Leslie West - Took Some LSD & The Curtain Opened (1 of 8)
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An exclusive series of Living Legends Music interviews with Leslie West. Part 1 of 8. Recorded on October 31st, 2008 at the House of Blues in Lake Buena Vista, FL.
Mountain and Leslie's solo career are inspiring. One of my guitar heroes. Legend.
Leslie is a mystical figure in Rock. An ultra HUGE talent. Yet he shows such an appreciation to other rock talents. Leslie the Godfather of Heavy Metal and the Blues/Rock fusion, yet has a huge heart for the industry.
There are few rockers left like this, very, very few.
The Rock Stars are fading. We shall not see their like again.
RIP my favorite guitarist
I have a similar story. Back in 68(?) went to Eagles Auditorium in Seattle to see the Cream, on acid. 4 days later went out and bought a Gibson EB3. Been playing bass ever since :) RIP Jack, Ginger and Leslie.
I was at that 1967 Cream concert at the Village Theatre on the lower east side. I remember it clearly bc we went to see another group that was billed for that night (I don't remember who they were) On the marquis, the replacement band was Cream. I said to my friend who the hell is Cream. Well, that concert blew me away & I occasionally still listen to their music.
In 1970 three of my friends flew to Toronto from Chicago for the Strawberry Fields 3 day festival.
I hadn't heard of Mountain , after their mind blowing performance, I was hooked.
i dosed today. hiked & listened to musick. 53 yrs old. then my cats napped on me...they know. RIP.
53 here too
The dude took us for the entire ride. Good, bad, or indifferent he always stayed true to himself. And he kept going.
I remember Mountain 8 tracks always had to be replaced we listened so much.
An iconic artist who has left a lasting mark on more than he would ever know...
And what "pro" might you be? Just wondering...
A professional movie watcher?
Perhaps a professional LSD taker?
You wrote on my post like a third-grader. Jesus Christ! We're discussing Leslie West not your stupid addiction to the vomit box. Sheesh! What putz's...
yup, he kept going, straight to hell and soon, to judgement before God.
A musical pioneer Leslie West was... Remember hearing Mississippi Queen as a 10 year old kid on the AM radio thinking(and NOT really realizing at the time) that he was playing the future of MY musical tastes and styling's... Thank YOU Leslie for YOUR influence on my life. Forever GRATEFUL and may you Rest In Peace and Godspeed to you...
Surrouded by psychedelic bands , Mountain never really played in that style . To me , they invented their own style , and the more I listen to it , the more impressed I am .
Agreed, They had their own style, much in the same way CCR had their own style
I always thought they sound Cream-ish but i havent done a deep dive into their music
God bless Leslie West 🖤
The one and only
The music will always live on
saw West Bruce and Laing...and then saw him again with Peter when Frampton comes alive. I am blessed
Now we know, his awesome sense of humor us at least partially genetic... RIP to one of the best ever
Mississippi Queen 👑 She Taught Me Everything 🎸
My first concert on 12/21/75, Leslie West opened for Lynyrd Skynyrd at the baltimore civic center. What a show!
Why don't we sound like Cream?
i saw mountain at the ritz feb.13 1970 also,unbelievable show. the tickets cost $4.50 and we move down to the better seats after the opening band finished.Cant remember their name but half the crowd left after they finished.the smell of incense i can still smell in the air(to cover the pot)we didnt get out until 2 or 3 am.waited for the bus that never came. my brother in law came to pick up 7 of us in his 1968 cougar,we all fit laying on top of each other.what a great memory.
I saw them on July 25, 1970 at the old Curtis Hixon Hall in Tampa, Fla. They were the opening act for Jethro Tull. Needles to say, that night changed my life forever
I love stories like that.
The Ritz which location?
