We just lost another legend.
Leslie West was an early influence of mine. I clearly remember Mountain's first album. "Mississippi Queen" and "Never In My Life" were very powerful guitar dominated tunes and sent me on a journey of chasing West's unique tone. That resulted in buying a '57 LP Junior like Leslie played and later on a Sunn Coliseum stack.
I first saw Mountain back in '70 at Alpine Valley in SE WI. Caught them again a few years later at Winterfest in Mil, WI.
I briefly met Leslie in the mid/late 70's at the music store I was teaching private guitar lessons. That's a long story for over a beer....
RIP Leslie West.
No Cheers,
RR
Leslie West was an early influence of mine. I clearly remember Mountain's first album. "Mississippi Queen" and "Never In My Life" were very powerful guitar dominated tunes and sent me on a journey of chasing West's unique tone. That resulted in buying a '57 LP Junior like Leslie played and later on a Sunn Coliseum stack.
I first saw Mountain back in '70 at Alpine Valley in SE WI. Caught them again a few years later at Winterfest in Mil, WI.
I briefly met Leslie in the mid/late 70's at the music store I was teaching private guitar lessons. That's a long story for over a beer....
RIP Leslie West.
No Cheers,
RR
