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86-407: All tracks are written by Geddy Lee , Alex Lifeson & Neil Peart , except where noted Notes This 2000s progressive rock album-related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Geddy Lee Geddy Lee Weinrib OC ( / ˈ ɡ ɛ d i ˈ l iː ˈ w aɪ n r ɪ b / ; born Gary Lee Weinrib , July 29, 1953) is a Canadian musician, best known as

172-463: A Loyalist from Vermont , who in 1801 had travelled along Yonge Street and found the area appealing, and so applied for and received a grant for land totalling 40 farms, each of 200 acres (0.8 km ). Other defunct communities once located within the modern boundaries of Newmarket include Garbut's Hill, Paddytown, Petchville, Pleasantville, and White Rose. Newmarket's geographical coordinates are 44.05°N, 79.46°W, and its elevation above sea level

258-522: A bedroom town since the 1980s. The province's Official Plan includes growth in the business services and knowledge industries, as well as in the administrative, manufacturing and retail sectors. Landmarks include Upper Canada Mall , Southlake Regional Health Centre , the Main Street Heritage Conservation District, and Wesley Brooks Conservation Area (locally called "Fairy Lake Park" or "Fairy Lake"). Newmarket's location on

344-529: A weir . Newmarket also lies south of and above the Algonquin Shoreline , where elevations suddenly drop off from the gently rolling hills that characterize much of Newmarket to the much flatter, lower land down below in the Holland Marsh . The land is characterized mainly by glacial deposits from the last ice age , known as "Newmarket Till". The town is underlain mainly by sand and gravel, ground by

430-408: A 1955 Fender Stratocaster , a 1960 Gibson ES-335 , a 1965 Gibson ES-335 and a 1967 Gibson Flying V . In the early days of Rush, Lee used a Fender Precision Bass , which eventually had its body modified and refinished to a blue "teardrop"-shape. Inspired by the distinctive sound of Yes bassist Chris Squire, Lee then acquired a black Rickenbacker 4001 bass, which remained his main instrument from

516-501: A charitable foundation he supports, Grapes for Humanity, created the Geddy Lee Scholarship for winemaking students at Niagara College . Lee has described himself as a Jewish atheist , explaining to an interviewer, "I consider myself a Jew as a race, but not so much as a religion. I'm not down with religion at all. I'm a Jewish atheist, if that's possible." Newmarket, Ontario Newmarket ( 2021 population : 87,942 )

602-585: A distillery, one tannery, a foundry, a carding machine, and a cloth factory. In June 1853, the first train pulled into Newmarket on the Toronto, Simcoe & Lake Huron Union Railroad , the first railway in Upper Canada . It was later called the Northern Railway of Canada , and carried passengers, agricultural products and manufactured goods. The line eventually linked Toronto to Collingwood on Georgian Bay ,

688-429: A distinctive, " countertenor " falsetto and resonant sound. Lee possessed a three-octave vocal range spanning from baritone through tenor, alto, and mezzo-soprano pitch ranges; however, his range significantly decreased with age. Lee's playing style is widely regarded for his use of high treble and very hard playing of the strings and for utilizing the bass as a lead instrument, often contrapuntal to Lifeson's guitar. In

774-570: A fan of the Toronto Blue Jays after they were established. In the 1980s, Lee began reading the works of Bill James , particularly The Bill James Baseball Abstracts , which led to an interest in sabermetrics and participation in a fantasy baseball keeper league. He collects baseball memorabilia, once donating part of his collection to the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum , and threw the ceremonial first pitch to inaugurate

860-520: A live setting with the level of complexity and fidelity that fans have come to expect and without the need to resort to the use of backing tracks or employing an additional band member. During the Clockwork Angels Tour , a notable exception was when a string ensemble played string parts, originally arranged and conducted by David Campbell on Clockwork Angels . In 1996, Lee stopped using traditional bass amplifiers on stage, opting to have

946-504: A major shipbuilding centre. Today, this line is the "Newmarket Subdivision" of the Canadian National Railway system, running north out of Newmarket towards Bradford , and south towards Toronto. Newmarket was incorporated as a village in 1857 with a population of 700, with Donald Sutherland as the first reeve. In 1858, Robert Simpson co-opened "Simpson & Trent Groceries, Boots, Shoes and Dry Goods" in downtown Newmarket,

