It bears mention that this “A Show Of Hands” solo is an abbreviated/edited version of the full solo that was performed on that tour (with Neil himself determining the edits, during post-production work on the album).

Also, while I need to first put forth the disclaimer that I am NOT a “bootlegger” (I collect recordings for fun & personal enjoyment, and NEVER either buy or sell these things)…if you ever have interest in “filling in the blanks” and checking out Neil’s solos from “other tours” that were not officially documented, there ARE quite a lot of (soundboard) bootleg recordings out there, some of them of really good quality. Here are some good ones from the years/tours that you’re missing:

Cleveland, OH 8/26/74 (a radio broadcast only a month or so after Neil joined the band!)
Tuscon, AZ 11/20/78 (soundboard)
Detroit, MI 12/2/78 (soundboard)
Frankfurt, Germany 5/29/79 (soundboard)
St. Louis, MO 2/14/80 (radio broadcast)
Hartford, CT 5/8/90 (soundboard)
Mountain View, CA 6/27/90 (soundboard)
St. Louis, MO 11/7/91 (soundboard)
New York, NY 12/7/91 (soundboard)
Charlotte, NC 6/14/92 (soundboard)

All great shows, with high quality sound…

Very glad you’re enjoying this series. I’m going down memory lane myself! Writing about all these solos is very inspiring and educational. It gets tougher to rate as we get to number one, but that’s the beauty of it!

Stay tuned, and thanks for reading! You’re free to tell everyone you know about this site.

I am not a percussionist but have long admired the talents of a great drummer.

Good job on the site and thanks for the trip down memory lane with this Neil Peart article.

Troy
Houston, Texas, USA