Alex Lifeson, born Aleksandar Živojinović in 1953 in Fernie, British Columbia, was raised in a Serbian immigrant family in Toronto. His parents encouraged education, particularly his father who insisted on him pursuing engineering or medicine, but Alex caught the rock n roll bug and gravitated toward music early, picking up the guitar as a teenager and teaching himself to become a guitar god In high school, he co-founded Rush with drummer John Rutsey and bassist Jeff Jones, who was soon replaced

Alex Lifeson (Rush) Classical Guitar Compilation performed by The 18th Musician