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July 09, 2008

Rush Con 2008...

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But when RushCon was conceived by Elizabeth Maxwell of Houston, TX, they weren’t quite sure whether this would be a celebration of an ongoing musical concern. Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart had just regrouped at the time to record Vapor Trails – their first album in six years. Peart took time away from the drums after the passing of his daughter and wife, and speculation was this could be the trio’s swan song, or at least less likely to be accompanied by a tour.

The fact that they’re still at it after 34 years, and set for a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame to commemorate the 35th – even while insisting they’re too young to be in the Rock Hall that keeps snubbing them – seemed enough to justify the Rolling Stone profile, even if their name was left off the wordless cover.

Nonetheless, it helps to make Rush fans feel just a little more normal than before.

Yet these fanatics couldn’t be a less elitist bunch, insists 40-year-old Maxwell, who never really heard the band before the 1989 album Presto. And another woman helping with organization only came aboard circa Test For Echo in 1996.

From the start, surprisingly, the coordination of RushCon has been an all-female affair.



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