My name is Geary LeBell. I’m an independent vocalist and acoustic guitarist based in Sussex, New Brunswick, and this is the part where I’m supposed to tell you I’ve been playing music my whole life.
I haven’t.
For a long time, music was something other people did. That changed about five years ago at Eden, an RV resort in Florida where my partner and I spend our winters. I got involved with a group of local musicians who jammed together informally, bought myself a guitar, and started learning. The park was full of karaoke people too — the kind who sing because they love it, not because they’re trying to impress anyone. I fell in with that crowd and started singing constantly. Something clicked.
Five years later, GEARyMUSIC is a real business built around a Johnny Cash tribute show that performs at corporate events, private functions, Legions, bars, festivals, and community shows across Atlantic Canada. What makes it work is a natural baritone that sits comfortably in the register of legends — Cash, but also Neil Diamond, Gordon Lightfoot, Bobby Goldsboro, Buddy Holly, and others. The voice doesn’t have to reach for those songs. It lives there.
The show is built for audiences who want something genuine — not a costume act, but a performance that respects the music and the people in the room. That approach has opened doors across the Maritimes, and the plan is to keep pushing that reach across Canada and into North American markets.
Photography
Alongside the music, I maintain an extensive photography library — nature, urban exploration, abandoned farmhouses, old vehicles, motorcycles. No people, no portraits. Just light, texture, and the kind of quiet that makes you stop. It’s a separate creative thread that runs parallel to the music, and both are part of what GEARyMUSIC is becoming.