Leslie West

Artist:  Leslie West
Birth Name:  Leslie Weinstein
Born:  October 22, 1945.  New York City, New York, USA
Genre:   Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Occupation:  Musician, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar, Vocals

Leslie West is an American Rock Guitarist, Vocalist and Songwriter.  He is best known as a founding member of the Hard Rock Band Mountain.  His musical career began with The Vagrants, an R&B and Blue-Eyed Soul-Rock Band influenced by The Rascals.  The Vagrants' recordings were produced by Felix Pappalardi, who was also working with Cream on album Disraeli Gears.  In 1969 Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi formed the band Mountain with Steve Knight (Keyboards) and Norman Smart, soon replaced by Corky Laing.  They had success with "Mississippi Queen", which reached No. 21 on the Billboard Charts and No. 4 in Canada.

Title:  Live Hits  (2015)
Genre:   Rock, Hard Rock, Blues Rock, Heavy Metal
Label:  Floating World Records
Rating:   ****

Tracks:  

 1.  Mississippi Queen  (6:16)
 2.  Nantucket Sleighride  (5:59)
 3.  Blood Of The Sun  (3:24)
 4.  Crossroad  (6:25)
 5.  You Really Got Me  (7:26)
 6.  Honky Tonk Women   (3:16)
 7.  House Of The Rising Sun  (4:56)
 8.  We Gotta Get Out Of This Place  (4:43)
 9.  Theme From An Imaginary Western  (4:44)
10. Stormy Monday  (7:10)
11. Born To Be Wild  (3:06)

Personnel:

Leslie West:  Vocals, Guitar
Felix Pappaladi:  Vocals, Bass
Jack Bruce:  Vocals, Bass
Corky Laing:  Drums

Live Hits is the compilation album by Leslie West and Mountain, was released on March 9, 2015 by Floating World Records, featuring hits by Mountain and cover versions of hits from The Rolling Stones, Steppenwolf, , The Animals, The Kinks.