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Roadshow: Landscape With Drums: A Concert Tour by Motorcycle |  | Author: Neil Peart
Publisher: Rounder Books
Category: Book
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Rating:  95 reviews
Sales Rank: 17315
Media: Paperback
Pages: 400
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.4
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 1.4
ISBN: 1579401457
Dewey Decimal Number: 780
EAN: 9781579401450
ASIN: 1579401457
Publication Date: September 25, 2007
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Neil Peart is an internationally acclaimed, bestselling, and award-nominated author, and for more than thirty years has been the legendary drummer and lyricist for the band Rush. For decades, Neil prepared and waited to write a book about the biggest journey of all in his restless existence, his ultimate travelogue - a concert tour. Finally, the right time and the right tour: Rush's 30th anniversary trek -- 9 countries, 57 shows, and 500,000 fans.
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Very good!!! November 10, 2009
Carol A. Gleason
I loved the book it was very well written and about my favorite band and drummer. I loved the little drum jokes every once in a while. The reason that it was only a 4 star was it was a little blandish like it was the same thing over and over again. It goes little story about that day mileage and then journal about show and repeat. I thought it was very good though and i have read somereally good books but this is in my top 10.
 Another Home Run for Neil Peart June 25, 2009
Jason C. Haverfield (Destin, Fl USA)
It is very apparent Neil has a deep love for literature and writing. I have enjoyed this book as much as 'Ghost Rider' which I really did not expect to happen. Neil writes with such a personal style that he just sucks you into the scenery, travel, places, people and events that he is writing about. Even if you are not a massive Rush fan, as I am, you will love Neil's work. In 'Roadshow' his stories about life, the road, the band, every day people and his career is an awesome inside and behind the scenes look at one of music's most talented musicians and one of the very best rock bands in music history. Neil takes you from the smallest corners of the United States to some of the largest settings in the world that one could find while traveling.
Great Read June 3, 2009
Scott T. Hall (Louisville, KY)
This is a must have for any Rush fan. Not only a great journal of the R30 Tour but really all of Rush's tours as Neil recounts prior experiences in the context of the most recent tour. A little tedious in spots when it comes to the motorcycle technical jargon. Gear heads will find it interesting but everyone else will probably find it to be too much inside baseball. I would have rather heard more "backstage stuff" and less about the torque ratio of Neil's latest 2 wheeled toy. I read Masker Rider and Ghost Rider and this is the best of the 3.
 A bit on the long side May 28, 2009
BJ Knapp
I've read all of Peart's books now, and looked forward to this one the most. It was a bit long, and in the end I just wanted to be done. I know that he's trying to move on from being the drummer, but I would have liked more anecdotes about touring with the band. The picture on the cover gives the reader the impression that it will be more rock n roll than it actually is.
This is definitely not a book that a non-fan would enjoy. At all. I mean, I like how he writes, but I just found this one to be a bit too dry. I know that it's a memoir, he's writing about what he did, where he went and what he saw. But that won't be appealing to a wider non-Rush-fan audience.
 Someone please change Neil's soggy diapers April 26, 2009
James F. Mcdermott (Brooklyn NY United States)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Man, I am so glad i bought this book used and didn't pay full price for it. I read Peart's previous book "Ghost Rider" and found it a good read, well written and you just had to feel for the guy. But this new book is just 400 pages of self indulgent whining and complaining. Peart's contempt for his fans comes across in page after page of condescension and paranoia. He doesn't seem to enjoy the company of friends or relatives too much either. Why any publisher thought that these ramblings of a cranky, socially awkward middle aged rock drummer would make a good book is beyond me.
The biggest bummer for me is that I like Peart a lot less after reading "Traveling Music" - I hope that was his goal because if it was, he nailed it.
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