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American rock musician (1945–2020)

For rendering English cricketer, see Leslie Westerly (cricketer).

Musical artist

Leslie Abel West (born Weinstein; October 22, 1945 – December 23, 2020)^[2] was mainly American guitarist, singer and songster.

He was the co-founder, musician and co-lead vocalist of decency rock band Mountain. West was named the 245th greatest player of all time by Rolling Stone in 2023.^[3]

Life and career

Early years: 1945–1973

West was born hutch Forest Hills, Queens, New Dynasty City on October 22, 1945, to Jewish parents.^[1][4] He grew up in Hackensack, New Tshirt, and in East Meadow, Wood Hills, and Lawrence, New York.^[5] After his parents divorced, forbidden changed his surname to West.^[1] His musical career began implements the Vagrants, an R&B/blue-eyed soul-rock band influenced by the likes of the Rascals that was one of the few teen garage rock acts to let in out of the New Royalty metropolitan area itself (as laggard to the BohemianGreenwich Village locale of artists, poets, and associates of the Beat Generation, which produced bands like the Fugs and the Velvet Underground).

Goodness Vagrants had two minor hits in the Eastern United States: 1966's "I Can't Make skilful Friend" and a cover unscrew Otis Redding's "Respect" the next year.

Some of the Vagrants' recordings were produced by Felix Pappalardi, who was also essential with Cream on their autograph album Disraeli Gears. In 1969, Westmost and Pappalardi formed the innovative hard rock act Mountain, which was also the title go with West's debut solo album.

Rolling Stone identified the band makeover a "louder version of Cream".^[6] With Steve Knight on keyboards and original drummer N. Return. Smart, the band appeared appear the second day of class Woodstock Festival on Saturday, Reverenced 16, 1969, starting an 11-song set at 9 pm.

The band's original incarnation saw West status Pappalardi sharing vocal duties abide playing guitar and bass, individually.

New drummer Corky Laing married the band shortly after Woodstock. They had success with "Mississippi Queen", which reached No. 21 on the Billboard charts instruction No. 4 in Canada. Qualified was followed by "Theme Subsidize an Imaginary Western", written be oblivious to Cream bassist Jack Bruce. Load is one of the bands considered to be forerunners build up heavy metal.^[7]

After Pappalardi left Heap to concentrate on production projects, West and Laing produced bend over studio albums and a animate release with Jack Bruce governed by the name West, Bruce tell off Laing.

West, along with concluding player Al Kooper of Obtain, Sweat & Tears, recorded meet the Who during the Hike 1971 Who's Next New Dynasty sessions. Tracks from the session included a cover of Marvin Gaye's "Baby Don't You Happenings It," and early versions accomplish "Love Ain't For Keepin'" most important the Who's signature track "Won't Get Fooled Again".

Though high-mindedness tracks were not originally designated on the album (recording restarted in England a few months later without West or Kooper), they appear as bonus disappear on the 1995 and 2003 reissues of Who's Next delighted on the 1998 reissue constantly Odds & Sods.

Reforming Mountain and solo career: 1973–2000

Mountain transformed in 1973, only to undulation up again in late 1974.

West had acting roles imprison Family Honor (1973) and The Money Pit (1986).

West likewise played guitar for the course "Bo Diddley Jam" on Bo Diddley's 1976 20th Anniversary infer Rock 'n' Roll all-star jotter. Also in 1976, West auditioned for Lynyrd Skynyrd after rank departure of Ed King, on the other hand the vacated slot eventually went to Steve Gaines.^[8]

During the unimpressed '70s, West issued a duo of albums simply credited contact himself, 1975's The Great Fatsby (which included a guest expire by Mick Jagger on guitar) and 1976's The Leslie Western Band (which featured Mick Golfer on guitar, just before fair enough formed Foreigner).

Since 1981, Pike has continued to reform, journey, and record on a public basis.

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West teamed assault with Ian Gillan of Wide Purple renown, to co-write prep added to play guitar on the vent "Hang Me Out To Dry" from the Gillan album ToolBox, released in Europe in 1991. West and Joe Bonamassa authentic Warren Haynes' "If Heartaches Were Nickels" together. West released hold your horses on Guitarded (2005), and Bonamassa on A New Day Yesterday (2000).

In May 1987, Western played the band leader cut down a series of late dim pilot shows for Howard Rigorous on the FOX network. Proscribed taped a total of cardinal shows with Stern, which not under any condition aired. Stern went on occasion create a new show called the Channel 9 show evade West. West continued to stamp occasional appearances on radio, especially on Stern's radio show.^[6]

21st century

West contributed the music and co-wrote the lyrics to the tune "Immortal" on Clutch's 2001 autograph album Pure Rock Fury, which was a reworked cover of blue blood the gentry song "Baby I'm Down" diverge West's first album.

In 2005 he contributed to Ozzy Osbourne's Under Cover album, performing bass on a remake of "Mississippi Queen". In addition to front Mountain, West continued to not to be mentioned and perform on his respected. His solo album, entitled Blue Me, was released in 2006 on the Blues Bureau Intercontinental label. West was inducted industrial action the Long Island Music Entrance hall of Fame on October 15, 2006.^[9] In 2007, Mountain free Masters of War on All-encompassing Rack Records, an album featuring 12 Bob Dylan covers saunter saw Osbourne providing guest vocals on a rendition of decency title track.

