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dchill

(42,660 posts) Wed Dec 23, 2020, 07:37 PM Dec 2020

Leslie West - guitarist of Mountain - dead at 75.

RIP, man.

Taught me that a Les Paul Junior is a lot of guitar.

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Leslie West - guitarist of Mountain - dead at 75. (Original Post) dchill Dec 2020 OP

Mississippi Queen spanone Dec 2020 #1

Exactly. Thank you! dchill Dec 2020 #2

Here's My Favorite By Him ProfessorGAC Dec 2020 #4

My fav as well, with this as ooky Dec 2020 #11

Now that's a million dollar lick! denbot Dec 2020 #5

Fantastic lead guitar. honest.abe Dec 2020 #10

I can still listen to this over and over and over .... Miigwech Dec 2020 #3

Me, too. Forever. dchill Dec 2020 #7

One pick up is all you need! I saw him in Hotlanta. That my friends is rock and roll! RIP brother redstateblues Dec 2020 #6

One the greats Loge23 Dec 2020 #8

I loved his lead guitar work. Loved Mountain. honest.abe Dec 2020 #9

Whoa Ahpook Dec 2020 #12

Nantucket Sleighride. Denzil_DC Dec 2020 #13

Man, that sucks lonely bird Dec 2020 #14

Saw him play at a small place, My Father's Place in Roslin LI decades ago. Mississippi Queen c-rational Dec 2020 #15

A Mountain of Man Kid Berwyn Dec 2020 #16

spanone

(141,628 posts)

1. Mississippi Queen

Reply to dchill (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 07:38 PM

Dec 2020

RIP

dchill

(42,660 posts)

2. Exactly. Thank you!

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 07:48 PM

Dec 2020

ProfessorGAC

(76,706 posts)

4. Here's My Favorite By Him

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 08:16 PM

Dec 2020

I saw Leslie 10 or so years back opening the show for Joe Satriani.
I was amazed at the weight he lost. I remember thinking "What did he do with the other half of Mountain?"
Very fun show, especially the jam at the end. Well, this is the song Leslie ended the set with. He didn't sing it as well as Felix, but still was great!
My favorite Mountain song.

ooky

(10,922 posts)

11. My fav as well, with this as

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #4)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 09:57 PM

Dec 2020

runner up.

denbot

(9,950 posts)

5. Now that's a million dollar lick!

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 08:26 PM

Dec 2020

R.I.P. Mr. West.

honest.abe

(9,238 posts)

10. Fantastic lead guitar.

Reply to spanone (Reply #1)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 09:43 PM

Dec 2020

Miigwech

(3,741 posts)

3. I can still listen to this over and over and over ....

Reply to dchill (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 08:04 PM

Dec 2020

never gets old

dchill

(42,660 posts)

7. Me, too. Forever.

Reply to Miigwech (Reply #3)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 08:32 PM

Dec 2020

redstateblues

(10,565 posts)

6. One pick up is all you need! I saw him in Hotlanta. That my friends is rock and roll! RIP brother

Reply to dchill (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 08:31 PM

Dec 2020

Loge23

(3,922 posts)

8. One the greats

Reply to dchill (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 09:13 PM

Dec 2020

I had a friend awhile back that was a tremendous guitar player.
He told me Leslie West was the greatest of them all.
Years later I had to chance to see Leslie West live with Corky Laing on drums in a small theater. Not sure I'd include him on Mt. Guitar Rushmore but he was very good and very innovative.

honest.abe

(9,238 posts)

9. I loved his lead guitar work. Loved Mountain.

Reply to dchill (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 09:42 PM

Dec 2020

Magical musical memories from my college days.

RIP Leslie.

Ahpook

(2,777 posts)

12. Whoa

Reply to dchill (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 10:15 PM

Dec 2020

2020 has claimed two of the monsters of guitar. Eddie and Leslie

Fuck 2020

Denzil_DC

(9,101 posts)

13. Nantucket Sleighride.

Reply to dchill (Original post)

Wed Dec 23, 2020, 10:22 PM

Dec 2020

For most people in the UK, our introduction (indeed, for many, our only exposure) to Mountain would have been the Sunday Weekend World TV current affairs show, which used the ending instrumental section as its theme tune. It certainly pinned your ears back.