Rush's Geddy Lee runs down his 10 favorite bassists, from John Entwistle to Flea
at the 2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction], especially that song, which was such an important song, not only for me as a bass player, but also, there are very few progressive rock songs that have been such important hit singles, too. So it’s a fairly unique song, and the bass drives that song. There’s just no doubt about it. So I was really deeply thrilled to be able to play with them. It was a very strange but happy experience for me.Well, Zeppelin were a huge influence on my band.
Not only do I have so much respect for him as a player, but he’s such a lovely man. Such a generous guy. [When we met for an interview,] he was so generous with his time. We had such a great time visiting together and hanging out for an afternoon, talking about his past and basses. Really considerate dude. Really, I just can’t say enough good things about him.
I think he was sort of subconsciously working his way into my psyche as a bass player. Although the style of music that I played wasn’t Beatles style of music, I did have a great respect for them. We used to play a version of a song called “Bad Boy” that was fashioned sort of after a song that the Beatles did. The Beatles did a cover of that as well. So we all listened to the Beatles.
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