Vertical Horizon's Matt Scannell & Keith Kane comment on Neil Peart's 'Traveling Music'

Matt Scannell & Keith Kane comment on Neil Peart's Book Traveling Music and working with Bruce Hornsby. This is an interview from April 1st 2006 at the Circle K Tempe Music Festival
While Peart’s wife, Carrie Nuttall, is off on a surfing vacation in Mexico, he decides to take his CD collection and his new BMW Z8 convertible to Big Bend National Park in Texas. He plays music from notable bands such as Linkin Park, Vertical Horizon, and even Rush’s then-newest album, Vapor Trails.
As he travels there and back, he reflects on things regarding performances from Rush in cities like Phoenix when Geddy was hit in the forehead by a Bic lighter, past travels by motorcycle with his best friend, Brutus.
Alternating chapters in the book consist of Peart’s autobiography. He speaks of his childhood from birth until he decides to travel to England to further his musical career in the first of these chapters, then talks of the music and concerts he watched on television when he got the chance to in the second chapter, and finishing with his life in England and after he moved back to his being hired by Rush.
Vertical Horizon is an American alternative rock band formed at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. in 1991. The band is best known for its 1999 number one single "Everything You Want".
Bruce Randall Hornsby (born November 23, 1954) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. He draws frequently from classical, jazz, bluegrass, folk, Motown, gospel, rock, blues, and jam band musical traditions.
Bruce Hornsby has worked with his touring band Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemakers and his bluegrass project with Ricky Skaggs and has worked as a session and guest musician. He was a touring member of the Grateful Dead from September 1990 to March 1992
Music has been a constant thread through Doug's life. Born to a thoroughly musical family, Doug began Piano lessons began at 5 and flute lessons began at 11. But things took a different shape when Doug started learning guitar at 13. Classical guitar and piano lessons continued through high school. At 15 he commandeered his father's dusty old open reel tape deck and began to learn about overdubbing and songwriting and all the rest. Scary but exciting thoughts of a life in music began popping into his head.
Doug Derryberry:
Derryberry & Alagia, worked in the studio with tons of other bands like Vertical Horizon, Everything, Edwin McCain, Dave Matthews Band, Ben Folds Five, moe., Agents of Good Roots, Shannon Worrell, Gibb Droll Band, Jackopierce, Earth to Andy, Keller Williams and many, many more.
Currently, Doug lives in New York City where he regularly produces, engineers, mixes, and/or plays on albums, plays live gigs, and creates original music for films and tv commercials. Doug is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, and the American Federation of Musicians.
Rush was a Canadian rock band consisting of Geddy Lee (bass, vocals, keyboards), Alex Lifeson (guitars), and Neil Peart (drums, percussion, lyricist). Formed in 1968, the band went through several configurations until arriving at its longest and classic line-up when Peart replaced original drummer John Rutsey in July 1974, two weeks
before the group's first tour of the United States.
Rush has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards, has won several Juno Awards, and won an International Achievement Award at the 2009 SOCAN Awards.The band was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 1994 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013.
Neil Peart of the Canadian rock band Rush plays drums on three songs on the album, "Save Me From Myself," "Welcome to the Bottom," and "Even Now." "Even Now" is a co-write between Matt Scannell and Neil Peart, with Peart writing the lyrics and Scannell writing the music. Scannell asked Peart if he would be interested in playing drums on the song, and Peart responded, "No one else can play drums on it - I won’t let anyone else play drums on it. I have to play the drums on it."
In addition to serving as Rush's primary lyricist, Peart published several memoirs about his travels. His lyrics for Rush addressed universal themes and diverse subjects including science fiction, fantasy, and philosophy, as well as secular, humanitarian, and libertarian themes. Peart wrote a total of seven nonfiction books focused on his travels and personal stories.
While Peart’s wife, Carrie Nuttall, is off on a surfing vacation in Mexico, he decides to take his CD collection and his new BMW Z8 convertible to Big Bend National Park in Texas. He plays music from notable bands such as Linkin Park, Vertical Horizon, and even Rush’s then-newest album, Vapor Trails.
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