By themselves, I couldn’t ID that old voice as Rush’s. LOL.
Same here, although it does sound "familiar".
My parents turned me onto Rush back in early 1991. I remember specifically it was March 1991, as I had a rare afternoon off from work to deal with my husband's and my upcoming wedding.
Heard Rush on WTIC 1080 AM (Hartford, CT) at my parents' house... I was *shocked*! I had never heard anyone like him before. Couldn't believe the stuff he was saying on air!
My father used to sit in the backyard in the summer, *blasting* Rush's show across the backyard, LOL :-D
Friends who live in the NYC area tell me Rush was on WABC 770 from 1988 on, but most of us here in northern Connecticut can't get WABC. And of course you couldn't stream in those days.