Geddy Lee once in Yes ???

[Friesbeck]

I found information that said that Geddy Lee was with Yes very briefly after he was kicked out of Rush (and before he was subsequently let back in.) It said that Yes released a 45 with dual bass players. Does anyone have any more information on this?

[Dragonfly]

In Yes???

Kicked out of Rush???

I can't believe either of those!

Dragonfly :fly:

[nightliner]

Where did you get this information? I never heard of either of those things.

[Thoughtbecontact]

I'm married to Mr.Rush fan himself, and I think he would have known about such a fact since he has followed them since they formed in 1973. Your info has to be erroneous.

[Dances w/PURPLE]

I heard that Elton John tried out for King Crimson and didn't make it.

[Thoughtbecontact]

That's another ridiculous one, Dances! Where did you hear that one?

[Dances w/PURPLE]

It was in the Enquirer so it MUST be so! hahahaha



Actually I read it in an online Biography of him. He went to the Royal Music Academy, then his first gig was locals and then he hooked up with someone who changed the band to the last name of this guy...B something, I want to say "Branley". He went to audition for KC's label, didn't get the gig but subsidary label was looking for singer/songwriters. They had Taupin who could write and hooked up Elton with him. At the time he was still using his own name but by the time he actually met Taupin ( they had been writing letters) he has changed his name assuming the first name of a former bandmate and last name of another former bandmate.

[Friesbeck]

I got the info from a Rush forum which has members who are very expert on Rush. One guy said he even looked up that Geddy was briefly kicked out but it has not been confirmed if he joined Yes. The 45 has not been able to be found on Ebay....

[pk]

Bryan Ferry did audition for King Crimson at one stage however, but he didn't get in either!

PK

[Earl Grey]

I've heard that about Elton too.

Hey, does anyone know if Bob Dylan ever sang lead with YES?
Nevermind... ;)

[Thoughtbecontact]

Earl,

Nevermind what? Sure Dylan tried to sing lead with Yes. t happened when, ahem, Steve got laryngitis.

[Martin Riley]

Dylan di sing with Yes. Shortly after Ozzy left

[Thoughtbecontact]

Originally posted by Friesbeck
I got the info from a Rush forum which has members who are very expert on Rush. One guy said he even looked up that Geddy was briefly kicked out but it has not been confirmed if he joined Yes. The 45 has not been able to be found on Ebay....

Seriously, Friesbeck,
I'd like to know which Rush forum you surf because my husband is a regular on theRushTour2112 board, and while they often discuss Yes on that board, as we sometimes discuss Rush, we have never heard of such things. I think we would have known, given our band allegiances.

[yes_angel]

The thing that I always wondered about Rush was they have a song off of counterparts called sun&moon.A lyric in that tune they say YES to YES.Hmmm can there be a link and meaning to that at all??

[Thoughtbecontact]

Honestly, Yes Angel,

Peart writes all the lyrics for Rush, and since we're talking about Geddy Lee here, don't believe there is a connection IMHO.

[RobAdams]

Geddy Lee was NEVER in YES.


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Nope...No Geddy Lee. As far as this single with dualing basses? I don't think Mr.Fish would have gone for that! If this single exists, why haven't any of us heard of it or read about it. Whoever told you this must have been lied to!

I can also confirm Elton John's audition for King Crimson. I've read it in an Elton John biography, and I've seen it written elsewhere. According to what I had read, the audition took place before KC released their debut album IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING. Fripp wanted a vocalist who could also play an instrument, and Elton auditioned. But so did Greg Lake, who was more of what Fripp was looking for! It probably was a good thing for Elton to be rejected. He very likely would have not become a household name as a member of King Crimson.

[Dragonfly]

Originally posted by RobAdams Geddy Lee was NEVER in Rush.

Hmmmm. You might want to re-think your post, here!

