Blessed with an incredibly versatile singing voice in addition to his superlative bass guitar skills, Gary Lee Weinrib – nicknamed Geddy Lee after the way his grandmother used to pronounce his name – was among the first electric players to combine funk with progressive-rock elements (quirky time signatures and key changes, a flurry of different musical styles, intoxicating dexterity... you know the drill) and make it big while doing so.
Complemented by his virtuoso band-mates in Rush – guitarist Alex Lifeson and the late drummer Neil Peart – Lee's bass playing veered from the subtle, to the atmospheric, to an all-out riff storm.
