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  Buy Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass Electric Guitar online at Musician's Friend
Lee's incredible style puts a big bottom on Rush's music and this is the bass he does it with.
The Fender Geddy Lee Jazz Bass is a perfect replica of Geddy's J. It has an original-spec alder body fitted with 2 U.S. Vintage Jazz Bass pickups, traditional volume-volume-tone knobs, and a Badass II bridge.
I have owned the Geddy Lee Jazz Bass for about a year now, and it just keeps impressing me! The stock pickups sounds AMAZING and are very versitle- you can sound like a P-Bass with the neck, Jaco Pastorius with the bridge, and Geddy himself with both pickups turned on.
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 Atlantic Records :: Geddy Lee
Lee found himself with quite a bit of free time on his hands, and soon grew hungry for creative pursuits.
As for the coming-together of Lee with his revered bandmates, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart, current plans call for Rush to reconvene in early 2001 to begin writing their long-awaited 23rd album.
'When it was all said and done,' Geddy Lee says, 'and I was sitting there neurotically listening to the thing through, after mastering it and assembling it, I thought, 'I like these songs.' It was a strange feeling, because after working very hard to get it done, I kind of lost sight of it.
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  ESPN - Celebrity Lounge: Geddy Lee - Fantasy Baseball
Lee is a tireless musician who has been at the forefront of a Rush career that has spawned 23 gold records and 14 platinum albums.
Lee was looking forward to the opportunity to share a team with his son in the new league.
Lee said that the album was strengthened by producer Nick Raskulinecz after he and guitarist Alex Lifeson laid the groundwork.
sports.espn.go.com /fantasy/baseball/flb/story?id=2797500   (1432 words)

  
  Geddy Lee - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An award-winning musician, Lee's style and technique on the bass guitar have proven very influential in the rock and heavy metal genres, inspiring (by their own accounts) such players as Steve Harris of Iron Maiden, John Myung of Dream Theater, Les Claypool of Primus, Cliff Burton of Metallica, and countless others.
The son of Polish parents who were survivors of the Nazi concentration camps, the origin of Lee's stage name (and later legal name) "Geddy" was inspired by the heavily-accented pronunciation of his given first name "Gary" by his mother.
Geddy Lee is also heard singing "Take Off" on the McKenzie Brothers (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) comedy album of the early 1980s.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Geddy_Lee   (327 words)

  
 Geddy Lee Information
Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician who is the vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the progressive rock group Rush.
Lee's stage name (and later legal name) "Geddy" was inspired by the heavily-accented pronunciation of his given first name "Gary" by his grandmother.
Geddy Lee is also heard singing the minor hit "Take Off" on the McKenzie Brothers (Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas) 1981 comedy album The Great White North: Bob and Doug McKenzie, as well as appearing in the 1985 charity song "Tears Are Not Enough" by Canadian supergroup Northern Lights.
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 Geddy Lee - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Geddy Lee (Born June 66, 2112 A.D.), also known as "Needs-Testicles-Man", is currently the bass player and vocalist for Rush (they had nothing to do after the battle of 2112 B.C. so they formed a rock band).
Geddy Lee is actually a very ugly Japanese Girl who wanted to be Canadian, so she became an Atheist, and a pedophile.
Geddy Lee was also a great philosopher, seeing as he was the only person to figure out that you can't have freedom for free.
www.uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Geddy_Lee   (842 words)

  
 Artist Recommendations / Interviews - Guitar Center
Lee: I write a lot of different ways depending on what the project is. When I am working with Alex (Lifeson) and Neil (Peart) in the context of Rush, we setup in a kind of communal atmosphere, we jam a lot, those jams end up turning into parts, that's one way to write.
Lee: Rush albums tend to be a representation of this particular six months in the life of Rush, whereas when I am writing on my own I just keep working a song until I think it's the way it should be.
Lee: I think as we have grown and tried to mature as songwriters and become more expressive, we've tried to make music that is less driven by the needs of the player and more by the emotions of the writer.
www.guitarcenter.com /interview/geddylee/index.cfm   (2411 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Geddy Lee   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Gary Lee Weinrib, July 29, 1953, Toronto, Ontario), Canadian musician, is best known as the vocalist, bassist, and keyboard player for the rock group Rush.
An award-winning musician, Lee's style and technique on the bass guitar have proven very influential in the rock and heavy metal genres, inspiring (by their own accounts) such players as Steve Harris[?] of Iron Maiden, John Myung[?] of Dream Theater, and countless others.
Along with his colleagues Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart, Lee was awarded the Order of Canada on February 27, 1997.
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 "My Favorite Headache" Reviewed By Damon Jasso
Geddy Lee, the bassist of Rush, has finally gone solo.
You can tell that Geddy has spent some time on this one as each track is mixed together with a precision rarely heard from the current rock bands.
Geddy proves to the listener that he is more than a Rock Icon, and after thirty years he can still produce well crafted music that does not remain in a past era.
www.thatsstupid.net /djasso/geddy.htm   (414 words)