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1032-452: A microphone stand. Lee uses two types of MIDI controllers: one type resembles a traditional synthesizer keyboard on a stand (Yamaha KX76). The second type is a large foot-pedal keyboard placed on the stage floor ( Korg MPK-130, Roland PK-5). Combined, they enable Lee to use his free hands and feet to trigger sounds in electronic equipment that has been placed off-stage. With this technology Lee and his bandmates can present their arrangements in

1118-467: A period, his mother was transferred to Bergen-Belsen and his father to Dachau. When the war ended four years later, and the Allies liberated the camps, Morris set out in search of Manya and found her at a Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp . They married there and eventually emigrated to Canada. When Lee started school, his name was incorrectly registered. As a result, Lee grew up thinking his middle name

1204-423: A prodigy and "role model" for what every musician wants to be, noting his proficiency on stage. Buttner cited Lee's ability to vary time signatures, play multiple keyboards, use bass pedal controllers and control sequencers, all while singing lead vocals into as many as three microphones. Buttner adds that few musicians of any instrument "can juggle half of what Geddy can do without literally falling on their ass." As

1290-468: A result, notes Mulhern, Lee's instrumentation was the "pulse" of the group and created a "one-man rhythm section", which complemented guitarist Alex Lifeson and percussionist Neil Peart . Bass instructor Allan Slutsky , or "Dr Licks", credits Lee's "biting, high-end bass lines and creative synthesizer work" for helping the group become "one of the most innovative" of all the groups that play arena rock. By 1989, Guitar Player magazine had designated Lee

1376-640: A subsequent Rush pinball machine. In 2022, he appeared as a guest star playing Thomas Sawyer on the acclaimed long-running CBC period drama Murdoch Mysteries . In November 2023, Lee published an autobiography titled My Effin' Life . The book was promoted with a 19-date tour of the UK and North America. On December 5, 2023, Paramount+ released a video series, "Geddy Lee Asks: Are Bass Players Human Too?" Four episodes were aired on Les Claypool , Robert Trujillo , Melissa Auf Der Maur , and Krist Novoselic . Each episode features Lee visiting with and talking to

1462-569: A terrible blow that I lost him, but the course of my life changed because my mother couldn't control us." He has said that losing his father at such an early age made him aware of how "quickly life can disappear", which inspired him from then on to get the most out of his life and music. Lee turned his basement into practice space for a band he formed with high-school friends. After the band began earning income from small performances at high-school shows or other events, he decided to drop out of high school and play rock and roll professionally. His mother

1548-537: Is 252 m. It has an area of 38.33 km . The town is bounded on the south by Aurora , on the west by King , on the north by East Gwillimbury and on the east by Whitchurch–Stouffville . The main river in Newmarket is the East Holland River (known locally simply as "The Holland River "), and all other streams in the town are tributaries thereto. These include Bogart Creek, a brook that weaves its way into

1634-646: Is a town and regional seat of the Regional Municipality of York in the Canadian province of Ontario . It is part of Greater Toronto in the Golden Horseshoe region of Southern Ontario . The name stems from the fact that the settlement was a "New Market", in contrast to York as the Old Market . The town was formed as one of many farming communities in the area, but also developed an industrial centre on

1720-736: Is featured on the group's 1999 album Blue Green Orange . Along with his bandmates, Lee was a guest musician on the Max Webster song "Battle Scar", from the 1980 album Universal Juveniles . Lee appeared in Broken Social Scene 's music video for their 2006 single "Fire Eye'd Boy", judging the band while performing various musical tasks. In 2006, Lee joined Lifeson's supergroup , the Big Dirty Band , to provide songs accompanying Trailer Park Boys: The Movie . In 2017, Lee performed in place of late bassist Chris Squire with Yes during

1806-663: Is managed by the Lake Simcoe Region Conservation Authority ), a favourite recreational area in the centre of town, is a former mill pond on the East Holland River; and Bogart Pond, also a former mill pond, is fed and drained by Bogart Creek in Bogarttown. Furthermore, the water level in the reach of the East Holland north of Davis Drive is controlled from an unfinished Newmarket Canal lock, now used as

