockwork Lives.

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