  
 Geddy Lee - Wikiality, the Truthiness Encyclopedia
Geddy Lee is a Jewish man tragically born without any testicles.
Geddy shattered sexual stereotypes and gender roles in vocal music throughout his formative years and eventually joined the local band Rush, the other members of which were sissy boys.
One of the greatest accomplishments of Geddy Lee is the creation of the secret city of Geddysburg.
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 The Powertrio (Rush)Geddy Lee
Geddy Lee was born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953.
Although not originally a member of Alex's fledgling band, Geddy was soon asked to join up as a guitarist for Rush, and eventually lost two strings and a few octaves to join the ranks of the rhythm section.
Geddy is married to Nancy, and has two children: a son, Julian, and a daughter, Kyla.
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  CNN.com - Transcript: Geddy Lee of Rush - June 3, 2002
Lee says the trio's friendship held them "in good stead" during the sometimes difficult sessions for the new album.
LEE: Well we went back and forth on the running order quite a few times and the one thing that we never questioned was the opening of the album with "One Little Victory." It always seemed natural to me to start the album off with the most positive spirit on the album.
LEE: I don't generally, but this time I did and there were some things that I thought were shockingly interesting from both points of view -- some were better than I had expected them to be and some were weirder than I expected them to be.
archives.cnn.com /2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/05/27/lee.transcript/index.html   (3265 words)

  
 hip online: artists: geddy lee
Lee found himself with quite a bit of free time on his hands, and soon grew hungry for creative pursuits.
As for the coming-together of Lee with his revered bandmates, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart, current plans call for Rush to reconvene in early 2001 to begin writing their long-awaited 23rd album.
When it was all said and done, Geddy Lee says, and I was sitting there neurotically listening to the thing through, after mastering it and assembling it, I thought, I like these songs.
www.hiponline.com /artist/music/l/lee_geddy   (1714 words)

  
 Canadian Jewish News   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Lee was born Gary Lee Weinrib in Toronto on July 29, 1953.
Lee was 16 when he formed the first incarnation of Rush with guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer John Rutsey in 1969.
The song, Lee explains, is partially about his mother’s courage, survival instincts, and “her ability to keep her head up” though all of the horror she lived through.
www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=4075   (1262 words)

  
 Biography: Geddy Lee
It was there where Lee acquired his moniker, "Geddy" as a result of his mothers extremely accented accent; and Gary after growing fond of his newly adopted name would some years later legally change it.
The 'Rock' thesis was somewhat bland in early '60's Canada and Lee as a result of this turned to Britain where he would rapidly become heavily influenced by British musicians such as: The Who's John Entwistle, Cream's Jack Bruce, and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page.
Furthermore, Geddy attended school with Canadian comedian Rick Moranis and he is also a devoted sports enthusiast; enjoying sports such as tennis and hockey.
www.m-rush.org.uk /geddy_bio.html   (283 words)