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1892-460: The 2013 Toronto Blue Jays season . Lee sang the Canadian national anthem before the 1993 MLB All-Star Game . In 2016, Lee planned to produce an independent film about baseball in Italy. Lee is regularly seen in his seat behind home plate at the Toronto Blue Jays stadium Rogers Centre with his scorecard. When the team was forced to move to Buffalo during the 2020 season, a cardboard cutout of Lee

1978-792: The Holland River enabled travel between Lake Ontario and Lake Simcoe . A portage route, the Toronto Carrying-Place Trail , ran one of its two routes up the Holland River through the Newmarket area, and over the Oak Ridges Moraine to the Rouge River and into Lake Ontario. A more widely used route ran up the western branch of the Holland River, over the moraine, and down the Humber River . In 1793, John Graves Simcoe travelled

2064-491: The Northern Railway of Canada 's mainline, which was built in 1853 through what would become the downtown area. It also became a thriving market town with the arrival of the Metropolitan Street Railway in 1899. Over time, the town developed into a primarily residential area, and the expansion of Ontario Highway 400 to the west and the construction of Ontario Highway 404 to the east increasingly turned it into

2150-525: The Thirteen Colonies moved to the area to avoid violence they were expected to take part in during the American Revolution . In June 1800, Timothy Rogers, a Quaker from Vermont , explored the area around the Holland River to find a suitable location for a new Quaker settlement. He, Samuel Lundy and their group of Religious Society of Friends received the grant of 8,000 acres (3,200 ha) around

2236-508: The ghetto in Starachowice (where they met), followed by their imprisonments at Auschwitz and later Dachau and Bergen-Belsen concentration camps during the Holocaust and World War II . They were in their teens when they were initially imprisoned at Auschwitz. "It was kind of surreal pre-teen shit", says Lee, describing how his father bribed guards to bring shoes to his mother. After

2322-557: The icesheets that covered the area until about 10,000 years ago. No outcrops are to be found anywhere in Newmarket, so deep are the glacial deposits. Newmarket is identified as one of the Golden Horseshoe's 25 Urban Growth Centres in Ontario's Places to Grow Growth Plan. Four areas of Newmarket have been selected to absorb the majority of planned population growth and accommodate mixed usages on sites well served by transit. These are

2408-510: The "Best Rock Bass" player from their reader's poll for the previous five years. Greg Prato of AllMusic wrote that "few hard rock bassists have been as influential as Rush's Geddy Lee." Bass players who have cited Lee as an influence include Cliff Burton of Metallica , Steve Harris of Iron Maiden , John Myung of Dream Theater , Les Claypool of Primus , and Steve Di Giorgio of Sadus , Death and Testament . My Favourite Headache , Lee's first and to-date only solo album,

2494-611: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Vocalists of All Time. Lee was born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953, in the North York neighbourhood of Willowdale, Toronto , to Morris Weinrib (born Moshe Meir Weinrib; 1920–1965), from Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski , and Mary "Manya" Rubinstein (born Malka Rubinstein; 1925–2021), who was born in Warsaw and later grew up in Wierzbnik . His parents were Jewish Holocaust survivors from Poland who had survived

2580-491: The 1970s and early 1980s, Lee mostly used a Rickenbacker 4001 bass, with a very noticeable grit in his tone. According to Lee, during the band's "synth era" in the mid-1980s, Lee used Steinberger and later Wal basses, with the latter having more of a "jazzy" tone. From 1993's Counterparts onward, Lee began using the Fender Jazz Bass almost exclusively, returning to his trademark high treble sound. Lee had first used

2666-602: The 1970s up until the early 1980s. In 1998, Fender released the Geddy Lee Jazz Bass , available in Black and 3-Color Sunburst (as of 2009). This signature model is a recreation of Lee's favourite bass, a 1972 Fender Jazz that he bought in a pawn shop in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1978. In 2015, Fender released a revised USA model of his signature bass, with most of the changes reflecting those Lee had made to his own instrument over

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2752-620: The 1984 album Grace Under Pressure , Lee was surrounding himself with stacks of keyboards on stage. By the 1980s, Rush had become one of the "biggest rock bands on the planet", selling out arena seats when touring. Lee was known for his dynamic stage movements. According to music critic Tom Mulhern, writing in 1980, "it's dazzling to see so much sheer energy expended without a nervous breakdown." By 1996, their Test for Echo Tour began performing without an opening act, their shows lasting nearly three hours. Music industry writer Christopher Buttner, who interviewed Lee in 1996, described him as

