He believes a guitar solo should be warranted, and has given an example of how a solo can elevate a song in the right setting ...

Rush are a band now so linked with the idea of creative evolution that to ask any member to pick their favourite songs seems a little frivolous.

Credit: Scott Dudelson/Getty Images Alex Lifeson’s guitar work defined Rush’s ’70s repertoire ... There was always a spot for a solo, whether we used it as a solo or not.

Shred With Shifty comes in association with Premier Guitar and kicks off with Lifeson teaching him his greatest Rush solo; Limelight. A haunting emotive prog-rock classic. It's one of the finest ...

Rush 50 handsomely documents the band’s great ... features an alternate Lifeson guitar solo; like a similar “Working Man” earlier in the comp, out previously as a digital single, it ...

Similarly, it houses Rush’s hookiest melodies and some of their most enjoyable playful songwriting. Obviously, Lifeson’s guitar solo is legendary, as is Peart’s relatively simple syncopation.

As questions loom about whether Rush’s Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson will decide to start recording and performing together again, Lee has just released a pair of previously unheard solo demos as ...

People can now look up videos of Rush’s Geddy Lee or Cliff Burton ... willing to accept others trying innovative solo approaches to the bass guitar,” he said. “We’ve all been so exposed ...

Alex Lifeson’s guitar work defined Rush’s ’70s repertoire – with ... There was always a spot for a solo, whether we used it as a solo or not. It was there. And I would do a solo.” ...