  
 USATODAY.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Geddy Lee: That was a record company decision, and I'm sure that was their thinking.
Geddy Lee: I think the three man format means it's easier to get along and communicate with each other.
Geddy Lee: The infamous dryers are in an infamous warehouse waiting for further instructions.
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 Rush Story
Rush formed in Toronto, Ontario in the autumn of 1968, and initially comprised guitarist Alex Lifeson (born Alexander Zivojinovich), vocalist/bassist Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) and drummer John Rutsey.
Fans loved it – 2112 was the first in a long line of gold and platinum releases – while critics dismissed it as overblown and pretentious: either way, it established a formula from which the band rarely deviated throughout the duration of their career.
Geddy Lee took time out for a solo stint with 2000's My Favorite Headache, however rumors of the band playing the studio began to circulate.
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 www.myspace.com/geddylee2112
Geddy is a devoted baseball fan, and performed "O Canada" at the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, and took batting practice with the then-California Angels (circa 1992).
Geddy's earliest appearances after becoming a "signed artist" were with that old warhorse of a million bass players, worldwide...
Geddy also began using larger 76-key controllers onstage to play or trigger what were now, more and more being loaded offstage into Akai-made samplers, which would record old sounds and "events" from their past songs.
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 UGO.com Music - Geddy Lee Interview - Rush
When Rush vocalist and bassist Geddy Lee sat down to look at the historical video clips assembled for the second DVD of the band's 30th anniversary DVD release, Rush: R30, he was amazed, bemused and even a little bit embarrassed.
GEDDY LEE: All the shows in Europe on the last tour felt pretty special, because we hadn't been to many of those cities in between 10 and 20 years.
GEDDY: For many years our attitude was playing first and the playing is the highest priority and we'll structure songs in a way that provides an opportunity for us to play intricate stuff.
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 Geddy Lee
Apart from prolific writing, musical influence, and instrumental prowess, Geddy Lee's high-register vocal style has always been a main signature of the band.
Nevertheless, Lee's vox has softened significantly over the years and still remains distinctive, and even somewhat unique in the Rock and Roll genre.
This was mostly evident during live shows when it was necessary for Lee, as the frontman, to play bass, supply lead vocals, manipulate keyboards, and trigger footpedals during the course of a performance.
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 Geddy Lee
As the band was put on indefinite hold to allow Peart room to heal, Lee acted on a whim and began writing songs with an old friend, Ben Mink [formerly of the early Eighties Canadian band FM].
Marked by Lee's distinctive, high-pitched vocals and dexterous bass lines, My Favorite Headache on its own would seem a Godsend for starving Rush fans, a veritable legion that has faithfully followed the progressive rock trio over the course of its mercurial twenty-five-year career.
Lee says he'd love to do a club tour to support the album, but time may be running out on him; if all goes as planned, he plans to reconvene with Lifeson and Peart early next year.
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 Geddy Lee - Pandora Internet Radio
Rush cruised along throughout the '90s (returning to their earlier, organic hard rock sound with such releases as 1993's Counterparts), issuing successful albums and playing sold-out arena tours worldwide, until the band went on indefinite hiatus in 1997.
To combat the downtime, Lee issued his first ever solo album in 2000, My Favorite Headache (who was joined by ex-Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and ex-FM guitarist/violinist Ben Mink).
Lee's influence on rock bass can be heard in the playing of such wide-ranging disciples as Primus'; Les Claypool, Dream Theater's John Myung, and Metallica's Cliff Burton.
www.pandora.com /music/artist/b143fcb804a62bed   (410 words)

  
 Geddy Lee
Born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953; Geddy got his name from his mother's pronunciation of Gary (heavy Yiddish accent), and he legally changed his name to Geddy quite a few years ago.
Geddy, who was strongly influenced by Jack Bruce, traded his six string for a bass guitar shortly before the official formation of Rush.
Geddy currently live outside of Toronto with his wife, his son Julian (who can be seen in the "Distant Early Warning" video), and his daughter Kyla.
www.erikandanna.com /Rush/GeddyLee.htm   (239 words)

  
 Geddy Lee Biography - AOL Music
Rush cruised along throughout the '90s (returning to their earlier, organic hard rock sound with such releases as 1993's Counterparts), issuing successful albums and playing sold-out arena tours worldwide, until the band went on indefinite hiatus in 1997.
To combat the downtime, Lee issued his first ever solo album in 2000, My Favorite Headache (who was joined by ex-Soundgarden drummer Matt Cameron and ex-FM guitarist/violinist Ben Mink).
Lee's influence on rock bass can be heard in the playing of such wide-ranging disciples as Primus' Les Claypool, Dream Theater's John Myung, and Metallica's Cliff Burton.
music.aol.com /artist/geddy-lee/97364/biography   (360 words)

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