[Rick Lee]

Hijack here.

His last book was pretty whiny. He really just views drumming as his part-time job and a way to earn gas money for his motorcycle trips between concer cities. He never ever wants to meet a fan under any circumstances and has quite an alias life set up to avoid them - private investigator as his biking companion and security chief, bogus names on credit cards, etc. He was on a serious quest for the perfect performance and hit it around two weeks into the tour in Austin. Thereafter, he just complained about everything and wanted go home. In fact, I really think he only picked up drums again after a few yrs. off (following the deaths of his daughter and wife) because Geddy and Alex were prodding him and because he was out of money. He tells a lot about how bad his investments have been and he definitely lives a lavish lifestyle.