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They are best-known for their 1970 smash hit song "Mississippi Queen", which remains a staple of classic rock radio, as well as the heavily sampled song "Long Red", and their performance at Woodstock Festival in 1969. Mountain is one of many bands commonly credited with influencing the development of heavy metal music during the 1970s.
"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.
The band's original incarnation saw West and Pappalardi sharing vocal duties and playing guitar and bass, respectively. New drummer Corky Laing joined the band shortly after Woodstock. They had success with "Mississippi Queen", which reached No. 21 on the Billboard charts and No. 4 in Canada.
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 ...
Rock icon Leslie West, guitarist and co-founder of the band Mountain best known for the band's hit "Mississippi Queen," died on Wednesday at the age of 75, CBS News has confirmed. West had gone ...
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 Dies: Guitar Great & Cofounder Of ‘Mississippi Queen ...
Mountain bassist/vocalist Felix Pappalardi, who sang the song with Mountain, had helped produce Bruce's album and brought the song to guitarist/vocalist Leslie West's attention for their album. Mountain performed the song at the Woodstock Festival in 1969; this version appeared on the Woodstock Two album. [2]
Leslie West, Frontman for 'Mississippi Queen' Band Mountain, Dies at 75 ... He found out in his later presentations of Woodstock, that a band with a very rough edge looking for disaster can cause ...