You could never replicate that tone, or how he played those things.
Everything he did seemed so nuanced and out of this world, especially at that time. There was no thinking about ever reaching his level. Oh, from the very beginning, Hendrix blew my mind.
Being inducted is not going to change my life at all.Īs an aspiring guitarist, were you more impressed with Jimi Hendrix, or Eric Clapton with Cream? But if we’re not wanted there, I really don’t care. There are certainly a lot bands in there that I admire, like Zeppelin and U2. It’s a business that makes a lot of money and I have no problem with that, but it’s not a real representation of what rock music is about. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has just completed this year’s inductions, and Rush has once again been bypassed. On the band’s just-completed tour, Lifeson used several Gibson guitars, including his trademark ES-355, a ’58 reissue Les Paul sunburst, ’59 reissue Les Paul with tobacco-sunburst finish, and a Howard Roberts Fusion, along with two Martin acoustics (D-10 and D-12) and a Garrison OM-20 octave mandolin. Rush uses a MIDI controller in concert, which allows them to re-create the intricacies of their album sounds without having to add musicians or employ backing tracks. In concert, he incorporates a multitude of electronic effects, including bass pedal synthesizers. Through the group’s many musical changes, Lifeson has provided unique guitar work on electric and acoustic guitar, as well as on mandolin, bouzouki, mandola, and keyboards. With the 1976 release of 2112, the band was hitting its stride and released a string of impressive efforts leading up to 1981’s Moving Pictures, which includes its best-known song (“Tom Sawyer”) and remains its biggest seller. But by the next album, 1975’s Fly By Night, they began relying on their own musical instincts and Peart’s more-literary lyrics. Their eponymous 1974 debut reflected the influences of Led Zeppelin, Cream, Deep Purple, and The Who. In the decades that followed, Rush amassed more than 24 gold and 14 platinum albums, placing them in the company of the Beatles and Rolling Stones in terms of sales. So, Neil Peart took over on drums, and would subsequently become the band’s primary lyricist. Six years later, as they prepared for their first American tour, management decided that Rutsey, whose diabetes was exacerbated by what they saw as excessive use of alcohol, couldn’t handle the stress of touring.
Jones left after one gig and was replaced by a schoolmate named Geddy Lee as the band evolved to become Rush. In the summer of ’68, Lifeson joined friends Jeff Jones on bass and John Rutsey on drums to form a band they called The Projection. At age 11, he was given a Japanese-made Kent acoustic guitar as a Christmas present from his father, but his first formal musical lessons were on the viola, which he laughingly acknowledges, “…wasn’t the coolest thing you could do back then!” Lifeson was born Aleksander Zivojinovie to Serbian parents in British Columbia on August 27, 1953.
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