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On ESL, Geddy is talking to the crowd and he says "this was done a long time ago by the great_______" Who did he mention here? It sounded like PT Gurnsey... whoever that may be. just curious is all.

Good question indeed. All I'm aware of is that the story originates from the bible.

I wonder if it's mentioned in one of the Rush books, like Chemistry?

The account of Jacob's ladder is found in Genesis 28: 10-22, if anyone wants to read it. The verse the ladder is taken from is verse 12.

I have seen something about this song by Neil, but I forget where.

Soup4Rush wrote:On ESL, Geddy is talking to the crowd and he says "this was done a long time ago by the great_______" Who did he mention here? It sounded like PT Gurnsey... whoever that may be. just curious is all.

"We'd like to do an old song for you right now ... This was done a long time ago by the that old T.C. Broonsie. This is called 'Jacob's Ladder."

TC Broonsie is Terry Brown (producer of many Rush albums).

Yay! By-Tor is a smart, or at least Rush educated, redneck!

Redneck? Did someone say REDNECK? Hey! I resemble that statement!

It's all good though...besides, educated rednecks always keep ya guessin'

by-tor wrote:

Soup4Rush wrote:On ESL, Geddy is talking to the crowd and he says "this was done a long time ago by the great_______" Who did he mention here? It sounded like PT Gurnsey... whoever that may be. just curious is all.

"We'd like to do an old song for you right now ... This was done a long time ago by the that old T.C. Broonsie. This is called 'Jacob's Ladder."

TC Broonsie is Terry Brown (producer of many Rush albums).

Thanks.. I googled TC Broonsie and got about 143 hits.

by-tor wrote:

Soup4Rush wrote:On ESL, Geddy is talking to the crowd and he says "this was done a long time ago by the great_______" Who did he mention here? It sounded like PT Gurnsey... whoever that may be. just curious is all.

"We'd like to do an old song for you right now ... This was done a long time ago by the that old T.C. Broonsie. This is called 'Jacob's Ladder."

TC Broonsie is Terry Brown (producer of many Rush albums).

Smart Ass but a good question answered none the less. Relevant info can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%27s_ ... 28Bible%29.

so did TC Broonsie actualy write Jacobs Ladder, and I also know where Broon's Bane came from now.

You gonna share, Soup?

The song is named after their longtime producer Terry Brown (T.C. Broonsie), who produced this and Rush's first 11 albums.

Also to note, this song is not recorded on any studio album, thus no available studio only version. It exists only on the live "Exit Stage...Left" album.

This was actually to be part of THE TREES acoustic intro but was rejected by Terry Brown aka Broon, therfore the title Broons Bane.

Great site here for many answers....

http://www.nimitz.net/rush/

What is the chance Rush's new album will be called Gangster of Boats?

Soup4Rush wrote:
Also to note, this song is not recorded on any studio album, thus no available studio only version. It exists only on the live "Exit Stage...Left" album.

think I might have said this before but one of my most treasured memories was seeing Rush perform Broons Bane live