No Intro needed, except to say, " In the Style of" ALEX F'n Lifeson!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chilipeppermaniac]

Now, some of you youngsters and even oldsters who were born either too late or too early to come upon RUSH in their ascending days, may not understand my affection for their early stuff before let's say the Signals album. BUT I spent endless hours in our tiny apartment kitchen doing drafting assignments for my high school drafting classes. Rush's first 3 Albums and 2112 were in a constant rotation on our combo stereo, turntable, 8 track setup in the living room.

I am no longer 16, but 60, and I can't imagine what the retired General and his wife felt like every afternoon between 3:30 and 6 when our parents got home.
Having said all that, HERE is a mortal playing ALEX's parts, and for the first time in my life, I get an idea what my ears heard and my emotions felt LOOKS like up close being played in the style of Alex Lifeson.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

{Permanent Waves is also one of my favorite Rush albums. Natural Science, Jacob's Ladder always get me in good moods.

And of course who can dispute the greatness that is the whole Hemisphere's album?

 

[iblive]

Good playing @chilipeppermaniac

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Good playing @chilipeppermaniac

One of my favorite ALEX moments is an instructional video actually done by ALEX. I think it was Spirit Of Radio. You can bet he didn't show it done wrong LOL

Click on Watch on Youtube

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Good playing @chilipeppermaniac

YEAh, Whoever that guy was, he did pretty good Alex imitation.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

 

[Mouse]

Great stuff! I love that era of Rush. Kudos for covering Cygnus X-1. That's been forever on my list.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Great stuff! I love that era of Rush. Kudos for covering Cygnus X-1. That's been forever on my list.

HA Mouse, I might have to make a disclaimer, ALL clips, including the actual Alex Lifeson are NOT me playing.

BUT with the good videos this guy youtubed, I can now see how Alex played the songs that are some of my favorites. ALSO, like me and I know Gball do, we like Wine Red Les Pauls ( Customs and Standards)

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Great stuff! I love that era of Rush. Kudos for covering Cygnus X-1. That's been forever on my list.

Love your Avatar picture too Mouse.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Man do I love the Caress of Steel album and of course Bacchus Plateau.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

 

[Mouse]

HA Mouse, I might have to make a disclaimer, ALL clips, including the actual Alex Lifeson are NOT me playing.

BUT with the good videos this guy youtubed, I can now see how Alex played the songs that are some of my favorites. ALSO, like me and I know Gball do, we like Wine Red Les Pauls ( Customs and Standards)

Ah, sorry. I assumed that was you (the mortal) playing in the videos. At least you've got a good source for learning.

I've seen the Alex one before which was from some instructional series some years back. I learned the correct way to play Spirit of Radio from him. He's got similar videos for Limelight and Tom Sawyer as well. You can't ask for better instruction than that.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Mouse, that was my first reaction to seeing Alex demo HOW HE plays the songs.

None better.

 

[Mouse]

If you're interested, here's La Villa Strangiato which I did some years ago. Massive apologies for the intro as I was between acoustic guitars (although I've never owned a nylon string guitar). I thought the first solo would be the toughest but the 2nd was harder given the odd timing and phrasing.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

If you're interested, here's La Villa Strangiato which I did some years ago. Massive apologies for the intro as I was between acoustic guitars (although I've never owned a nylon string guitar). I thought the first solo would be the toughest but the 2nd was harder given the odd timing and phrasing.

I can't see the clip, Mouse. Would love to watch it.

 

[DirtySteve]

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

 

[gball]

This is topical for me, I was just listening to "Rush in Rio" this morning. Holy hell, Lerxst is a monster. Just...what a phenomenal player he is.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

This is topical for me, I was just listening to "Rush in Rio" this morning. Holy hell, Lerxst is a monster. Just...what a phenomenal player he is.

Now you know why I say that Rush is to me like the oxygen in my blood is to my very existence.

I will also like to say that I am so glad this man demo'd the Caress of Steel / No one at the Bridge licks. I cannot say it loud enough that it and the Natural Science are 2 of my top songs of Alex. Incidentally, I find Geddy's bass playing in No One at the Bridge to be INSANELY INTENSE and how the 2 of them MELD, just slays me.

I really like the tone that this demonstrator gets from his playing too. ( Listening through headphones really brings out the subtelties)

 

[gball]

Now you know why I say that Rush is to me like the oxygen in my blood is to my very existence.

I will also like to say that I am so glad this man demo'd the Caress of Steel / No one at the Bridge licks. I cannot say it loud enough that it and the Natural Science are 2 of my top songs of Alex. Incidentally, I find Geddy's bass playing in No One at the Bridge to be INSANELY INTENSE and how the 2 of them MELD, just slays me.

I really like the tone that this demonstrator gets from his playing too. ( Listening through headphones really brings out the subtelties)

Yeah, they were one of my first favorite bands and part of the whole formation of my musical sensibilities. I was lucky enough to see them a bunch of times during the period that I consider their creative apex, at least for the longer complicated multi-section songs that to me define them - 1977 to 1984. Just to watch those three dudes pull off something like 'Cygnus X-1: Book 2 Hemispheres' live was an education in itself.