{"id":1090,"date":"2020-12-23T23:52:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T23:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/12\/23\/guitarist-leslie-west-of-mountain-dies-at-75\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T23:52:10","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T23:52:10","slug":"guitarist-leslie-west-of-mountain-dies-at-75","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/2020\/2020\/12\/23\/guitarist-leslie-west-of-mountain-dies-at-75\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslie West of Mountain dies at 75 from Cardiac Arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Guitarist Leslie West, heavy metal pioneer and Mountain frontman, has died at age 75. With hits including \u201cMississippi Queen\u201d and \u201cTheme From An Imaginary Western,\u201d West established an indelible voice and guitar tone that remains legendary to this day. A press release reports the cause of death to be cardiac arrest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">West was born Leslie Weinstein in Queens, and attended Forest Hills High School, which was also attended by The Ramones, Burt Bacharach and Paul Simon. West first emerged on the scene as a member of The Vagrant, and a few years later he and Felix Pappalardi formed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goldminemag.com\/articles\/story-band-mountain\">Mountain<\/a>. The iconic guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and storyteller leaves a legacy that is celebrated by peers and fans across the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leslie West MOUNTAIN - Southbound Train Live at Woodstock REMASTERED\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WsnLN6h5q-s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mountain was one of the performers at the original <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/tag\/woodstock\">Woodstock <\/a>in August, 1969, and later formed West, Bruce and Laing with Mountain drummer Corky Laing and Cream\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/tag\/jack-bruce\">Jack Bruce<\/a>. In, 1971 West contributed to <a href=\"https:\/\/nysmusic.com\/site\/tag\/the-who\">The Who\u2019<\/a>s <em>Who\u2019s Next <\/em>sessions in NYC, performances that can be heard on the album&#8217;s 1995 and 2003 reissues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside his significant contribution to pop culture as the face of Mountain, West appeared in films <em>Family Honor <\/em>(1973) and <em>The Money Pit <\/em>(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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev.nysmusic.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/leslie-west-mountain-rob-teller-1-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"leslie west\" class=\"wp-image-356273\"\/><figcaption>photo by Rob Teller<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">West was inducted in to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.limusichalloffame.org\/\">Long Island Music Hall of Fame<\/a> in 2006, and appeared on dozens of other recordings from a vast universe of artists. Samples of his performances lived a secondary life on the masters of a who\u2019s who of hip-hop and rap stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mountain - Theme from an imaginary western (Woodstock)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GNOzw8ufhxE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leslie West is survived by his wife Jenni, whom he married on stage after Mountain\u2019s performance at the Woodstock 40th Anniversary concert in Bethel, NY on August 15, 2009. He is also survived by his brother Larry and nephew Max.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From 1964 through today, few artists have left a more significant mark on music as we know it. Guitarists across the globe together will unite in sadness as the world says goodbye to a true original. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Leslie West of Mountain - The Paramount Theater - April 30, 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GBRfqhBhUnw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guitarist Leslie West, heavy metal pioneer and Mountain frontman, has died at age 75. With hits including \u201cMississippi Queen\u201d and \u201cTheme From An Imaginary Western,\u201d West established an indelible voice and guitar tone that remains legendary to this day. A press release reports the cause of death to be cardiac arrest. 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