Bass player extraordinaire Billy Sheehan was recently interviewed for MusicRadar.com to talk about the new Mr. Big album What If along with other subjects. When asked about how hard it is to both sing and play bass at the same time, Geddy Lee's name comes up:

... "It's pretty tricky. I work at it a lot. I can strum the guitar and sing all day long. But to play bass and sing at the same time, especially with some of the things I do with my right hand, it's hard. It doesn't come naturally, but it can be done. You just have to sit down and work out your parts. ... "I remember when we had the great honor of touring the Rush at one point, and I'd sit and talk to Geddy Lee about it. He's one of the sweetest guys around, by the way. But he told me that he has to work at it big-time. I don't know anybody who does it better than him. Sting, he drifts through his bass playing by dropping time while still keeping time. It's quite an art." ...

You can read the entire interview at this link. Sheehan also spoke about touring with Rush in a recent Examiner.com article which you can check out at this link. Thanks to RushFanForever for the heads up.

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