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Rush's Geddy Lee Announces UK Book Tour Dates.

30/5/2019

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Geddy Lee, vocalist, bassist, and keyboard player for the Hall of Fame rock group Rush is coming to the UK for 3 special events to meet longtime fans while signing copies of his best seller 'Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass'. The dates follow similar events which have been held across the USA and Canada earlier this year. 
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By Eamon O'Neill.

Geddy Lee
, vocalist, bassist, and keyboard player for the Hall of Fame rock group Rush is coming to the UK for 3 special events to meet longtime fans while signing copies of his best seller 'Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass'. The dates follow similar events which have been held across the USA and Canada earlier this year. 

The events will take place in three different locations across the UK: London (signing), Manchester (Q&A + signing) and Glasgow (signing). One ticket for the event grants you admission and one copy of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass for Geddy to personalize. Limited tickets available. This is a signing only; candid photographs are only allowed from the signing line. Geddy will not sign memorabilia - only the book.

EVENT DETAILS:
Sat 8thJune 2019 – Waterstones Piccadilly, London
Type: Signing
Time: 16:00 
Ticket Link: https://events.waterstones.com/events/meet-geddy-lee/

Mon 10thJune 2019 - Blackwell’s @ International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester 
Type: Q&A hosted by Philip Wilding, Signing 
Time: 19.00 (doors 18.30)
Ticket Link: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/geddy-lee-rush-qa-and-book-signing-tickets-62042669294

Wed 12thJune 2019 - Waterstones Glasgow Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow
Type: Signing
Time: 17:30
Ticket Link: https://events.waterstones.com/events/meet-geddy-lee/

About the book: From Rush front man Geddy Lee's personal collection of vintage electric bass guitars, dating from the 1950s to the 1980s, comes the definitive volume on the subject. Geddy's love of the bass has been nurtured over a lifetime spent in the limelight as one of the world's premier rock bassists. For the past seven years, he's dedicated himself to studying the history of the instrument that's been so essential to his career, collecting hundreds of basses from around the globe.
 
Written with arts journalist Daniel Richler, gorgeously photographed in breathtaking detail by Richard Sibbald, and with insight from Geddy's trusted bass tech and curator, John "Skully" McIntosh, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass profiles over 250 classic basses from Geddy’s extensive collection. Representing every tone in the bass palette, every nuance of the rock and roll genre as well as blues, jazz, pop, and country, this one-of-a-kind collection features so-called "beauty queens"—pristine instruments never lifted from their cases—as well as "road warriors"—well-worn, sweat-soaked basses that proudly show their age and use. Complete with personal commentary from Geddy that showcases his knowledge both as a musician and an aficionado, this luxuriously produced volume is a revelatory look at the heavy hitters in the world of bass-Fender, Gibson/Epiphone, Rickenbacker, Höfner, Ampeg - and lesser known but influential global luthiers such as Antonio Wandr Pioli, Dan Armstrong, and Tony Zemaitis.

The book also features interviews with John Paul Jones (Led Zeppelin); Adam Clayton (U2); Robert Trujillo (Metallica); Jeff Tweedy (Wilco); Bill Wyman (The Rolling Stones); Les Claypool (Primus); Bob Daisley (Rainbow); Fender expert and owner of the legendary Gibson Explorer, Bass Ken Collins; veteran guitar tech for The Who, Alan Rogan; plus comments from many other great players across three decades of rock and roll.

Written in Geddy's singular voice, this book reveals the stories, songs, and history behind the instruments of his inimitable collection. Complete with an index and a graphically designed timeline of the history of the bass, as well as an up-close look at Geddy's basses on Rush's final R40 Tour, his stage and recording gear from 1968 to 2017, and forewords by author and respected vintage expert, Terry Foster, and Rush band member, Alex Lifeson, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass is the ultimate compendium for the consummate collector, musician, Rush fan, and anyone who loves the bass guitar.

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