2838-466: The Aurora/Newmarket border. Glenway Country Club was a private club with a course within Newmarket's boundaries, but it was closed before the 2012 season and is being redeveloped for housing. There are also several courses in the surrounding communities and countryside. Three public swimming places exist throughout Newmarket: Ray Twinney Complex , Gorman Pool, which is open only in the summer, and

2924-462: The Holland River. In 1801, Rogers returned along with several Quaker families who had left their homes in Vermont and Pennsylvania , and settled here between 1801 and 1803. Joseph Hill constructed a mill on the river, damming it to produce a mill pond today known as Fairy Lake. The settlement of "Upper Yonge Street" developed around the mill and the Holland River. Hill also built a tannery north of

3010-511: The Jazz Bass to record Moving Pictures on songs such as " Tom Sawyer ." After several early albums and increasing popularity, Rush's status as a rock group soared over the following five years as they consistently toured worldwide and produced successful albums, including 2112 (1976), A Farewell to Kings (1977), Hemispheres (1978), Permanent Waves (1980), and Moving Pictures (1981). Lee began adding synthesizers in 1977, with

3096-546: The Machine and Audioslave . Along with his Rush bandmates – guitarist Alex Lifeson and drummer Neil Peart – Lee was made an Officer of the Order of Canada on May 9, 1996. The trio was the first rock band to receive this honor. In 2013, the group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame after 14 years of eligibility. In 2006, Lee was ranked 13th by Hit Parader on their list of

3182-614: The McKenzie Brothers' comedy album Great White North , which was released on Rush's Anthem label. While Rush has had great success selling albums, "Take Off" is the highest-charting single on the Billboard Hot 100 of Lee's career. In 1982, Lee produced the first (and only) album from Toronto's new wave band Boys Brigade . On the 1985 album We Are the World , by humanitarian consortium USA for Africa , Lee recorded guest vocals for

3268-498: The Northern Railway line. In addition to the train, stagecoaches were available to nearby communities. By the time of the 1871 census, the population was 1,760 and by 1881, it had increased to 2,006; an elementary school and a high school were already in operation by then. The Toronto and York Radial Railway arrived in Newmarket in 1899. This service operated along Yonge Street south of Newmarket, but turned east to run through

3354-517: The Roland XV-5080. For live shows in 2002 and 2004, Lee and his keyboard technician used the playback capabilities of the XV-5080 to generate virtually all of Rush's keyboard sounds to date and additional complex sound passages that previously required several machines at once to produce. To trigger these sounds in real-time, Lee uses MIDI controllers , placed at the locations on the stage where he has

3440-590: The TV special Stronger Together, Tous Ensemble , a Canadian benefit performance simulcast by every major television network in Canada as a benefit for Food Banks Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic . In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked him as the 24th-greatest bassist of all time. In September 2021, Barenaked Ladies frontman Ed Robertson revealed that he was working on a "secret project" with Lee, which turned out to be callouts for

3526-695: The Yonge-Davis intersection, Yonge Street (south of Green Lane), the Regional Healthcare Centre ( Southlake Regional Health Centre ) and Historic Downtown Centre (surrounding Main Street South). Further construction of big box retail stores in the Yonge Street corridor will not be permitted and the long-term objective of the town is redevelopment or the addition of new buildings to these areas through controlled intensification. The southwest portion of

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3612-471: The area around Upper Canada Mall, with additional strip malls developing directly across the Yonge Street/Davis Drive intersection to the south and southeast. A concerted effort to revitalize the historic Downtown area during the late 1980s was successful. More recently, a $ 2.3-million investment was made by the town in 2004 in streetscaping and infrastructure improvements to roads and sidewalks in

3698-469: The area between Yonge Street on the west and between Bayview and Leslie Street in the east, and running from just north of Davis on the north to the Fairy Lake area on the south. By the 1950s, Newmarket was experiencing a suburban building boom due to its proximity to Toronto. The population increased from 5,000 to 11,000 between 1950 and 1970. The Regional Municipality of York was formed in 1971, increasing

