Neil Peart -- The Latest News

Neil Peart plays on three songs on the new Vertical Horizon CD, Burning the Days. Here's an article about the new CD, as well reflections on his early days as a Rush fan.

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The new Vertical Horizon album, Burning the Days, is available to purchase on Tuesday, 9/22.

Neil wrote about his work on this album in this News, Weather, and Sports update from 2006. He collaborated on the lyrics for one song and played drums on three songs.

Go to the Vertical Horizon website for more information

The tracks include:

1. "All Is Said and Done"
2. "The Lucky One"
3. "The Middle Ground"
4. "I Believe in You"
5. "Save Me From Myself" drums by Neil Peart
6. "Carrying On"
7. "Back to You"
8. "Can You Help Me"
9. "Afterglow"
10. "Here"
11. "Welcome to the Bottom" drums by Neil Peart
12. "Even Now" Lyrics and drums by Neil Peart, Music by Matt Scannell

Labels: Vertical Horizon Burning the Days

Updated 7/30 - Song clips of all songs are now available on Amazon.com.

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Updated 7/20 - The new Vertical Horizon album, entitled Burning the Days, has been pushed back to 9/22/09 according to the band's Twitter account.

Update - we're delaying "Burning the Days" for just a few weeks to 9/22/09. Please hang in there! It's gonna be worth it! Thanks everybody.

More information available here.

Thanks to Rushisaband for the head's up!

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Neil wrote about his work on this album in this News, Weather, and Sports update from 2006. He collaborated on the lyrics for one song and played drums on three songs.

You can listen to All Is Said and Done on the Vertical Horizon MySpace page.

Also, Save Me From Myself is available at AlternativeAddiction.com on the First Listen page. While we don't know the names of all the songs Neil played on, Save Me From Myself seems to include some aspects of Neil's style. Let me know what you think.

Thanks to Rushisaband for the information!

Labels: Vertical Horizon Burning the Days

Even though Rush is on hiatus, there are quite a few current and future releases for Neil. I've created a page to track all these: Upcoming Neil Peart Releases.

In case you haven't seen all of these yet, here's the list:

May 18, 2009 - June 2009 DRUM! Magazine Cover

DRUM! Magazine readers interview Neil Peart. On newsstands now.

Read more about this.

May 28, 2009 - Buddy Rich Memorial Concert - 2008

Order from Drum Channel

Featuring Neil Peart, Chad Smith, Tommy Igoe, John Blackwell, Terry Bozzio with Efrain Toro, Nick Rich, Peter Erskine, Will Lee, and Jeff Berlin. These artists pay tribute to Buddy Rich, one of the greatest drummers of all time. With an all-star big band, they play not only Buddy classics but also their own hits. Over two hours of concert footage, plus almost two hours of rehearsal and backstage footage memorialize this historic drumming event.
Special Features:
* Interview with Cathy Rich
* Rehearsal Footage
* Pre-show & Backstage
* Contest winner Donnie Marple
DVD produced by Neil Peart and Don Lombardi
Published By: Drum Channel
Total Content: 286 min

June 18, 2009 - Drum Channel LIVE with Neil Peart, Doane Perry, and Terry Bozzio

Mark your calendars for June 18th at 6pm PST

Neil Peart (Rush) will be joined by special guests Doane Perry (Jethro Tull) and Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa) to answer your questions and talk about progressive rock drumming. There may even be some trivia questions with prizes, so be sure to catch the live feed!
You can ask your questions live in our chat room during the event, or email them in advance to info

Find out more here.

August 11, 2009 - I Love You, Man [Blu-ray]

Summer 2009 (expected): Vertical Horizon - "Burning the Days"

Neil Peart is a guest drummer and lyricist on this album.

"All Is Said and Done"

1. "The Lucky One"
2. "The Middle Ground"
3. "I Believe in You"
4. "Save Me From Myself"
5. "Carrying On"
6. "Back to You"
7. "Can You Help Me"
8. "Afterglow"
9. "Here"
10. "Welcome to the Bottom"
11. "Even Now"

Read more here.

Unknown: Ultimate Drum Play-Along Drum Transcription (Coming Soon)

The June 2009 edition of DRUM! magazine has an advertisement for this product. More details when I get them. The product ID is listed as 00-31869.

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There are also a few items that I missed from 2008

Dimensions Behind the Twilight Zone: A Backstage Tribute to Television's Groundbreaking Series- Released in 2007

Neil Peart wrote an essay for this book called Magic Realism Comes to the Suburbs. You can read a sample here.

2112 Drum Transcriptions

Moving Pictures Drum Transcriptions

Labels: Buddy Rich Memorial Concert, CD News, Drum Channel, magazine article, Site updates, Vertical Horizon Burning the Days

• The new Rush album and how it's going
• A new DW drum kit
• A side project Neil has been working on (very, very cool)
• Photos

Labels: Vertical Horizon Burning the Days, written by NEP