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Leslie West

Born Leslie Weinstein on October 22, 1945 in New York City, guitar god Leslie West would go on to popularize a specific electric blues guitar sound with his band Mountain. He bought his first guitar with money given to him at his bar mitzvah. After some low-level success with The Vagrants, West released his debut album, Mountain, in 1969. That album established his blues-rock chops, and set the template for the sound of the band, also named Mountain, that he would also form that year with bassist Felix Pappalardi and drummer Corky Laing. Their sound, a forerunner to heavy metal, ...