3784-525: The band through guest appearances and album production. In 1980, Lee was brought in to produce Toronto-based band Wireless who had previously opened up for Rush and were on the verge of breaking up. With Lee at the helm, the group recorded their third and final album, No Static , released on Rush's label, Anthem Records . In 1981, Lee was the featured guest for the hit song " Take Off " and its included comedic commentary with Bob and Doug McKenzie (played by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas , respectively) for

3870-420: The band's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, playing bass for the song " Roundabout ." In 2018, Lee published Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass , which highlights his collection of over 250 basses along with interviews with some of the leading bass players and bass technicians. In 2020, Lee provided guest vocals to an all-star Canadian rendition of the late Bill Withers song " Lean on Me " during

3956-458: The bass guitar signals input directly to the touring front-of-house console to improve control and sound definition. He began using Tech 21 SansAmp units after experimenting with one in the studio intended for Alex Lifeson's guitar and eventually received signature models from the company, most notably the GED-2112 rackmount. Faced with the dilemma of what to do with the empty space left behind by

4042-402: The capital. A number of leaders from this area were attainted for high treason , convicted and hanged . By 1846, the population was about 600. Much of the settlement was built on the south side of the town, with farms surrounding it. There were six churches or chapels, a post office, five stores, three taverns, and tradesmen of various types. Industry included two grist-mills, two breweries,

4128-509: The downtown area along Main Street; it would later be extended north to Sutton . At the time, it brought significant numbers of day-trippers to Newmarket to shop at the market. Automobile traffic on Yonge Street, and the already existing mainline railway, had a significant effect on ridership, and the Radial was discontinued in the early 1930s. North of Davis Drive in Newmarket, the East Holland River

4214-542: The first store in what would become the Simpsons department store chain. In 1880, Newmarket became a town with a population of 2,000. William Cane was elected as the first mayor. Some years later, his sash and door factory would become the first Canadian manufacturer of lead pencils, the Dixon Pencil Company. In 1869, the population was 1,500 and a gazetteer described Newmarket as one of the most flourishing villages on

4300-423: The glam rock band New York Dolls . By 1972, Rush began performing full-length concerts, mainly consisting of original songs, in cities including Toronto and Detroit. As they gained more recognition, they began performing as an opening act for groups such as Aerosmith , Kiss , and Blue Öyster Cult . Like Cream, Rush followed the model of a " power trio ", with Lee playing bass and singing. Lee's vocals produced

4386-552: The governing Family Compact . Rebel leader William Lyon Mackenzie organized a series of meetings leading to the Rebellion; the first of which, on August 3, 1837, was delivered from the veranda of the North American Hotel in Newmarket. This speech contributed to the rebellion, as it was heard by about 600 farmers and others sympathetic to Mackenzie's cause, who later that year armed themselves and marched down Yonge Street to take

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4472-521: The group during these early years as being "weekend warriors". They were holding down jobs during the weekdays and playing music on weekends: "We longed to break out of the boring surrounding of the suburbs and the endless similarities . . . the shopping plazas and all that stuff. . . the music was a vehicle for us to speak out." He claims that in the beginning, they were simply "a straightforward rock band." Short of money, they began opening concerts at venues such as Toronto's Victory Burlesque Theatre for

4558-490: The guest bassist. Lee is a collector, and has collected baseball ephemera , vintage bass guitars, and wines, with a collection of 5,000 bottles. As a child he collected stamps and vinyl records . He went on to collect first edition books as well as bass guitars. Lee is also an avid watch collector. Lee is also a longtime baseball fan. His favourite team while growing up was the Detroit Tigers , and he later became

4644-458: The historic Downtown. The historic area of Downtown's Main Street is once again a major focal point of the town. The arrival of Highway 404 reversed the westward movement, pulling development eastward again, and surrounding the formerly separate hamlet of Bogarttown at the intersection of Mulock Drive and Leslie Street. Since then, Newmarket has grown considerably, filling out in all directions. The town limits now run from Bathurst Street in

4730-530: The historic Main Street area. The following is a list of some of these sites; many of the below-listed buildings located along Main Street are within the Main Street Heritage Conservation District : Newmarket's coat of arms is actually taken from the town's old corporate seal. The town flag is a navy blue field with this same design in the middle. The beehive and bees are said to represent industry. There are nine bees, representing

