Ghost Rider: Travels on the Healing RoadWithin a ten-month period, Neil Peart lost both his 19-year-old daughter, Selena, and his wife, Jackie. Faced with overwhelming sadness and isolated from the world in his home on the lake, Peart was left without direction. This memoir tells of the sense of personal devastation that led him on a 55,000-mile journey by motorcycle across much of North America, down through Mexico to Belize, and back again. Peart chronicles his personal odyssey and includes stories of reuniting with friends and family, grieving, and reminiscing. He recorded with dazzling artistry the enormous range of his travel adventures, from the mountains to the seas, from the deserts to the Arctic ice, and the memorable people who contributed to his healing. Ghost Rider is a brilliantly written and ultimately triumphant narrative memoir from a gifted writer and the drummer and lyricist of the legendary rock band Rush. |
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... Tour . During the summer of 1996 plans were coming together for Rush's Test For Echo concert tour , which would eventually span 67 shows in the United States and Canada . I began to think about how I was going to endure yet another rock ...
... tours through the ' 80s and early ' 90s I had carried a bicycle with me on the tour bus , which had provided a great escape and diversion . During the days off between shows I might spend the whole day riding from city to city , if they ...
... tour manager , Liam , was on his way home from a tour of Japan with another band , so he agreed to stop off there too . Liam's professional relationship with Rush was difficult to define , for it was so wide - ranging and crucial ...