NEIL PEART's Drum Kit To Go On Display At Lakeside Park

July 15, 2010

According to St. Catharines Standard, The Chromey, the 1974 chrome Slingerland drum kit that was once owned and played by RUSH drummer and former Port Dalhousie resident Neil Peart, will be available for the public to view at Lakeside Park in Port Dalhousie, Ontario, Canada on July 22 from 1 to 11 p.m., as well as on July 24 from noon to 10 p.m. Fans can come to the park that was immortalized in a RUSH song of the same name and have their photos taken and even play the drums to raise money for the Friends Of The Carousel.

The kit was initially purchased by Peart in 1974 for a U.S.-Canada tour. Aside from "All the World's A Stage" (where the drums also appear on the album cover),the Chromey was used in the recording of three other RUSH albums: "Fly By Night", "Caress Of Steel" and "2112" and went on five consecutive North American tours between 1974-77.

The kit was retired in 1977, and remained in storage for a decade until it became a prize in the July 1987 issue of Modern Drummer magazine, to be awarded to the person who performed the best drum solo, as judged by Peart himself. Mark Feldman, of New York City, was declared the winner and he kept them in storage for 22 years, until 2009.

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