LRRC EP884: Rick Beato with Alex Lifeson & Anika Nilles, RUSH in LA, RUSH Set List
The Loudini Rock and Roll CircusShow Notes
Alex Lifeson:
Relearning his old material
Guitars: Les Paul, double neck, Telecaster.
String gauge
amps… marshalls
Getting their advance from Mercury records on going shopping
100 watt Marshall stacks cry baby and Maestro phase
High watt stacks
Then for Marshall combos inspired by Allen Holdsworth
Discovered chorus on farewell to Kings and used it ever since
Using fractal axeffex now
tonex… amplitube.. modeling his own sounds
striving not to repeat himself on each album
Simplifying his playing to work with Geddy and Neil
Doesn’t like doing too many takes
Recording the solo to Limelight… put the speaker cabinet outside
finger picking… took classical guitar lessons as a teenager
Spontaneity
challenge to work around keyboards
Change writing guitar part approach and went from Les Paul type guitars to stratocasters with single coils and even active pickups
Getting back to rock with counterparts with kevin Shirley…. Recording in the room with the amp versus In the control room.
Video with his parents when he was 17.
about the guitar:
“Not just a piece of wood with metal strings it’s a being”
Was hoping they could just make it for 5 years and that would be pretty good lol
2112: “our protest record”
Moving pictures their magnum opus
I’m not crazy about the production on signals.
Grace Under Pressure was a difficult album for them
Spirit of Radio. Electric mistress. Tribute to radio.
We playing the hits for this tour. But also playing some songs I just want to play and want to surprise people.
Anika Nilles:
new drum kit
reverse ride tom configuration
loose heads… bottom heads higher pitch
dry sound
bubinga kit… same as jeff beck tour… perfect for big rooms
How to learn a lot of songs… learn it step by step… learning parts… then the feel
dad was a drummer… ambitious hobby musician.. taught by dad.. then Music school
Jeff Beck’s guitar tech introduced her to Geddy Lee.
influence:
Toto,
The importance of technique to sort of keep up with the guys
started making rehearsals later and later into the evening so that they would be more prepared for when they would have to play the shows
social media… lost interest during the pandemic… a lot of pressure… interrupted her practice
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