4816-448: The lack of large amplifier cabinets, Lee chose to decorate his side of the stage with unusual items. The Snakes & Arrows Tour prominently featured three Henhouse brand rotisserie chicken ovens on stage complete with an attendant in a chef's hat and apron to "tend" the chickens during shows. Lee married Nancy Young in 1976. They have a son and a daughter. He takes annual trips to France, where he indulges in cheese and wine. In 2011,

4902-654: The lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist for the rock group Rush . Lee joined the band in September 1968 at the request of his childhood friend Alex Lifeson , replacing original bassist and frontman Jeff Jones . Lee's solo effort, My Favourite Headache , was released in 2000. Lee's style, technique, and skill on the bass have inspired many rock musicians such as Cliff Burton of Metallica , Steve Harris of Iron Maiden , John Myung of Dream Theater , Les Claypool of Primus , Steve Di Giorgio of Sadus , Death and Testament , and Tim Commerford of Rage Against

4988-451: The median household income in Newmarket was $ 95,589, exceeding the provincial average for the same year of $ 75,287. According to the 2016 census , the town's population was 87,942. The York Region Planning Department projects a population of 98,000 by 2026. Newmarket's population density is just over 2000 inhabitants per square kilometre, ranking the census subdivision third in Ontario and 33rd in Canada. The top five ethnic origins of

5074-578: The mill, the first general store and house, and additional mills. In 1802, Elisha Beman , who owned land in the area, established a mill, and then a distillery. Mordecai Millar also built mills, and Joseph Hill opened a tannery. During the War of 1812 a resident, William Roe, hid the settlement's gold treasury from invading American troops. The war helped the settlement prosper, as the British army purchased goods and food and hired locals to build structures. By 1814,

5160-528: The moisture from the Gulf of Mexico and the Great Lakes. In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada , Newmarket had a population of 87,942 living in 30,301 of its 31,239 total private dwellings, a change of 4.4% from its 2016 population of 84,224 . With a land area of 38.5 km (14.9 sq mi), it had a population density of 2,284.2/km (5,916.1/sq mi) in 2021. In 2015,

5246-679: The population are English, Canadian, Scottish, Irish and Italian. Of the 2,290 immigrants who settled in Newmarket between 2011 and 2016, 505 (22 per cent) emigrated from China, 290 (13 per cent) from Iran, and 240 (10 per cent) from the Philippines. In 2021, Newmarket was 63.9% white/European, 34.9% visible minorities, and 1.2% Indigenous. The largest visible minority groups (over 1000 population) were Chinese (10.0%), West Asian (6.5%), South Asian (4.3%), Black (2.9%), Southeast Asian (2.5%), Filipino (2.4%), and Latin American (1.5%). English

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5332-456: The population, up from 25.4% in 2011. 12.9% of the population belonged to other religions and spiritual tradition, up from 8.1% in 2011. The largest non-Christian religions were Islam (6.5%), Buddhism (2.2%), Judaism (2.0%) and Hinduism (1.3%). Newmarket features a diverse and growing economy based largely in the business services, healthcare and knowledge sectors, as well as manufacturing and retail industries. The following are some of

5418-439: The release of A Farewell to Kings . Keyboard critic Greg Armbruster says the additional sounds from synthesizers expanded the group's "textural capabilities" and allowed the trio to produce an orchestrated and more complex progressive rock music style. It also gave Lee the ability to play bass simultaneously, as he could control the synthesizer with foot pedals. In 1981, he won Keyboard magazine's poll as "Best New Talent." By

5504-464: The settlement had two frame and several log buildings used as residences. The settlement continued to grow through the early 19th century, along with the formation of Aurora and Holland Landing . A post office opened in 1826, and until 1890 the name was spelled "New Market". Newmarket is noted for its role in the Rebellions of 1837–1838 , and was a centre of discontent against the manipulations of

5590-476: The size of Newmarket with land from the Township of East Gwillimbury, from the Township of King and from the Township of Whitchurch. The construction of Upper Canada Mall at the corner of Yonge Street and Davis Drive in 1974 started pulling the focal point of the town westward from the historic Downtown area along Main Street. By the early 1980s, the historic Downtown area suffered as most businesses had built up in

5676-427: The song " Tears Are Not Enough ". Lee sang " O Canada ", the Canadian national anthem, at Baltimore's Camden Yards for the 1993 Major League Baseball All-Star Game . Another version of "O Canada", with a rock arrangement, was recorded by Lee and Lifeson for the 1999 film soundtrack South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut . Lee also plays bass on Canadian rock band I Mother Earth 's track "Good for Sule", which

