Premiering Tuesday, Dec. 5 is Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?, a four-episode docuseries for Paramount Plus that finds the Rush frontman hanging out and talking about life with the likes of Les Claypool of Primus, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Metallica's Robert Trujillo and Melissa Auf der Maur of Hole and Smashing Pumpkins. Lee tells us the series was the brainchild of filmmaker Sam Dunn, who co-directed the 2000 documentary "Rush: Beyond the Lighted Stage" and is a bass player himself. The episodes are based on conversations Lee had with other bass players as part of his "Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass" in 2018:
"I'm all for doing things that are out of character and put me in a different frame of mind. That's what life's all about. In the end I would say I was shocked at how much fun they are to watch and how well it turned out. I think, I hope music fans will get a kick out of them, and I hope they'll learn about us bass folk." SOUNDCUE :26 OC: us bass folk
"Are Bass Players Human Too?" comes out in conjunction with Lee's new memoir, "My Effin' Life," which published on November 14th.
Lee has been on a speaking tour to promote the book, with one more date in Detroit on Thursday, December 7th, in Toronto.
The audiobook version of "My Effin' Life" features demos of two songs — "Gone" and "I Am…You Are" — that were intended for his 2000 solo album "My Favorite Headache."