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    Sep 03, 2019 5 minutes

    NO TREBLE

    KEVIN JOHNSON

    Kevin Johnson meets the greatest living Canadian

    This month on No Treble, we were honored to have the one and only Geddy Lee on the Groove Podcast. Mitch Joel caught up with the Rush bassist in Montreal during a Canadian book tour in support of his Big Beautiful Book Of Bass. Their conversation included talk about the history of Fender basses, Lee’s first encounter with Jaco Pastorius, and what he’s been up to since the end of Rush.

    When asked about his current bass playing, Lee said he still plucks the low notes every day. “I have a bass in every room, [though] I need to get my fingers back in shape,” he said. “I go down to my studio and jam with myself. I put riffs down on tape and forget about them. I know

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