5762-444: The town from the Oak Ridges Moraine by way of Bogarttown , emptying into the Holland River in north-central Newmarket; Western creek, another brook rising just west of the town, and reaching the Holland River in the town's north end; Tannery Creek, a stream that joins the Holland River in south Newmarket after flowing through Aurora ; and a number of other small watercourses. There are two reservoirs in Newmarket; Fairy Lake (which

5848-469: The town has no official record as to the purchase or redesign of the arms. Newmarket was previously home to the following teams: Junior Leagues Newmarket is also home to many rep and select teams. They go by the name of the Newmarket Renegades and range from divisions of Tyke to Midget. One golf course is located within Newmarket's town limits; St. Andrew's Valley (a public club), which straddles

5934-474: The town is located in the Oak Ridges Moraine and is therefore subject to the Ontario Government's Greenbelt Legislation . Newmarket has a humid continental climate ( Köppen climate classification Dfb ), with four distinct seasons featuring cold, somewhat snowy winters and warm, humid summers. Precipitation is moderate and consistent in all seasons, although summers are a bit wetter than winter due to

6020-560: The town's major public sector employers: The following are some of the town's major private sector employers: As a result of this strong employment base both in Newmarket and York Region, 50% of Newmarket residents commute less than 30 minutes to work each day. For over 100 years, the town's downtown area, centred around Main Street, has acted as a hub of commerce and cultural activity. This area contains numerous early 19th century buildings worthy of preservation, and in October 2013, this area

6106-416: The town's nine most prominent businesses at the time that Newmarket was incorporated as a Village. The latest form of the seal was introduced in 1938 with the arms somewhat altered from – but very similar in concept to – one that was earlier used. The arms' origin is something of a mystery, however. It is unknown what artist created the current version – or indeed the earlier version – and

6192-515: The trail northward along the main route to the west, and south to York (now Toronto ) along the lesser used eastern route through Newmarket. Selecting the eastern route as the better of the two, Simcoe started construction of Yonge Street along the former trail in late 1795, starting in York in Toronto Bay , and ending at the newly named St. Albans ( Holland Landing ), north of Newmarket. Quakers from

6278-415: The west to Highway 404 in the east, and from just south of Green Lane to just north of St. John's Sideroad, taking over the former hamlet of Armitage at Yonge Street south of Mulock Drive. The southern boundary of the town is contiguous with Aurora to the south. Armitage was the first settlement of King township, named in honour of its first settler Amos Armitage. He had been recruited by Timothy Rogers,

6364-770: The years. Lee has been a longtime user of RotoSound strings. He uses Swing Bass RS66LD (.45-.105) on a majority of his basses, but used Funkmaster FM66 (.30-.90) on his Wal basses from 1985 to 1992. For Rush's 2010 tour, Lee used two Orange AD200 bass heads together with two OBC410 4x10 bass cabinets. Over the years, Lee has used synthesizers from Oberheim ( 8-voice , OB-1 , OB-X , OB-Xa ), PPG (Wave 2.2 and 2.3), Roland ( Jupiter 8 , D-50 , XV-5080, and Fantom X7 ), Moog ( Minimoog , Taurus pedals , Little Phatty ), and Yamaha ( DX7 , KX76). Newer advances in synthesizer and sampler technology have allowed Lee to store familiar sounds from his old synthesizers alongside new ones in combination synthesizer/samplers, such as

6450-452: Was "Lorne". As a teenager, he saw a copy of his birth certificate and discovered that his middle name was "Lee". Lee's father died young, which forced Lee's mother to work to support their three children by running the Newmarket, Ontario , variety store that her husband had owned and managed. Lee has suggested that his father's death was probably a factor in his becoming a musician: "It was

6536-454: Was 10 or 11 and got his first acoustic guitar at 14. In school, he first played drums, trumpet and clarinet. However, learning to play instruments in school was not satisfying to Lee, and he took basic piano lessons independently. His interest increased dramatically after listening to some of the popular rock groups at the time. His early influences included Jack Bruce of Cream , John Entwistle of The Who , Jeff Beck , and Procol Harum . "I

