Classic Song 39 - The Woodshed Orchestra "Geddy Lee"

This just in...

So here I am, checking emails, and up pops a 

link from my buddy, Lorne 'Gump' Wheaton,

sending me to rushisaband.com (a great Rush

fan ephemera site). Once there, I'm greeted by

a totally uplifting and heartening video/song

tribute to Rush, featuring former Rheostatic,

Dave Clark's The Woodshed Orchestra.

With lyrics like these,

Geddy Lee is a Canadian National Treasure
playing the bass in the greatest rock band ever

All around the world people flock 

to see our Geddy Lee play

"Limelight" and 

"Twenty One Twelve"

and "Tom Sawyer"

"Geddy Lee"'s spontaneous klezmer arrangement

and uproarious 'live' recording and video duly

honour the man that, with his two buddies,

has changed the face of progressive rock.

The best part of this song and video is that 

the majority of the participant artists look

like they were born long after 2112 was

recorded, let alone Limelight and Tom

Sawyer. That's the most heartening

thing, to me, about "Geddy Lee".

The torch has been passed.

A new generation of Rush fans - 

inventive artists in their own right - 

have paid homage, and in shining

yet another bright spotlight on 

Messrs Lee, Lifeson and Peart,

they, too bask in the afterglow.

Congratulations to Dave Clark

and his Woodshed Orchestra

for making magic 

AND my day.

Here's "Geddy Lee",

(available in Spanish, 

German and Italian 

versions, too).

Mozz the Elder

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