Any love for Leslie West / Mountain?

StanleyAccrington

Browsing through some song TAB I've come across a song that I hadn't heard of before that I thought the guitar part was doable for a fading rock star/deluded old duffer like me. The song is Mississippi Queen.  Nice growly heavy blues sound when I checked it out on the Toob. Yeah......I should be butchering the songs riff and solo very shortly.

mikeyrob73

Awesome , love a bit of Lesley West 

shugz

Great band, great underrated player too. The cover of Theme From An Imaginary Western another goodie - loads of live bootlegs on YouTube as well. Worth sifting through a few and finding your songs. 

Big geetar hero of mine I have to say. 

Cheers
Hugh

shugz

And everyone needs a P90 singlecut and old SUNN PA right...?

impmann

Yes. Hes a legend.

victorludorum

Weekend World with Bwian Walden

proggy

Yep, love Leslie West and Mountain.

Kittyfrisk

StanleyAccrington said:

Browsing through some song TAB I've come across a song that I hadn't heard of before that I thought the guitar part was doable for a fading rock star/deluded old duffer like me. The song is Mississippi Queen.  Nice growly heavy blues sound when I checked it out on the Toob. Yeah......I should be butchering the songs riff and solo very shortly.

Ask Bare Knuckle Pickups who the "Mississippi Queen" was inspired by 

stratman3142

Great player. The first album I purchased was Mountain - Flowers Of Evil.

On paper the notes might look simple, but capturing those wonderful bends and vibrato is another thing.
 

p90fool

In terms of tone and controlled technique Leslie West was way ahead of his time around 1970.

I can't really say all the albums stand the test of time, but he was a great player. 

Sassafras

Yes.
Saw them live somewhere and the sound was huge for its time.

fretfinder

victorludorum said:

Weekend World with Bwian Walden

Nantucket Sleighride, great riff!

ICBM

Yes. I had Twin Peaks for many years and loved Mississippi Queen, Crossroader, and Blood Of The Sun especially - just massive tones.

I also saw them about fifteen years ago in Glasgow, at the Renfrew Ferry. I have to say his sound wasn't all that great - a couple of Marshall Super Leads, but he insisted on using a Zoom 9002 mounted on a mic stand for his effects - he was certainly loud, and played with great presence and authority despite the tone being a bit weirdly metallic! It didn't really matter.

rze99

I only dig that weekend world one the Heavy bit. As an obsessed kid I use to watch that programme for the music every week. And then got into Brian and his interviews. Absolutely superb. What a pro - incisive, methodical, piercing and a perfect gentleman. 

57Deluxe

his son Rabea is doing quite well...

equalsql

I spent many a pleasant hour in my 1970's youth listening to the albums Flowers Of Evil and Nantucket Sleighride. They were such a great band were all the members just gelled together to give such a unique sound at that time.

I loved West's guitar tone and chops and Felix Pappalardi was a wonderfully melodic bass player. His soft vocals were the perfect counterpoint to West's gruff voice.

Exorcist

He was a huge inspiration to me, and the reason my wife bought me a LP Junior for my 40th. "tree with a microphone" as he called it The sound he he got live and on those early albums are to die for IMHO.

camf

Yep... early guitar hero for me. 

JezWynd

Love the live version of Nantucket Sleighride -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa7pDgF8rrY

Philly_Q

Yes.  One of my favourite players and favourite bands.  When I was at university I got all the early LPs on Japanese imports, which were pretty expensive at the time.  I still listen to them a lot (the band, not those LPs, although I still have them).

Michael Schenker has often cited him as an influence. 

Ddigger

I like that.

Who wants live music that sounds like a CD? 

I'll have to get a Vintage Vs6 with P90s...