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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #45 on: January 23, 2015, 09:30:17 AM »
Quote from: godofthunder on January 23, 2015, 09:24:07 AM
  I have already contacted a good friend of mine who knows Geddy quite well.  ;D A badbird is being sent to Geddy next week.  :mrgreen:

No joke?!!! That's great, congrats!!! Scott has molded a new reality, closer to the heart (of proper intonation).  :mrgreen:
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #46 on: January 23, 2015, 10:11:16 AM »
Just got my tickets for Rush in Chicago, June 12! As the press release says, this may be "the last tour of this magnitude". Really, how long can Neil keep playing like that? And when you're Rush, you GOTTA play it like the record!
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #47 on: January 23, 2015, 10:18:52 AM »
Quote from: godofthunder on January 23, 2015, 09:24:07 AM
  I have already contacted a good friend of mine who knows Geddy quite well.  ;D A badbird is being sent to Geddy next week.  :mrgreen:

Nice one, bud
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #48 on: January 23, 2015, 10:28:31 AM »
  It's funny I'm even one degree of separation from McCartney,  I have a friend that knows him quite well.
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #49 on: January 23, 2015, 01:09:43 PM »
Regarding ZZtop, El Loco has become my personal favorite. Hasn't Cheap Trick been around as long as Rush?* Happy Birthday Robin Zander btw. Gary Cooper was a great one too. I much prefer his role and the movie of Sergeant York compared to the Sniper movie America is being fed today.
*I forgot Cheap Trick isn't a trio. My bad. Must be because Tom's always in the background.
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #50 on: January 23, 2015, 05:22:14 PM »
Not a trio and definitely not continuously playing, but The Sonics are back with a new album and tour. The new soundcloud track in that article sounds just the same as if it were recorded in the early 60s.

Yeah, I'm old. Deal with it.
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #51 on: January 23, 2015, 05:27:36 PM »
Quote from: lowend1 on January 21, 2015, 12:58:25 PM
Yes, that's the one that used to be a P-Bass...

It's a blue P, or was... used it over here for encores in '77...

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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #52 on: January 23, 2015, 05:51:58 PM »
Quote from: lowend1 on January 22, 2015, 08:23:58 AM
George is correct - Patricia Neal was only in the pilot

Patricia Neal lived here in Knoxville for a large portion of her life and her battle with stroke led to the founding of the Patricia Neal Rehabilitation Center.

Quote from: gearHed289 on January 23, 2015, 10:11:16 AM
Really, how long can Neil keep playing like that? And when you're Rush, you GOTTA play it like the record!

My friend (also a bass player BTW) is a tour bus driver who was driven Rush many times and is good friends with all of them. He told me that after Neil's family was killed in the car crash, he took up cycling, both for physical and mental reasons. He said that on every tour stop where the terrain was permitting, they'd stop the bus 100 miles out and Neil would ride his bike into the city in order to keep his strength and stamina and that because of that discipline, his playing has improved in his later years. Watching them be inducted in the RRHOH a couple years ago, he was still amazing, and I'm only a casual Rush fan who prefers their more modern output.
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #53 on: January 23, 2015, 08:43:33 PM »
I'm a rush fan from way back when - I'm fairly certain I wore out at least one, if not two copies, of 2112.  From all evidence the three guys in Rush seem to be decent, kind people that are genuinely fond of their band mates.
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #54 on: January 24, 2015, 12:09:38 PM »
Quote from: slinkp on January 22, 2015, 12:03:17 PM
Hmm who else is even a contender?

For longevity, the only one that leaps to mind is  ZZ Top ... they've been going since 1969 and it's been the same three guys all along!

Golden Earring has been around since 1961 with George Kooymans and Rinus Gerritsen. They've had the current lineup since 1970. Almost as long as ZZ Top!
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #55 on: February 14, 2015, 09:02:53 AM »
  Well before I could get a Badbird to my buddy Geddy's guitar tech got a hold of me! A Badbird is winging it's way to the province of Ontario as we speak. :)
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #56 on: February 14, 2015, 11:27:10 AM »


 Very cool Scott!

Geddy needs to take that 'Bird out on the current tour.........All the 7ender fanbois would shit themselves.

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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #57 on: February 14, 2015, 11:53:59 AM »
Very cool, Scott!
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #58 on: February 14, 2015, 05:29:22 PM »
Somebody sign him up and show him there's more to life than baseball and 7enders... :mrgreen:

(nice to see a contact for an "original" and not an imitation... an endorsement would be a nice tribute... ;))
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Re: Geddy Lee and his Thunderbird
« Reply #59 on: February 14, 2015, 05:54:06 PM »
Quote from: Highlander on February 14, 2015, 05:29:22 PM
Somebody sign him up and show him there's more to life than baseball and 7enders... :mrgreen:
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Like hockey and Rickenbackers?  :P
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