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"Mississippi Queen" is a song by the American rock band Mountain. Considered a rock classic, [ 5 ] it was their most successful single, reaching number 21 in the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970. [ 6 ] The song is included on the group's debut album and several live recordings have been issued.
"Mississippi Queen" was the band's debut single, released in February 1970. [11] The single peaked at No. 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. [12] "For Yasgur's Farm" was released as a single in September 1970. [13] It peaked at No. 107 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. [14] The album artwork was painted by Gail Collins. [15]
Mountain was an American rock band formed on Long Island, New York, in 1969. [1] [2] Originally consisting of vocalist-guitarist Leslie West, bassist-vocalist Felix Pappalardi, keyboardist Steve Knight, and drummer N. D. Smart (soon replaced by Corky Laing), the group disbanded in 1972, but reunited on several occasions prior to West's death in 2020. [3]
Flowers of Evil is the third studio album and first live album by American hard rock band Mountain. [1] The title track concerns drug abuse in Vietnam. [2] The first side of the album includes new studio material, while the second consists of live material recorded on 27 June 1971 at the Fillmore East in New York City.
West will forever be known as the roaring voice behind the bar band classic Mississippi Queen, a cut on Mountain’s debut album. Leslie West, the mammoth guitarist whose ringing guitar tones and ...
Leslie West, the singer and guitarist for the hard rock band Mountain, whose fame was cemented by a performance at Woodstock, died Tuesday, according to his brother, Larry West Weinstein. The ...
In 2005 he contributed to Ozzy Osbourne's Under Cover album, performing guitar on a remake of "Mississippi Queen". In addition to fronting Mountain, West continued to record and perform on his own. His solo album, entitled Blue Me, was released in 2006 on the Blues Bureau International label.
Felix Albert Pappalardi Jr. (December 30, 1939 – April 17, 1983) [1] was an American music producer, songwriter, vocalist, and bassist.He is best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist of the band Mountain, whose song "Mississippi Queen" peaked at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100 and became a classic rock radio staple.