Dragonfly :fly:

[RobAdams]

Ooops! Meant to type YES ;)

[illusion]

I love Red Barchetta. I also love Xanadu. (Is that off topic?)

I don't believe that Geddy ever had any connection with Yes, but the thing about him leaving Rush was interesting.

[haroldthebarrel]

Elton john DID audition for King Crimson, and Gentle Giant too. You can read this here:

http://www.livedaily.citysearch.com/artist/54.html

He didn't make it into either though, and I believe he hadn't even changed his name to Elton John yet then....

[stevepenn]

Don't know anything about this Rush/Yes thing, but boy am I still fuming over James Taylor getting kicked out of the Beatles.

;)

[1yesfan]

huh?

[stevepenn]

It's a joke, Tim.

[RobAdams]

Just think...had Elton John ended up in a prog band, could he have possibly found his way into Yes at some point? Elton was certainly capable on the keyboards. I'll bet he could have done it well. Strange the paths our lives take and the paths that could have been.

[Joedude]

Originally posted by RobAdams
Just think...had Elton John ended up in a prog band, could he have possibly found his way into Yes at some point?

"I remember when Elton John gave us three songs and we never recorded them. They were very happy pop songs and I was frightened of becoming like another Andy Fairweather Lowe with Amen Corner, who were the flavor of the month in 1968".
-Jon Anderson, as quoted in Close To The Edge: The Story of Yes by Chris Welch

I don't think he would have ever been happy in a prog band. I agree, he would certainly have been capable, but I could not see him staying long.

[BrianD]

Another Elton John connection with Yes is that he wrote the foreword to Dan Wooding's biography of Rick Wakeman, 'The Caped Crusader'. Rick of course played organ on Elton's 'The Madman across the Water' album. Elton bemoaned the fact that he had 'Chipolata fingers', while Rick had 'very big hands, long fingers, great technique - in fact brilliant'.

[R'tanys]

Gotta give Reg credit for recognizing talent when he sees it.

Personally, I think Bananarama would have enjoyed much more success if they had allowed Lou Reed in.

[Martin Riley]

But wasn't Lou Reed busy at the time giving singing lessons to Pavarotti & Domingo?

[Matt Davidson]

I found information that said that Geddy Lee was with Yes very briefly after he was kicked out of Rush (and before he was subsequently let back in.) It said that Yes released a 45 with dual bass players. Does anyone have any more information on this?

I cannot believe there would be any truth to Geddy being a part of Yes. There really isn't any place for him.I suppose only if at all during the ABWH era.

[Full Tilt Boogie]

Don't know anything about this Rush/Yes thing, but boy am I still fuming over James Taylor getting kicked out of the Beatles.

;)


Nah,

You're getting confused with the time Justin Timberlake was forceably ejected from Mott the Hoople!! :D

Have a good weekend people!

[the'YES'kid]

I got the info from a Rush forum which has members who are very expert on Rush. One guy said he even looked up that Geddy was briefly kicked out but it has not been confirmed if he joined Yes. The 45 has not been able to be found on Ebay....
:dog:

If you find that on Ebay, don't buy it. It's probably a fake recording from the same person who made the bootleg from the Union tour where Michael Jackson sang with the band.

...and don't look for that one either, I just made that up.

[Tonydess]

interesting...
Being a long time Rush fan,I find it hard to believe that Geddy would get kicked out of a band he helped form.Kicked out by whom?There are only three members in Rush.If we are talking about post-John Rutsy days then I doubt if Neil had any part in his supposed removal.Without calling this thread an all out fable I would be more agreeable if I had heard Geddy left the band for a few days and POSSIBLY might of tried out for or even jammed with Yes.

[Tonydess]

I got the info from a Rush forum which has members who are very expert on Rush. One guy said he even looked up that Geddy was briefly kicked out but it has not been confirmed if he joined Yes. The 45 has not been able to be found on Ebay....

