Remembering Neil Peart

Excerpt from Drum Workshop’s ’Drum Day LA’ event, this moving, beautiful clip features John Good (Vice President of Drum Workshop) and Russ Kunkel (The Immediate Family, legendary session drummer) visiting the Drum Workshop ’John Good’s Gallery’ and reminiscing on their experiences with the late Neil Peart. Drum Channel founder Don Lombardi comments: Neil Peart’s loss was devastating on two levels. First, of course, to the entire drumming community. As Jimmy Chamberlin recently commented, “A piece of Neil lives in nearly every contemporary drum part in rock— whether people realize it or not.”⠀ ⠀ Secondly, on a personal level. Before every tour, Neil would block out a Drum Channel studio for a full month to practice before Rush rehearsals even started. One big lesson I definitely learned from Neil is always be prepared.⠀ ⠀ While he was at DC we would have lunch every day in my office and he would always want to know what other drummers