Geddy Lee

Quick Facts

Full Name	Geddy Lee
Occupation	Rock Singer
Date Of Birth	Jul 29, 1953(1953-07-29)
Age	71
Birthplace	Toronto
Country	Canada
Horoscope	Cancer

Geddy Lee Biography

Geddy Lee is one of the most popular and richest Rock Singer who was born on July 29, 1953 in Toronto, Canada. Bassist and singer of the progressive rock group Rush. He was admitted into the Bass Hall of Fame by Guitar Player magazine.

He had a close relationship and his potential Rush fellow bandmate He was friends with his future Rush bandmate Alex Lifeson when he was young. as a child.

Geddy Lee Weinrib, OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib; July 29, 1953), known professionally as Geddy Lee, is a Canadian musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the Canadian rock group Rush. Lee joined what would become Rush in September 1968, at the request of his childhood friend Alex Lifeson, replacing original bassist and frontman Jeff Jones. Lee’s first (and, so far, only) solo effort, My Favourite Headache, was released in 2000.

Beginning in 1969, Rush began playing professionally in coffeehouses, high school dances and at various outdoor recreational events. By 1971, they were now playing mostly original songs in small clubs and bars, including Toronto’s Gasworks and Abbey Road Pub. Lee describes the group during these early years as being “weekend warriors”, holding down jobs during the weekdays and playing music on weekends: “We longed to break out of the boring surrounding of the suburbs and the endless similarities . . . the shopping plazas and all that stuff. . . the music was a vehicle for us to speak out.” He claims that in the beginning they were simply “a straightforward rock band.”

in the city of Gary Lee Weinrib. Both of his parents are Polish Holocaust survivors. He got married to Nancy Young in 1976 and they were blessed with two children.

Geddy Lee Net Worth

Geddy Lee is one of the richest Rock Singer from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Geddy Lee 's net worth $40 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

His name was changed to reflect how his mother would pronounce it using her strong accent.

His band was the very first rock group to be recognized in the Order of Canada.

Lee was born on July 29, 1953 in Willowdale, (North York) Toronto, Ontario, to Morris (1920-1965) and Mary Weinrib (née Manya Rubenstein). His parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors from Poland who had survived the ghetto in their hometown Starachowice, followed by their imprisonments at Auschwitz and later Dachau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps, during the Holocaust and World War II. They were about 13 years old when they were initially imprisoned at Auschwitz. “It was kind of surreal pre-teen shit,” says Lee, describing how his father bribed guards to bring his mother shoes. After a period, his mother was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and his father to Dachau. When the war ended four years later and the Allies liberated the camps, Morris set out in search of Mary and found her at a displaced persons camp. They married there and eventually emigrated to Canada.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Geddy Lee height 5 ft 10 in Geddy weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Geddy Lee Dating?

According to our records, Geddy Lee married to Nancy Young. As of December 1, 2023, Geddy Lee’s is not dating anyone.

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He is also a longtime baseball fan. His favourite team while growing up was the Detroit Tigers, and he later became a fan of the Toronto Blue Jays after they were established. In the 1980s, Lee began reading the works of Bill James, particularly The Bill James Baseball Abstracts, which led to an interest in sabermetrics and participation in a fantasy baseball keeper league. He collects baseball memorabilia, once donating part of his collection to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, and threw the ceremonial first pitch to inaugurate the 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season. Lee sang the Canadian national anthem before the 1993 MLB All-Star Game. In 2016, Lee planned to produce an independent film about baseball in Italy.

Facts & Trivia

Geddy Ranked on the list of most popular Rock Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Canada. Geddy Lee celebrates birthday on July 29 of every year.

By the 1980s, Rush had become one of the “biggest rock bands on the planet”, selling out arena seats when touring. Lee was known for his dynamic stage movements. According to music critic Tom Mulhern, writing in 1980, “it’s dazzling to see so much sheer energy expended without a nervous breakdown.” By 1996, with their Test for Echo Tour, they began performing without an opening act, their shows lasting nearly three hours.

Why did Geddy leave Rush?

“I think he had his way of splitting his mind into so many segments ,” the frontman explained of his departed bandmate. “He had true independence, as many drummers do, but he pushed that independence to its very limit and I think he equated it in a way of me singing, playing bass, playing foot pedals, all that.

Will Rush ever play again?

Rush ceased touring at the end of 2015, and Lifeson announced in January 2018 that the band would not continue. On January 7, 2020, Peart died of glioblastoma, a type of brain cancer, at the age of 67.

Is Geddy Lee still married?

Lee supports many causes through personal and band donations. He is known as an avid baseball fan and wine connoisseur. Lee has been married to Nancy Young for over 35 years and they have 2 children.

Is Geddy Lee religious?

Lee has described himself as a Jewish atheist , explaining to an interviewer, “I consider myself a Jew as a race, but not so much as a religion. I’m not down with religion at all. I’m a Jewish atheist, if that’s possible.”

Why did Rush break up?

One of the biggest factors in the band’s dissolution is health of drummer and lyricist Neil Peart. Lifeson adds: We had such a great time on the tour. And it was really nice to go through all the material in reverse chronology, and I think our fans really enjoyed it.