In August 2015, Rush played the last show of their R40 Live Tour (which turned out to be their final tour) at The Forum in LA.
After the dust had settled, back home in Toronto Alex Lifeson played some golf, but soon found himself kicking his heels and wondering what was next for him.
“Geddy [Lee] and I played together for forty-five years before the end of that last tour,” Lifeson tells Classic Rock, sitting in his guitar-lined home studio. “The transition from doing something for that long to just playing golf was not that easy. After a while I thought: ‘Is that it? After all these years learning all this stuff, and having this ability and building these skills, I’m just gonna try to get my handicap down to a ten?’”
The answer turned out to be no. The golf course would have to wait.
Since 2016, Lifesonsongwriter and multi-instrumentalist Maiah Wynne. Envy Of None’s recently released selftitled debut album sees these four artists bringing their separate skill sets together in fine style, with Lifeson drawing on and expanding the guitar smarts he’s developed over his stellar career so far.
