Geddy Lee Celebrates His 69th Birthday Today!

Geddy Lee (born Gary Lee Weinrib) is celebrating his 69th birthday today!

Happy Birthday, Geddy -- and many happy returns! "Gary" was born in the small Toronto village of Willowdale. As many fans know, his given first name "Gary" transformed into "Geddy" during his high school days thanks to his mother's heavily-accented pronunciation of his name.

In addition to his musical aspirations, some of Geddy's other interests include collecting fine wines and, of course, baseball. His wine collection is rumored to include some 5,000 bottles and his love of baseball is well documented. In fact back in 2013, Geddy threw out the ceremonial first pitch at the home opener for the Toronto Blue Jays - something he admittedly dreamed of doing for years.

Following the success of his book, Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass, which was released in 2019, Geddy announced last September that he's currently working on his memoir which, at the time of his announcement, was slated to be released this fall.

In addition to today being Geddy's birthday, this date also marks the 48th anniversary of the late Neil Peart officially joining the band, an event that would cement the rock trio that would go on to inspire the world for decades to come.

Please join me in congratulating Geddy on reaching his 69th birthday -- and wish him many, many more!

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