The Canadian power trio Rush sold an estimated amount of more than 40 million records worldwide, which makes them one of the best-selling Progressive Rock bands in history. The bassist, singer and keyboardist Geddy Lee was a fundamental part of the group's sound, complementing the amazing talent of Alex Lifeson (Guitar) and Neil Peart (Drums and lyrics). During their career the group released praised and successful songs like: "Tom Sawyer", "Limelight", "The Spirit of Radio","Closer to The Heart" and many more. Although most of these tracks are some of the most important Rock songs of all time, there is one song by another band that Geddy Lee said he would love to have recorded. The song that Geddy Lee said he would love to have recorded One of Geddy Lee's favorite bands was the British progressive rock group Yes. He once said it was the only band for which he waited in line all night to get tickets when he was a kid. "Roundabout", released on their 1971 album "Fragile", is the track that Geddy told uDiscover music that he said he would love to have recorded. "If I could play the bass on anyone song, of all the songs that I love is very hard to choose one. But in particular I guess I would say 'Roundabout' by Yes. Because I have now played with them at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. (Playing that song) many years later, put in my mind how much that song meant to me." "(Also) how rare it is to find a song that A) Was a big hit single. B) Was a complicated song by a complicated band. C) Was led by the drive and sound of that bass part. So to me it is one of the greatest bass parts ever written for Rock songs. I'd be very pleased if that had been me," Geddy Lee said. As the Rush frontman said, he was the one who played the bass with Yes during their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2017. The band's bassist Chris Squire passed away two years before, in 2015 at the age of 67. It was Geddy and his bandmate Alex Lifeson who inducted the British band. Chris Squire was one of his biggest heroes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCLFtxpadE&pp=ygUKcm91bmRhYm91dA%3D%3D The late Yes bassist was one of Geddy Lee's biggest heroes. The musician said it was a little bittersweet to play with the band during the Rock Hall induction. "I really did love playing that song with them. It was bittersweet for me, because Chris Squire was such a huge hero to me. The fact that he wasn't there was a vacuum that no one can fill properly. I felt for his family, because I know that's all that was on their mind that day. (So) I felt a real weight to pull it off. I practiced, as I usually do, like a crazy person. (I wanted) to make sure I didn't embarrass Chris by my performance," Geddy Lee said during a Q&A with fans to promote his "Big Beautiful Book of Bass" in 2019. Curiously, Chris Squire once revealed he was a candidate to produce a Rush album back in the 80s. The bassist, guitarist and singer Trevor Horn was also a candidate and was present when Chris had the chance to meet Geddy. "I have met Geddy Lee a long time ago at Wembley Arena when Rush played there. In fact, I was a possible candidate to produce a Rush album. But when I showed up there, Trevor Horn was sitting next to me." "[laughs] I said to Trevor 'What are you doing here?' He said 'Oh, I’ve been asked to come and meet the band. Because I might be producing them'. I said 'so have I!'. That was quite a long time ago – the early 80’s, I think. He cites me as a big influence? Well, that’s very nice of him. They do good work, that band. Chris Squire said in an interview with John Price.The post The song that Geddy Lee said he would love to have recorded appeared first on Rock and Roll Garage.

When you’re one of the greatest guitarists ever to hold a Stratocaster you can afford to be a little bit picky when it comes to the company you keep.

A near miss.

"As beautiful as a rock in a cop’s face".

His ultimate inspiration.

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Lent, the season of penitence, is the preparation of the soul to accompany the Lord in the Passion. It begins now, and Catholics are currently asked by the Church not to eat meat on Ash Wednesday and Fridays, and also to fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. In times of a hundred different dietary patterns and intermittent fasting, the Church sounds incredibly modern.  The reason why it costs us more to fast during Lent than it does to show off a flat belly on the beach is known only to God and the devil, but the one who is more to blame is the latter, who is happy with you being as high and mighty as you can about your figure, and is pissed off every time you say no to yourself in order to say yes to Jesus. In fact, come to think of it, TikTok and Instagram must be the devil’s inventions. I guess he gnashes his teeth when he sees young Catholics now using these networks to evangelize. Screw him.  In a way, the body and the soul get fat like communicating vessels. With fasting, it is the soul that gets fat, while the body gradually resembles Claudia Schiffer’s in 1993. In addition to Schiffer, John the Baptist also fasted, but for other reasons. In the desert, he ate honey (that sounds good) and locusts (that sounds even worse than intermittent fasting). Moses went 40 days and 40 nights without eating bread or water, and we imagine that when he returned he did so with the Ten Commandments under his arm and his face shining due to his proximity to God. In our misery, we often think of the days of Lent as days of sadness. If our God were really going to die, they would be. But Christians have an advantage over the Apostles, who didn’t quite understand why Jesus went into the desert for 40 days of fasting and prayer: We are certain that he rose from the dead. So our Lenten season is not only a time of sadness, but of hope, even joy. One of the mysteries of the Christian life is why suffering offered to God brings peace and joy. It is a message radically contrary to the one offered to us by today’s world. Be happy and … you will be happy. Christianity tells you: deny yourself and … you will be happy. Christianity, forgive me for saying so, is madness. The great saints were mad, even if their madness was for the love of God. Lent is a time to return to God, to look again at the crucifix, to raise our eyes a little from the world around us. Today it is more difficult for a Christian to live Lent well because the welfare state seems to be designed exactly to avoid sacrifice. But whether we want it or not, life takes care of offering us pain, even if it is not only physical, because sometimes sadness, anxiety, or tiredness are worse than a cold shower in February. Fortunately, God is also worth those sacrifices when, faced with unforeseen pain, we shrug our shoulders, look up to heaven, and say, I offer it for you, Lord. It is human to try to avoid it. But Jesus showed us the way: “Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Not my will, but yours be done.” Christianity is a madness, but also a mystery. We cannot understand why sacrifice brings us closer to God, but the fact is that it does, and we feel it within ourselves. One of the usual practices during these dates in the Catholic calendar is the prayer of the Stations of the Cross. Those 14 stations distributed along the sides of the Church take on a new meaning during these days. We walk, knees to the ground, remembering that we are no longer so young because at the second station we are already praying for Simon of Cyrene to appear and help us to get up and walk to the third station. There is unusual beauty in the Lenten liturgy. Something that the modernizations of the canon, or the much-discussed Vatican II, have not managed to decaffeinate. It is not a time of guitars and joyful chanting at Mass. It is a time of silence, of naked crucifixes, of purple in the priests’ vestments, and of hymns in Latin. God is waiting for us there, at the end of the austere road, but demanding that we do not lose our joy. As a Christian and a sinner (not necessarily in that order), Lent sometimes comes to me like winter. Each year, I find it more difficult. But it helps me a lot to walk forward, with certain austerity and timid prayer, knowing that after the mortifications of these 40 days and the Passion of the Lord will come the light of Easter, the sweets, the dances, the music, and the expensive wine. The most Christian celebration is that of light, not of darkness. This Lenten darkness is only the appetizer before the revelry. Happy Lent to my Catholic readers! And to the rest of you, take advantage to lose weight. (God likes this self-help advice.) The post An Instruction Manual for Lent appeared first on The American Spectator | USA News and Politics.

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