One more thing.I have seen these supposed experts over at Rush.net and other Rush bulletin boards.And there are alot of well meaning people with real things to say.But from my expierence with these "experts"I have learned to take what they say about Rush and other bands with a huge grain of salt.There are alot of anti-Rush fans out there(almost more than any band I know) who like to cause controversy with their unbelievable rhetoric.

[emhartain]

I love Red Barchetta. I also love Xanadu. (Is that off topic?)

I don't believe that Geddy ever had any connection with Yes, but the thing about him leaving Rush was interesting.

Geddy has never been part of Yes. He may have done a sit-in on a 45, though I've never heard anything of it. He has also never been kicked out of Rush. Both he and Alex formed Rush, back in '67, played with it for a year, then changed the name (John Rutsey's idea) to something else in 68, then back to rush in '69. Alex Geddy and John teamed up with some other dude during the '68 deal, obviously that didn't work out. John Rutsey left the band in '71 or '72 because he was 'creatively challenged'. Look for his name on any of the songs in the debut album... nope, no help from Rutsey there. Peart Joined in '72 and they released Fly by Night, and it's been history since. Funny thing is.. listen to all the songs on the debut album, then all the songs on the FlybyNight album.. big difference in the creativity there. Neil has definitely enhanced them all these years. And who says he can't play jazz. YOu've obviously never seen the Rush in Rio DVD. :)

[jim665]

Obviously the Geddy Lee thing is just wrong but the idea of dual basses is not so far fetched. According to "Close to the Edge " the story of Yes by Chris Welch Chris and Steve used to perform a jam where each of them would trade riffs on bass. I've never seen or heard of a tape of this however. Anyone ?

[prem895]

WASN'T KEITH MOON THE DRUMMER FOR JOHN DENVER BEFORE HE JOINED NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK? :sofunny:

[Timmo]

I heard that Elton John tried out for King Crimson and didn't make it.I hadn't heard that, but I did hear Robert Fripp in an interview talking about auditioning Brian Ferry.

Somewhere there exists a demo tape of BF singing "21st Century Schitzoid Man."

God, that would be hilarious.


TIM
Venice, CA

[Rick N Backer]

Just came across this post.

There have been a few times when large conglomerates of musicians have got together to record for a charity. I have a feeling that Geddy may have joined with Chris Squire on the version of Smoke on the Water. That also had, among others, David Gilmour. There was also a record cut for Roack Aid Armenia after an earthquake to raise money.

The other dual bass session may have been Rush and Max Webster when they made Battlescar (whicj I have as a 45). Both bands played, so there were tow drummers, two guitarists, two bassists etc. The track ende dup on the Universal Juveniles LP by Max Webster.

Geddy was NEVER in Yes though!

[Rabin105]

Iwouldn';t count out geedy lee not being on yes just yet I mean lets be honnest He could of been on union but then again wasn't Billy joel and Elton john also on that album :lol: :lol:

[Faceintheplace]

Wasn't the entire population of the greater Los Angeles area on that album?

[Rabin105]

Wasn't the entire population of the greater Los Angeles area on that album?
there you go all of rush genesis and pinkfloyd were on that al;bum who would of guessed ;) :lol: :dog: :dog:

[DeKLerium]

I hadn't heard that, but I did hear Robert Fripp in an interview talking about auditioning Brian Ferry.

Somewhere there exists a demo tape of BF singing "21st Century Schitzoid Man."

God, that would be hilarious.


TIM
Venice, CA
Fripp mentions auditioning both Brian Ferry and Elton John in the superb booklet that came with the original Young Persons Guide to King Crimson LP (1976) - this same booklet was updated and included in the later 'Frame by Frame' boxset

[Rabin105]

would of like to here elton john on some KC or maybe him on some yes

[geddy]

Do not believe everthing you read

[Bugeyes]

Oh please! What about everything you hear? Can I believe that?

[umgekehrt]

I heard that Geddy Lee is the long-lost brother of Bruce Lee, is this true?

