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Dr. Strange

(25,933 posts)
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 02:00 PM Feb 2024

Bass solo! Starring Geddy Lee.

I'm currently reading Geddy's memoir, and this joke from Bob Geldof appears in Chapter 20:

So these explorers are traveling up the Amazon through the Brazilian rainforest. The first night, they're sitting around the campfire, and they hear drums. They're alarmed, but the guide says, "Don't worry, drums fine. When drums stop, then trouble."

So the next night, same thing. "Drums, don't worry. When drums stop, trouble."

Then, the third night, of course, the drums stop. They look to the guide in fear, and he says, "Uh-oh, bass solo."

Take it away Dirk!

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Bass solo! Starring Geddy Lee. (Original Post) Dr. Strange Feb 2024 OP
Hahaha love it awesomerwb1 Feb 2024 #1
Have you seen his TV series? AZSkiffyGeek Feb 2024 #2
Thanks for the heads up awesomerwb1 Feb 2024 #4
The memoir is pretty cool. Dr. Strange Feb 2024 #6
Great bass 👍🏽 blm Feb 2024 #3
The Song Is Great ProfessorGAC Feb 2024 #5

awesomerwb1

(4,275 posts)
1. Hahaha love it
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 02:11 PM
Feb 2024

Love Geddy. Great person, amazing bass player and singer (yep, love his voice).

How do you like the memoir so far?

AZSkiffyGeek

(11,238 posts)
2. Have you seen his TV series?
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 02:45 PM
Feb 2024

It's on Paramount, I believe - he goes around interviewing other bassists about their lives - Les Claypool, Krist Novoselic, Robert Trujillo are the ones I remember. He hangs out w/ Trujillo playing Jaco Pastorious' "Bass of Doom."

Dr. Strange

(25,933 posts)
6. The memoir is pretty cool.
Thu Feb 15, 2024, 06:10 PM
Feb 2024

A lot of the stories I have already heard, but there's some more in-depth stuff that has been fun.

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