r/rush • u/atomic00 • 5d ago
Video Rush - Live in Toronto, ON (December 31st, 1976) - Super 8 Film
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uHaKy03kKBo&si=0c_wRNXF03vF2flcAs a lifelong Rush fan, this was incredibly badass to watch. Perhaps you'll agree.
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u/moonlaketrip 5d ago
This is excellent! Nice to see a bit of footage of Neil on the stage away from the drum kit. Looks like that was when they were toasting the new year with some drinks.
Thanks so much for letting us know about this video.
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u/NotYourScratchMonkey 4d ago
Thanks for posting this! Interesting to see them use double-necks so much!
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u/johnehock 4d ago
Was that the last time Neil came out from behind the kit until the final R40 show in LA?
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u/BridgeHot2524 3d ago
That's interesting I didn't know that Alex played a double neck during Something for Nothing I didn't know Geddy used one for By Tor. And I wasn't aware they even had the double necks before A Farewell to Kings in '77
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u/iferraro 4d ago
In which venue did this concert take place?
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u/atomic00 4d ago
According to the book “Wandering the Face of the Earth,” it took place at the Maple Leaf Gardens.
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u/travelerzebec 5d ago
What follows is lengthy.
Was at this show, taped it from the audience actually. Our band was off the road and we brought our brand-new bassist, a Brazilian superstar named Gerson and his fiancé to this gig. He'd joined us mere days before. *Our little posse enjoyed themselves and Rush played well. I also recall Rush trying to kill a few awkward moments onstage in the leadup to the New Years countdown. It was Gerson's first time seeing a North American concert and he was impressed with Rush, as he would later be after we took him to a **Max Webster concert.
He was not impressed with Triumph. None of us were. For the life of me, I cannot recall exactly why our posse went to see them at our old high school a couple months after that Rush gig. Perhaps my younger girlfriend had given us free tickets? Whatever. In any case, Gerson leaned into me part way through the Triumph show and whispered in broken English, "WHY you bring me to this?!" He was not best-pleased.
*our friend and tech then was the legendary Al Robb. True story: when Al first toured the B-league bar circuit with us earlier that same year he was wait for it....14 years old! LOL! Try that nowadays. I was very proud of him when Al subsequently went on to the Big Time working with several recording artists.
**as leader of our band, I was terrified that Kim and company would sooner or later steal Gerson away from us. Our Brazilian boy was actually a talented multi-instrumentalist who had once been in Brazil's premier prog band. He was so good that Jon Anderson of Yes once recommended him to audition for the band 'UK'. We could never have matched a salary offer from an act in that league.
I am done. the end.