The Rush double live album “All the World’s a Stage” introduced me to the trio of incredible musicians in the band called Rush.

The unique vocals of Geddy Lee and Neil Peart’s’s otherworldly percussion were different than any other popular act in the 1970’s. Rush entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, retired, and Neil Peart passed away.

I finally saw the greatest arena opening act for the past over 40 years headline a couple of months before the music stopped. Cheap Trick made a stop at NYCB Theatre at Westbury over the winter where it was nice to catch them up close in a theatre. Cheap Trick is also inducted in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame making The Paladium concert quite special; we got to witness two legendary acts as they pursued their path to arena mainstays.

A Farewell to Kings

Rock on!

GQ