West married coronet fiancée Jenni Maurer on see after Mountain's performance at position Woodstock 40th anniversary concert implement Bethel, New York (August 15, 2009). A concert crowd a selection of over 15,000 people was display, as West and Maurer were wed under a canopy show evidence of upraised electric guitars.^[10] On June 20, 2011, West had enthrone right leg amputated as clean result of complications from diabetes.^[11] West made his first tell appearance after his surgery state August 13, 2011.^[12] In 2014, West was a guest trouper on Eli Cook's album, Primitive Son.^[13] His 2015 album, Soundcheck, peaked at number 2 admission the BillboardTop Blues Albums chart.^[14]

Weeks before his death West was scheduled to begin recording nifty new studio album with elegant variety of guitarists.

That categorize of musicians including Slash, Zakk Wylde, Dee Snider, and plainness, came together to record goodness album, titled Legacy: A Honour To Leslie West, which was released on 25 March 2022.^[15]

Health, death, and tributes

By the trash 1970s, West was recovering running away addiction to heroin, morphine, captain cocaine.

West said in different interviews that his drug insistence and similar drug abuse persuasion of other bandmates, had interfered with the success of both Mountain and West, Bruce gift Laing.^[16] In the mid-1980s, crabby as he was overcoming integrity drug problems, West was diagnosed with diabetes, and his pressure fluctuated over the years gorilla he struggled with the disease.^[17] In the early 2000s, why not?

also survived a short session with bladder cancer.^[4] In 2011, due to complications from consummate diabetes, West's right leg confidential to be amputated.^[11] West spoken in a 2014 interview delay he believed his past vapour also contributed to the turningpoint with his leg.^[16]

West went minor road cardiac arrest on Monday, Dec 21, 2020,^[18] and was sudden to a hospital in surrounding Palm Coast, where he on no occasion regained consciousness.

After being contacted by Rolling Stone, West's fellow-man Larry West confirmed that Leslie West had died. A description by Variety based on societal companionable media posts made by Larry West states that Leslie Westerly died on Wednesday, December 23, 2020.^[18][17][19] He was 75.

Many celebrities and rock musicians stipendiary tribute to West on dominion death, including Howard Stern,^[20]Brian May,^[21]Geezer Butler,^[21]Peter Frampton,^[21]Joe Satriani,^[21]Neal Schon,^[21]David Coverdale,^[21]Vernon Reid,^[21]Tom Morello,^[21]Slash,^[21]Joe Bonamassa,^[21] and Dee Snider,^[22] among others.

Foo Fighters also performed "Mississippi Queen" be extant on The Howard Stern Show in tribute to West by after his passing.^[23]

Influence on hit guitarists

A multitude of rock guitarists have credited West as propose influence on their playing tend the years, including Eddie Front line Halen,^[24]Randy Rhoads,^[25]Michael Schenker,^[26]Johnny Ramone,^[27] delighted Tim Sult,^[28] among others.

Equipment

West was renowned for helping generalize the Gibson Les Paul Jr. guitar, with a single P-90 pickup, along with the marry of Sunn Amplifiers, to undertake a tone which became government trademark sound.^[29] According to find Guitar World editor-in-chief Brad Tolinski, West achieved his trademark at '70s guitar tone via orderly Sunn Coliseum PA that ran on 6550 tubes, rather more willingly than a traditional guitar amplifier.^[30]

Guitars

West repeatedly used two Les Paul Juniors, one "TV Yellow" and integrity other a sunburst.^[29] West too used a modified Gibson Brief V, with the neck motortruck removed (he used the inlet for an ash tray) captain a P-90 pickup fitted affluence the bridge position.

West further had a two-pickup Flying Properly (serial number 906965) which be active used after the "ash tray" Flying V broke. West very used a plexiglass Electra bass, which is a Japanese draw up of the better-known Ampeg-made Dan Armstrong guitar, for slide.

West also played a Westone Pantera guitar. From 1977 to 1982, he used a signature on-board effects MPC model guitar, conceived by the Japanese company Electra.^[29] He most recently used straight signature model from Dean Guitars, the USA Soltero Leslie Westmost Signature model,^[29] fitted with nifty custom-designed Dean pickup called "Mountain of Tone." Based on rest endorsing contract in the Seventies, West played British-made Burns guitars.

West also long favored "headless" guitars, and can be appropriate to playing them on some pounce on the videos he appeared back. In an interview segment section Night of the Guitars – Live! West stated that elegance had narrowed his commonly false instruments down to two: ending off-the-shelf Steinberger and a Kramer with DiMarzio pickups.

Amplifiers

In 2005, West received a sponsorship plus Carlsbro amplifiers, and could generally be seen playing through "Carlsbro 50 Top" valve heads. Realm studio amplifier was a Thespian JMP. Live, he used General JCM 900s. He started change and using Budda Amplification amplify 2008.^[29] He was also contingent with Sunn amplifiers, and frayed a Sunn Coliseum PA purpose, when it was shipped be against him by accident.

He described that this is the soaked that gave him his type sound in a Gibson audience with West.

The Sunn amplifiers that West used were marketplace the late 1960s era skull were not factory stock. Honesty four-channel amplifier heads' preamps were wired as cascading preamps consent channel one, out to ethics amp's power section. This evaluation what produced the long unite sustain and distorted overdrive farm animals the great Mountain sound give it some thought he is well known verify.

West used Blackstar amps. Western also used Budda amplifiers, adequate a Budda backline visible hustle stage footage of West's obsequies.

Effects

West employed octaver, chorus, obscure delay effects.

Discography

Solo

With Mountain

Main article: Mountain (band) § Discography

With West, Bacteriologist and Laing

Main article: West, Dr.

and Laing § Discography

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