[Full Tilt Boogie]

I heard that Geddy Lee is the long-lost brother of Bruce Lee, is this true?


Nah, you're getting him mixed up with Christopher (Dracula) Lee :D

[pauli]

I always thought that Geddy Lee and Lucy Ricardo were the same person.
I mean, you never saw them together, and the voice is eerily similar...

[umgekehrt]

No, I'm serious here. Geddy Lee was actually the bass player in "Brother Of Mine" (should be easy because Chris was not around, so no double bass) and that song was written by him for Bruce Lee. "Long lost, brother of mine!"

Nah, you're getting him mixed up with Christopher (Dracula) Lee :D

[Bugeyes]

Doh! Do I believe you?

(It was a wild night without you in the DA chat room, no one to hold me down. It was good. Missed you.)

[Rabin105]

I always thought that Geddy Lee and Lucy Ricardo were the same person.
I mean, you never saw them together, and the voice is eerily similar... and a lot of yes fans though Steve and trevor were the same guy when they found out the weren't they al started saying he is not Steve ;)

[umgekehrt]

Another proof that Geddy Lee was once in Yes: Geddy Lee = Tony Levin!
Remember Geddy wrote a song named "I Think I'm Going Bald"?
That's because he is bald, and only wears toupee whenever appearing as Geddy.
Otherwise he'd show up as Tony Levin!

[brotherofmine]

Jeff Beck also auditioned for Deep Purple...brilliant guitarist that he was..he had managed to split from every band he was a member of..so the answer had to be No.

[Rabin105]

I had a dream that gary chreome was the leadsinger of van halen thank god it was only a dream

[Full Tilt Boogie]

I had a dream that gary chreome was the leadsinger of van halen thank god it was only a dream


Nah, you're getting mixed up with then Michael ('I'm a total f*ckin freak') Jackson was lead singer with Pink Floyd! :D

[Squire*Fan725]

Geddy has never been part of Yes......He has also never been kicked out of Rush.

If you read the Rush Bio "Visions", you'll see that Gedd was kicked out of Rush for a short time, only the band wasn't called Rush at the time...Gedd went on to form another band that was doing better than Alex's band, and later on broke up, thus leading Gedd to return to Alex and his band, and then re-naming it Rush...

There's a bit of Rock History for you...

[yes_angel]

(Sun & Moon) Yes 2 Yes!!!!!

[paulovajao]

Another proof that Geddy Lee was once in Yes: Geddy Lee = Tony Levin!
Remember Geddy wrote a song named "I Think I'm Going Bald"?
That's because he is bald, and only wears toupee whenever appearing as Geddy.
Otherwise he'd show up as Tony Levin!LMAO!!!I ALWAYS HAD MY SUSPICIOUS!!

[brotherofmine]

Excuse me is this the fake rock link? :bonghitte

[umgekehrt]

No, this is the conspiracy theory rock link!

[Yes Lover]

Yeah, and remember that album Barry Manilow made with Pink Floyd and then toured with Ozzy at Ozzfest this year?

:badass: :1loudspkr

[Yes Lover]

I heard that Geddy Lee is the long-lost brother of Bruce Lee, is this true?

Yeah, and he's the half-brother of Ug Lee, Home Lee, Gay Lee, and Low Lee...

[umgekehrt]

Hehehe Yeslover and Geddyhater...

[soulsearcher]

i love barry manilow! i am watching him on oprah right ow!!

(i can't help it..i have very eclectic taste!.LOL!)

[paulovajao]

I Think I Saw Gedy Lee Last Week With Engelbert Humperdinck!!!great Gig!!!

[michael]

Let's lay this nasty little rumour to rest once and for all. NO, Geddy Lee was NEVER in YES. I dont think RUSH and YES have even once shared the same venue. In the 70's the two bands that RUSH were 'into' were YES and GENESIS. We can at least say that Geddy was 'into' YES.