Trying to catch ne in a lie? The Ritz was in Port Richmond, Staten Island, on Morningstar Rd. I saw them, and the James Gang, Beck Bogart and Appice, Jonathon Edwards, Deep Purple-Yes...need I go on?@@smwrbd
@@jeffreylombardo782 lol!! why so defensive? the guy asked a simple question, there is/was more than one Ritz. were you lying? lol!!!!! naming additional bands that played that night doesn't prove anything.
"I didnt have roots in the Delta Blues, I had roots in Forest Hills Queens. "
EVERY time I hear that line I lose it. If Leslie wasnt one of the greatest guitarists of the past 50 years, he would be one of the funniest comedians of the past 50 years.
Natural Born Talent.
Then he was Leslie Ramone, in the other Forest Hills band
Legalize LSD
Don’t be so naive to think the LSD STOPS THERE
ABSOLUTELY!!! Les had a talent in being funny! I love these interviews!
Can I ask why anybody would give this a thumbs down?
Good interviewer! He let the man talk. Excellent video, thank you for posting.
I'll confess that Mississippi Queen wasn't the first Mountain song I heard, Never In My Life was. Not that it would've made a difference. I would've been blown away either way.
So it was seeing Clapton on acid that inspired him...hey, who wouldn't be ?
I'm glad to discover Living Legends Music. Leslie West , Johnny Winter , Mark Farner ...all Superheroes of the guitar to me! Thank you
I’m from New York and I love that he said I have roots from Forest Hills, Queens not from the Mississippi delta, pretty funny..!!!
Hello,
Mississippi Queen Messed me Up. That was IT.
OUT IN THE FIELDS.
rip leslie... nantucket sleighride.... one of the most amazing albums ever recorded... thanx for your totally great playin songwriting n singin... another legend has left god bless
If Mr. West would ever see this, i would like to say thank you to him, Corky, Felix, and anyone else involved in the nascent Mountain for a bunch of memories and great music. i always thought Leslie played a Melody Maker when i was i was a young teenager, 'cause my next door neighbor had one Never in my Life, Mississippi Queen, Nantucket Sleigh Ride - at 15, THIS was my kind of classic rock.
I saw him numerous times early on . Including the Fillmore East . I believe he had a Melody Maker , single pickup , single cutaway back then . I think it had a slim headstock compared to the Les Paul Junior . Check out early pictures and compare the headstocks . There may be pictures online , including Wikipedia .
@@billsmith2212 Fantastic. Good to know you, Bill. It is really strange for me to listen to Corky Lang talk about how he just stumbled upon his early career with Mountain and his minimization of songs he wrote - some of the most driving rock songs on the planet. It's refreshing to see someone be humble this way.
Hello,
IT IS. ROCK. LLR
Lets' not forget window pane & Blotter,....Do you recall white lightning ?
Lucky we are to have been there and holy shit alive to tell about it,wow!
Barrel acid too
CENTAURSARATOGA stfu
exactly. us old heads would be dead if that shit today WAS there then. I'll be 65 in August. looking GOOD and kicking it💋💋💋💋💋
LSD prys open everyone's higher consciousness. RIP Leslie
You never forget your first trip.
maybe i should try listening to Leslie West while takin LSD and practice.
:D
good call lolololol
Once a Leslie riff is in your head ….. it stays there forever.
RIP Leslie … one of Americas finest.
The Leslie West BandAlbum 1975, one of my favorite records of all time.absolute killer, the whole thing .
orange sunshine
4 way $2.00 DB
@@jay56wilcox WindowPane
RIP leslie
A New York City boy no s*** good interview I'm looking forward to parts two through seven
You don't hear the accent?
Never missed a Vagrants show and Leslie was the highlight of the show.
Lsd is a wonder drug, i need to trip one more time and im 60 yrs old
Magic mushrooms are even better!
nothing like little orange barrels or blue flats .. Acid in the 60s & early 70s was like rocket fuel on steroids!
R.I.P., Mr. West.
Did you ever stop to ask .... "Which curtain?"
Leslie is funny guy. Love his interviews.
larry, we really do suck...and btw, why are the walls breathing?
