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 Wide is an elegant scrapbook of people and places, music and laughter, from a fascinating road — and a remarkable life.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Description conventions
- rda
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 786.9/166092
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 23
- Distributor
- Canadian Electronic Library (Firm),
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9781770413481 9781770908949
- LCCN
- ML419.P362
- LCCN Item number
- A33 2016eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xx, 282 pages)
- Published in
- Ottawa, Ontario
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)kck00237057 (OCoLC)947134241 (CaOOCEL)451511
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Front Cover 1
- Copyright 3
- Table of Contents 6
- Intro: Thirty-five Concerts. 17,000 Motorcycle Miles. Three Months. One Lifetime. 10
- 1. Now—and Way Back When 22
- 2. Science Island 44
- 3. Rock of Ages 56
- 4. Gifts of Time 70
- 5. Backstage Byways 77
- 6. A Sense of Place 93
- 7. Show on the Road/Snow on the Road 103
- 8. Against the Weather 118
- Misfit Middle Eight 132
- 9. Miracle in Colorado 148
- 10. Serenity in Motion 158
- 11. The Accidental Pilgrim 168
- 12. George Harrison’s Eyes 183
- 13. Cops and Robbers and Morons (Oh My!) 200
- 14. East of Eden 207
- 15. Westbound and Down 222
- 16. In a Big Country 237
- 17. Binge Riding 252
- 18. The Loneliest Road in America 259
- 19. Bubba Crosses the Backline Meridian 289
- Epilogue: The Garden 302
- Back Cover 306
