Mountain’s Leslie West Passes Away Aged 75
Written by Johnson Stephen on December 24, 2020
Leslie West, born Leslie Weinstein, has passed away aged 75 from Cardiac Arrest. The iconic Guitarist, Vocalist, Songwriter and storyteller has left a legacy that to this day is celebrated by peers and fans across The World.
He was born in New York City, and first emerged in the scene as a member of The Vagrants. A few years later he and Felix Pappalardi formed Mountain. They would go on to have Hits that include ‘Mississippi Queen’, ‘Theme From An Imaginary Western’ and others and he established an indelible Voice and Guitar tone that remains legendary to this day.
Alongside his significant contribution to pop culture as the face of Mountain, West appeared in films that include Family Honor (1973) and The Money Pit (1986). He was a regular guest on the Howard Stern Show, and over the course of decades remained a periodic visitor alongside enjoying a decades-long friendship with the talk show host.
West was inducted in to the Long Island Music Hall of Fame in 2006.
The guitarist is renowned for helping popularize the Gibson Les Paul Jr. model with P-90 pick-ups to create a tone that is undisputedly his own. More recently, he enjoyed a long relationship with Dean Guitars, releasing several signature models.
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