RIP TO THE LEGEND ✌️
I thought he was talking about the curtain of his mind, not the stage curtain. Click bait.
I never got those flashbacks I was promised.... :)
I DID!!! HAHAHAHA!!!
Didn't use the pinky on his left hand....like most would...
One thing I always thought was cool about Leslie is he would through an acoustic solo instrumental in on some of his albums. He is quite accomplished a a finger style player. That kind of variation in his approach to writing and playing made am impression on me.
Nothing like a little ego dissolution to let you really reflect on where you need to improve.
i open several text books and the curtain open. i guess there are several ways to let the sunlight in.
ha ha "LARRY WE REALLY DO SUCK"
I took some LSD and the curtain REALLY OPENED!!! Wish I could get some that quality still, Purple Pyramid and 4-Way Flash those were the days...
Owsley's was clean clean clean and then came orange sunshine. 60's in Detroit!!
@@bullhunter45 Window pane was clean and the blotter with Mickey Mouse from Fantasia, everybody had 4 way orange sunshine barrel but it never went 4 ways.
You just repeating shit you heard, kid. Lol
To my tastes, Leslie West was as talented as Clapton, Page, Beck, etc., The industry didn't want any fat rock stars.
Truly a legend
I thought he was going to say, "Took some LSD & the curtain opened & I started playing".
Jerry Garcia had the best LSD I ever tried with the ty-dye Groupies what a time we experienced! 🧙♂️
Thank God for LSD and Cream!!
Did Elvis ever know how many he
Impressed...Wow I hope so..
The Beatles.. Zeppelin..snd even Hendrix..and Elvis knew it!
Bottom line, you have got to love LSD
Mickey Rourke's brother.
@LucasMarquesGHC Not so fast Lucas. If it werent for Felix Pappalardi, there was a much lesser Cream. Clapton and other Cream team just recently admitted it was Felix Pappalardi who introduced Clapton to the now famous Cream wah wah sound. The interview resides on youtube somewhere. Mountain, and all of their parts were pioneers, just like Cream was. Black Sabbath OPENED for Mountain. Mountain deserves to be recognized as pioneers in the rock n roll music industry.
Richie Blackmore really liked their sound.
Deep Purple
He looks like mickey rourke.
Cream launched a million heavy rock, blues rock bands. Including the JH Experience. Talk about trail blazing. And Felix, Leslie etc were all connected to them. That's mint!
His music roots was in Forest Hill Queens, correction those roots came from Mississippi Queen. RIP.
I've have driven a couple a miles from Forrest Hills, NY. What's the old address?
Sounds like the story I heard about Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush. When I saw him playing in the mid 1970's there was a story circulating around that he had taken LSD and though he WAS Jimi Hendrix. I clearly remember seeing him play at the Michigan Palace. He played "Red House" sounded just like Hendrix.
"Larry, we really do suck!"
Missin ya, Leslie! Great story!
Leslie Freakin' West! Gonna miss you, big man.
NEVER got flashback's either. just go to sleep and I tried it all
This dude is a great player. Proof that Yankees can play the shit out of southern rock and blues rock. And blues too!
This is amazing !!!
I read an interview with Leslie and Felix as a co cover story, the first Guitar Player magazine i ever saw (March, 71) and the seeing Cream bit was described as only Leslie could,,,"I better s#it or get off the pot".
This mag was 'borrowed" from a local library and given to me then by a friend who knew how much i loved Leslie's playing. I was 14.
Had acoustic guitars around the house but always wanted an electric. Leslie got me started a year later. Dangdest thing is, cats that i later copped from (M Schenker, D Meniketti,,,) loved him, too !!
Rest In Peace, Leslie West.
Shit...dude sounds like he's from The Eastern Sea Board (Boston? Maine?)all these years I thought he was from down south somewhere.
New York City. And he was Jewish.
@@bobthebear1246 No shit? Kosher!
You're kiddin right..???
Guitarist from Mountain dude!!!! Fuckin legend city..!!
