5 Reasons Geddy Lee is the PROGFATHER

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  @marciosilvaoficial · 3 years ago

  I was in the Rush In Rio show, in front of Geddy Lee. I'll never forget the look on his face when the crowd started to sing YYZ.

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• BR

  @BryanBeller · 3 years ago

  Thanks for the shout-out Scott! IMO Geddy Lee, Chris Squire, and John Entwistle are the three godfathers of exactly the thing you're demonstrating in this video - the bright strike-through chime and attack, but not so much that it strangles the note - it actually enhances it. And notice how Geddy doesn't look like he's mangling the strings to get that sound! It's pretty sublime.

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• BA

  @basscoup · 1 year ago

  An amazing thing about Geddy on top of his playing is his ability to sing over difficult time signatures

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• UK

  @ukecycle298 · 3 years ago

  The reason there were so many people at the Rio show was that it was the first time they had ever toured South America.  Some of those people had been waiting for twenty five years to see them!

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• JR

  @jred2873 · 3 years ago

  All three of those guys are the greatest! And rest in peace, Mr Peart

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• RO

  @RoarOfWolverine · 1 year ago

  Geddy’s sound was mostly his dynamics. &nbsp;He pounded those strings like they owed him money. &nbsp;I first saw them live in 1980 on their Permanent Waves tour and never missed them any tour after that. &nbsp;I saw them 32 times over the decades and Geddy was always amazing to watch him juggling vocals, bass and keyboards.<br><br>Most bassists just need to learn how to get round wound strings and learn to hit them with some serious authority to sound like Geddy. &nbsp;You don’t have to have a Geddy signature Jazz Bass or the Geddy signature Sans Amp, because you can have all of that and still not match his sound if you don’t have the finger strength to pound those strings like you’re trying to bust them.<br><br>That’s the key to sounding like Geddy on bass. &nbsp;I always found him to be the most impressive bassists to watch live. &nbsp;The fact that he could sing lead on every song, play keyboards and still play the bass as good as anyone ever had is always a marvel to watch live.

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• RC

  @RC32Smiths01 · 3 years ago

  Happy Birthday to the man himself! Rush as a whole is 3 of the greatest of their respective instruments. A true pioneer of Progressive and articulate music

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• JJ

  @JJ_5289 · 3 years ago

  Ive always loved the bass on anthem. &nbsp;Its about as complex as any bass line and he wrote it in his early 20&apos;s. &nbsp;Geddy is the best

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• BL

  @blueroombass · 3 years ago

  Geddy is incredible, Rush is one of the greatest bands of all time imo

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• NO

  @NotMattLang · 3 years ago

  The difference, I think, about Rush time signatures was that they always serve the riff or phrase. They&apos;re not doing it to be clever, but because the music required it.

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• OC

  @och70 · 3 years ago

  Geddy grows out his nails and uses them to get that grinding, aggressive sound. He did it because he was never comfortable playing with a pick, but he loved the tone. It&apos;s soooo nasty good. He lost some of his higher vocal range, it was evident during their last few tours, but they never EVER disappointed me when I saw them live. Absolute legends.

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• RI

  @Riley88990 · 3 years ago

  Geddy Lee was so influential to all those funk metal guys. Les Claypool, Timmy C, Dirk Lance, FLEA, Billy Gould. The idea of really smacking through the string is prevalent with all those guys.

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