books, i think, are a different kind of time machine. instead of reminding you of a lost world, they create one for you. more personal, more intimate-unlike movies, say, the world you experience while reading a book has been lived and envisioned entirely from the INSIDE, and its contours are yours alone.

After a discouraging stint in England to concentrate on his music Peart returned home where he joined a local Toronto band Rush in the summer of 1974. At this show he performed his first solo.

Gruber was also responsible for introducing him to the products of Drum Workshop the company whose products Peart currently endorses. After a discouraging stint in England to concentrate on his music Peart returned home where he joined a local Toronto band Rush in the summer of 1974. In 1994 Peart became a friend and pupil of jazz instructor Freddie Gruber.