6622-439: Was almost complete by the summer of 1912, when it was cancelled by the incoming government of Robert Borden . Today, the locks are still visible and are known as the "Ghost Canal". The turning basin in downtown Newmarket was filled in and now forms the parking lot of The Old Davis Tannery Mall, on the site of the former Hill tannery. For much of the 20th century, Newmarket developed along the east-west Davis Drive axis, limited to

6708-428: Was derived from his mother's Polish-accented pronunciation of his given first name, Gary . This was picked up by his friends in school, leading Lee to adopt it as his stage name and later his legal name, Geddy Lee Weinrib. After Rush had become a widely recognized rock group, Lee told the group's drummer and lyricist, Neil Peart , about his mother's early life. Peart then wrote the lyrics to " Red Sector A ", which

6794-435: Was devastated when he gave her the news. "All the shit I put her through", he says, "on top of the fact that she just lost her husband. I felt like I had to make sure that it was worth it. I wanted to show her that I was a professional, that I was working hard, and wasn't just a fuckin' lunatic." Jweekly featured Lee's reflections on his mother's experiences as a refugee and on his own Jewish heritage. Lee's name, Geddy ,

6880-413: Was inspired by her ordeal. The song, for which Lee wrote the music, was released on the band's 1984 album Grace Under Pressure . The lyrics include the following verse: I hear the sound of gunfire at the prison gate Are the liberators here? Do I hope or do I fear? For my father and my brother, it's too late But I must help my mother stand up straight. Lee began playing music in school when he

6966-623: Was mainly interested in early British progressive rock ", said Lee. "That's how I learned to play bass, emulating Jack Bruce and people like that." Bruce's style of music was also noticed by Lee, who liked that "his sound was distinctive – it wasn't boring." Lee has also been influenced by Paul McCartney , Chris Squire , and James Jamerson . In 1969, Rush began playing professionally in coffeehouses, high school dances and at various outdoor recreational events. By 1971, they were now playing primarily original songs in small clubs and bars, including Toronto's Gasworks and Abbey Road Pub. Lee describes

7052-415: Was placed in a seat behind home plate. Lee also collects guitars and basses. He has a collection of over 250 vintage basses. He owns a 1961 Fender Precision Bass previously owned by John Entwistle of The Who . He also owns two 1964 Fender Jazz Basses in the rare Dakota Red color. In 2019, Lee sent several of his guitars to Mecum Auctions, including a 1959 Les Paul Standard, a 1960 Gibson ES-345 ,

7138-490: Was recognized as a Provincial Heritage Conservation District . This status serves to protect and officially recognize many of the heritage sites and buildings along this historic thoroughfare and its many side streets. Recent investments have been made to improve the aesthetics and function of the historic area. These include: Numerous buildings and sites located in Newmarket possess a high degree of architectural and/or historical significance; most of these are concentrated in

7224-437: Was released on November 14, 2000, while Rush was on a hiatus following the deaths of Neil Peart's daughter and wife. Musicians associated with the project included friend and Rush collaborator Ben Mink , Soundgarden and Pearl Jam drummer Matt Cameron , and others . The bulk of Lee's work in music has been with Rush (see Rush discography ). However, Lee has also contributed to a body of work outside of his involvement with

7310-501: Was straightened to prepare it for use as a commercial waterway to bypass the railway, whose prices were skyrocketing around the turn of the 20th century. Sir William Mulock , the local Member of Parliament , proposed a canal system running down the Holland River through Holland Landing and into Lake Simcoe. This would allow boats to connect from there to the Trent-Severn Waterway for eventual shipment south. The Newmarket Canal

7396-723: Was the mother tongue of 64.2% of Newmarket residents in 2021. The next most common first languages were Chinese languages (7.5% including 4.7% Mandarin and 2.6% Cantonese ), Persian (5.7%), Russian (2.7%), Italian (1.4%), Spanish (1.4%) Tagalog (1.1%), and French (1.0%). 3.2% of residents listed both English and a non-official language as mother tongues, while 0.4% listed both English and French. 50.6% of residents were Christian , down from 66.5% in 2011. 23.9% were Catholic , 12.2% were Protestant , 7.6% were Christian n.o.s, 4.2% were Christian Orthodox , and 2.7% belonged to other Christian denominations and Christian-related traditions. Non-religious or secular residents were 36.5% of

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