RIP leslie
The proprietor of a record shop in Dallas Texas knows that I collect autographs and saved a poster that was signed by Leslie West and gave it to me. I had it framed and took it up to the nightclub that I go to a blues jam a t. I met a young guitarist around 20 years old and ask him who his favorite guitar player was. This young kid told me his favorite was Leslie West!!! I reached into my fringed leather cymbal bag pulled out the autograph and told him you're never going to believe this. He was in a w e as well as myself that I just happened to be carrying around Leslie West autograph and bump into someone who says that West is his favorite guitarist. Will wonders never cease? Howdy from the hippest in Dallas Texas
I saw Leslie onstage with Michael Schenker last summer at the Fillmore Theatre in N.Y.C. and the two of them were f***in' unbelievable - talking to each other on guitar and then jammin' some blues. I've seen Leslie at a couple of clubs in Long Island and N.Y.C. about 5 other times in the last 10 or 15 years.He's better than ever.People need to make some noise for all the great musicians of the past before they are dead.Then,it's too late.
Mountain opened up for Black Sabbath at the Seattle Center Arena ....I was blown away by the audio assault of those two bands.....tripping on barrel.....festival....down front.......early 1970.....saw Leslie at the Backstage and Ballard Firehouse all through the 90s and would like to thank him for showing me how much fun playing guitar is .....talk about Loud......and yes at 64 I can still hear.....
"Leslie West, whose band Mountain helped lay the groundwork for heavy metal with fuzzy, hard-riffing songs like the cowbell-enhanced “Mississippi Queen,” died Wednesday at a hospital in Palm Coast, Florida. He was 75. His death was confirmed by his publicist, who said the cause was cardiac arrest.Dec 23, 2020".
Slightly misleading title... :)
Hilariously honest. Always a fan of Leslie West
Unforgettable guitar sound with one of the most underrated but greatest rock bands of all time. RIP.
WE DID SOUND LIKE CREAM WE HAD THE BEST OF THE BEST FOR STUFF, AND A GUY WHO COULD DO ANY VOICE ANYTHING HE USED TO DO SWEET CHILD IN TIME AND STRANGE KIND OF WOMAN TO A TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT
I want to go see Cream in 1968 on LSD.
Who is this guy, you schmuck...I seen Lesie when he was in the Vagrants in 67 at Murray the K in the 5th dimention in NYC with Cream, Who on there first Amercian tour, plus others.... seen Mountain with Lesie, Felix and Corky in abt 70 Lesie was a big man then. last time I saw him was a free concert in Liberty Park, Jersey City NJ in abt 1995, lost weight. looked great, sound great....not saying he was the best but Mountain was classic 60s/70s loud rock music band... music still plays today
Funny Phukin Cat.........God Bless the Musicians
I wish this guy was my uncle..you can listen to this guy talk all day
What a great story teller. Les could keep your ear on & off stage. I feel like I really missed out on something. Too youngfor the sixtys' now Im an old fool.
Saw them a couple of times at Fillmore and at Woodstock. 5:50 orchestra at Fillmore. One of the heaviest was them opening for Ten Years After at SUNY New Paltz 1971 or so. Ten Years After were monsters live as well!
Yes they were monsters I saw both Alvin Lee and Leslie west both could light it up on 🎸
FUCKING HONESTY. YESSS.
Separated at birth, Leslie and Micky Rorck. ( sic )
I see that Leslie lost a lot of weight over the years, good for him! At his earlier weight, I never thought he'd live past 40..
I always thought of Leslie West as the Jackie Gleason of rock n roll actually.
Just because they were both fat? You were wrong.
He’s what I wanna play like forever
Real product is always around. You just need to know which door.
We took some LSD and the curtain opened up
Leslie west looks like gleason
Melodic metalmaster.
Love you and miss you Leslie!
Man, Thursday I'm gonna make this elevator go sideways!
The great fatsbie😊
Super cool!