To help him along the way, Danny made some invaluable contacts with a couple of heavy hitters at DW, as well as Lorne Wheaton, Neil’s long time drum tech. No expense was spared and no rock was left unturned in the effort to make this kit a truly EXACT replica. Now, with the heart of the R30 kit and some of the finer details in place, the real work would begin. He made it across the border less than a week from the start of the COVID shutdown. After much negotiating, Danny flew to Buffalo and then rented a truck to drive up to Canada and haul the kit back down in March of 2020. The seller had begun the process of rebuilding it to become a more authentic replica, but sort of lost interest along the way. It was a limited edition of 30 kits, and this one was number 20 in the series. This was also made by DW to commemorate the 30 th anniversary of Rush. Ivo found a listing from a guy up in Canada who was looking to sell his R30 kit. It was while on this hunt that he received a call from a new friend and fellow collector/drummer/Rush fan named Ivo Maury. That purchase was a bit of a spark that rekindled his interest in Rush collectables, but he assumed there would always be plenty of time to chase those pursuits.ĭanny de Hoyos with his collection of snare drums. So it makes perfect sense that the first item he owned that was actually touched by Peart was a hardcover set of his first three books that were all signed on the cover. Besides Rush memorabilia, he was always a pretty serious collector of rare books. He continued to play drums all through high school, but then college and adult life got in the way and eventually resulted in a 22-year hiatus in his playing.īut even without a direct connection to the instrument, Danny’s interest in collecting lived on. Shortly after he began playing, he bought his first piece of Rush merch specific to their drummer a set of Neil Peart signature drumsticks. He got to borrow his older brother’s hand-me-down kit, a five-piece Ludwig, which was the brand that Neil was playing at the time). If it had a Rush logo on it, he collected it.ĭanny started playing drums in high school after attending his first Rush concert during their Presto tour. Cassettes, LPs, even 8-track tapes it didn’t matter whether he could actually listen to them or not. He started collecting anything and everything band-related at age 11. Like so many others around the world, Danny had been a hardcore Rush fan since he was kid.
For Danny de Hoyos, the shocking news of Neil Peart’s passing was both devastating and motivating. Everyone grieves in their own personal way.
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