LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-AUGUST 27, 2019- HE WAS BORN ALEXANDER ZIVOJINOVICH, BUT HE’S BETTER KNOWN AS ALEX LIFESON THE BAD-ASS GUITARIST OF RUSH.TODAY ALEX TURNS 66. LIFESON CO-FOUNDED RUSH IN 1968 WITH DRUMMER JOHN RUTSEY AND BASSIST AND SINGER JEFF JONES. A MONTH LATER, GEDDY LEE WAS BROUGHT IN TO REPLACE JONES. SIX YEARS LATER NEAL PEART WAS REPLACING JOHN RUTSEY ON DRUMS. THE RUSH LINE-UP WAS COMPLETE. RUSH WENT ON TO SELL OVER 40 MILLION ALBUMS, AND IT’S STREAK OF CONSECUTIVE GOLD AND PLATINUM ALBUMS IS TOPPED ONLY BY THE BEATLES AND THE ROLLING STONES. IN 2013, LIFESON WAS INDUCTED WITH RUSH INTO THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME.
HERE’S ALEX LIFESON SHOWING HIS CHOPS WITH SOME LIVE RUSH
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