Bass Player: Geddy Lee The complete set of pdfs for the 1978 Rush album, ‘Hemispheres’, including the tracks: 1. Cygnus XI: Book Two – Hemispheres I. “Prelude” II. “Apollo (Bringer of Wisdom)” III. “Dionysus (Bringer of Love)” IV. “Armageddon (The Battle of Heart and Mind)” V. “Cygnus (Bringer of Balance)” VI. “The Sphere (A Kind…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee The tune that got them into trouble, with Neil Peart painted as a mindless disciple of Ayn Rand etc etc.. A clumsy critique of Communism etc etc. Who knows? We are here for the bass part. Some lovely lines from Uncle Geddy but watch those time signatures again.

Bass Player: Geddy Lee What else can we say about Geddy Lee? One of the pre-eminent bass players in Rock, he has won awards and plaudits from a host of sources and has influenced more than one generation of bass players. A lot of his reputation arose from the halcyon days of 1970s/80s Rush and…

Bass Player: Harvie S (Swartz) Harvie S, award winning bassist, educator, composer, arranger, and producer, is continually challenging himself and his peers, expanding the borders of musical direction. Harvie’s latest project is a recording done in 1985 with Jazz legend Alan Dawson and Mike Stern. going for it on High Note Savant Records.https://njjs.org/2021/03/07/bassist-harvie-s-rediscovers-three-historic-nights-from-cambridges-1369-club/ His last…

Bass Player: Zev Katz Who is Zev Katz? Not a name you hear a lot but let’s have a look at his performance credits…. Patti Austin, Elmer Bernstein, Bono, Garth Brooks, James Brown, Jackson Browne, Rosanne Cash, Felix Cavaliere, Eric Clapton, Marc Cohn, Paula Cole, Judy Collins, Shawn Colvin, Elvis Costello, Crosby, Stills, Nash, Sheryl…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee Another complete transcription from the Man of Willowdale, Geddy Lee. This is the bass part from the tune ‘Cygnus X1: Book II: Hemispheres’ from the 1977 Rush album, ‘A Farewell To Kings’. Some very subtle stuff going on here with the counting and it is hard to be sure what the…

Bass Player: Andy West Andy West is what happens when kids go to school with other kids who are monster musicians. West met Dregs guitarist Steve Morse in High School. What are the chances of that? The transcription is the title track from the 1978 Dregs album, ‘What If’, the album which features their most…

Bass Player: Geddy Lee Gary Lee Weinrib was named Geddy Lee because that is how his Jewish mother pronounced his name and the rest of the guys picked up on it. Actually, it is not widely known that Lee was not the first singer and bassist with Rush and was preceded by Jeff Jones who…

Bass Player: Anthony Jackson This track, from the 1984 Steve Khan album, ‘Casa Loco’ features Anthony Jackson playing a line that is as much sequencer as it is bass and AJ was on record at the time saying that he was not going to be beaten by a machine. Almost the whole transcription is played…

Bass Player: Alain Caron Alain Caron is best known for his many years as a member of Uzeb (Quebec Fusion supergroup), but also for having released many solo albums. He has recorded and toured with jazz greats including Oliver Jones, Lorraine Desmarais, Mike Stern, Frank Gambale, Bireli Lagrene,  Didier Lockwood, Tiger Okoshi, Billy Cobham and…