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* Geddy Lee, of the Canadian rock trio Rush has played fretless bass on and off since the 1970s.
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Geddy and Lee
* During the finale of the song Distant Early Warning by Canadian band Rush, Geddy Lee sings, " Absalom Absalom Absalom.
In 1998, Fender released the Geddy Lee Jazz Bass, available in Black and 3-Color Sunburst ( as of 2009 ).
The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist and backing vocalist Alex Lifeson, and drummer, percussionist and lyricist Neil Peart.
Within a couple of weeks of forming, and before their second performance, bassist and lead vocalist Jones was replaced by Geddy Lee, a schoolmate of Lifeson.
Geddy and Canadian
Some power trios also experimented with keyboards and sequencers in the studio, most notably the Canadian trio Rush, whose bassist-frontman Geddy Lee has often demonstrated his multi-instrumental capabilities on diverse rock albums such as 1977's A Farewell to Kings and 1985's Power Windows.
My Favourite Headache is a solo album by Geddy Lee of the Canadian rock band Rush, released in 2000.
" The song that plays while the Simpsons visit the Skydome in Toronto is " Take Off " by the fictional comedy duo Bob and Doug McKenzie, the chorus of which was sung by Geddy Lee, the lead vocalist and bassist of the Canadian rock band Rush.
On June 5th, 2008, Geddy Lee ( of the Canadian band Rush ), himself an avid baseball fan, donated nearly 200 autographed baseballs to the NLBM.
Geddy and rock
These instruments were also widely used among progressive rock bassists, particularly Chris Squire of Yes and Geddy Lee of Rush, who achieved distinctive signature sounds with their Rickenbacker bass, strung with round-wound Rotosound bass strings.
" Many notable rock bassists have been influenced by John Paul Jones, including John Deacon, Geddy Lee, Steve Harris, Flea, Gene Simmons, and Krist Novoselic.
Taurus pedals were used by a range of rock, metal, soul, R & B and fusion performers, including Cold Chisel and Michael Jackson on Stacy Lattisaw's 1980 song " You Don't Love Me Anymore ", Ritchie Blackmore, Pink Floyd, Neurosis, Electric Light Orchestra, Yngwie Malmsteen, Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson from Rush, Styx, U2, John Paul Jones from Led Zeppelin, Jon Anderson and Chris Squire from Yes, Jon Camp of Renaissance, Sting and Andy Summers of The Police, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett & Daryl Stuermer of Genesis, Francis Buchholz of the Scorpions, Justin Harris of Menomena, Troy Sanders of Mastodon, and Stefan Lessard of Dave Matthews Band.
Geddy and Rush
Blue Cheer's video for Summertime Blues made an appearance in 2005 documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey, where Geddy Lee of Rush referred to the group as one of the first heavy metal bands.
It is also notable as one of the few Rush songs for which Geddy Lee wrote all of the lyrics after Peart's entry into the band.
* Geddy Lee of Rush used a Minimoog on several Rush albums, from 1977's A Farewell to Kings to 1982's Signals.
Geddy Lee admitted in the 2010 documentary film Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage that he thought bandmates Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart and he were " pretty high " during the making of Caress of Steel.
Taylor played " YYZ " with Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson of Rush on stage at a concert in Toronto on March 22, 2008.
Other prominent guests were NDP leader Jack Layton ; Conservative Party leader Stephen Harper ( now Prime Minister ); Green Party leader Elizabeth May ; then-Conservative MP Belinda Stronach ; Conservative MP Peter MacKay ; Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Danny Williams ; Olympic gold medallist Kyle Shewfelt ; author Pierre Berton ; recording artists Jann Arden, Bif Naked, Rush bassist Geddy Lee and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart, and Sarah McLachlan ; publishing mogul Conrad Black ; and former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien.
The three members of Rush, Geddy Lee, Neil Peart and Alex Lifeson became associate directors of Anthem.
David Surkamp's high-pitched and quickly wavering vibrato has been compared to that of Geddy Lee of Rush.
The song " Take Off " ( identified on the album as " the hit single section "), featured guest vocalist Geddy Lee of Rush.
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