Soloing Secrets - Leslie West
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Hey everybody! Here's the next episode of Soloing Secrets with the legendary Leslie West. I've had a number of requests to feature more of Leslie West's timeless and massively influential music, and it was about two months ago when I first featured him in a Chordplay episode. This time, we're taking a deep-dive look into his innovative and and expressive soloing style - so let's dive in!
This lesson takes a look at a number of licks and phrases pulled from three Leslie West-related albums, including his 1969 debut solo album entitled 'Mountain,' along with two albums from his group, which was also called Mountain. The examples shared here include sections from songs such as 'Silver Paper,' 'For Yasgur's Farm,' 'Blind Man,' and 'Don't Look Around,' to name a few.
Needless to say, if you're a Leslie West/Mountain fan, a fan of 1960s/1970s rock and blues-rock music, a guitarist looking for some tasty soloing ideas to add to their bag of tricks, or maybe you're just curious what all the fuss is about - this lesson is totally for you! Give this episode a view, leave some comments/feedback, and please subscribe to Late Night Lessons - THANK YOU!
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Your most excellent vibrato inspired me to work on my own. It has improved a lot.
Leslie West is my idol since 55 years, I am playing guitar. Thanks David, great!
Buddy, your vibrato is so damn tasty.
That's the dang truth👍🏼
I agree.
Great Episode as always Dave. I Love Leslie. Only one note: before Mountain, Leslie was member and guitarsist of a Garage Rock band called The Vagrants; typical Garage Rock with few touches of '60s Rhythm & Blues.
Excellent choice. Big Man had the tone and tasty AF chops!🤘
Damn Sure Did. His Riffs Were SHMASSIVE!!!
There are literally no lessons on Leslie West besides yours and a couple Mississippi queen play alongs. Keep these coming!
Leslie West influenced so many guys -- a lot of it with his vibrato. A lot of guys you've mentioned including Schenker, Zakk, and many more. Another is Dave Meniketti. Isn't it time for a Soling Secrets on Meniketti? 😉
Late night, you should make another Leslie West theory lesson because he often will use pentatonic box#4 creating a hybrid pentatonic scale mixing major pentatonic and minor pentatonic. He learned this when taking LSD with his brother when they would go see CREAM live 67-68 he said that is when he started OCD on the mixing major pentatonic scale degrees with the minor pentatonic scale mostly in box#3 and box#4. I have noticed Leslie West habits is ending his minor pentatonic licks with major pentatonic scale degrees, its his trademark habit which is very CREAM era like. Listen to Mississippi Queen minor pentatonic box#4 he is adding in major pentatonic scale degrees is a good example.
Leslie West carried on from were Eric Clapton left off after "cream (sadly), thats when i became a Leslie West fan...and still am today...my sort of soloing...combining blues and rock in a nice and heavy dirty way...as did Billy Gibbons,in his very own way too.....cheers...i liked this one a lot.....it seems from those guys back then only Angus Young is still out there playing that sort of style from the late 60 early 70s.....wow...where has the time gone....
An Alan Murphy segment would be cool. Would love to see a breakdown of the live version of Don’t look down by Go West. Alan has a really cool part in the live version of The Tube 1985.
David's really feeling this one. There's teeth on them notes tonight
Dude amazing playing, amazing lesson!!
Great video, David. West just jammed with the perfect level of stank and groove. Total badass.
I never realized that the Pearl Jam riff on there big hit was very close to Silver Paper. I loved your analysis of Silver Paper. I had all the Mountain, West, Bruce, Laing and Leslie's solo albums as they were released back in the 70s. Saw him at Rathskeller and small venues in the Boston area mid to late 70s into 80s. The Dream Sequence intro is killer too!
Thank you David! Leslie West is one of my all time favorites. A great player especially in his era.
Fantastic lesson and the tone was insane and spot on.
He had the most incredible tone 😺
Interesting how you mentioned Cream during the “Blind Man” riff given Felix Pappalardi, West’s producer on his debut album who played bass on that album and for Mountain, produced Cream’s final three albums. Pappalardi and his wife Gail Collins, convicted of murdering him in 1983, co-wrote “Strange Brew” with Clapton. Great stuff as usual Mr. Brewster!
What a touch: you really nailed Leslie's vibrato ! And the tone too... I remember when Mountain had a venue at Bill Graham's Fillmore West in the '60s. Leslie had said their gear wasn't delivered, so they had to improvise with what they had. Leslie used a SUNN P.A. that he pushed so hard that the result was overwhelming ! That must have been the start of the Leslie West saturated tone...!
Thanks for doing this, David.huge fan of the big man with that big tone.
I'm sure lifeson was a fan. He had a similar tone. Especially early years
I am 62 years old. I hear guitar music in my head. Never heard before. Been years. Thinking about Yamaha with an alder body. I dont get the technical language stuff. Help! 😁
Well he was listening to Mike Bloomfield n Al Cooper they were masters of that kind of playing befor Leslie don't get me wrong I wore my mountain albums out and the needle on my mom's sterio to I loved Leslie I still sing Mississippi Queen at karioki and people tell me that is the killerest song I can sound like Leslie I'm 69 still singing n playing drums n guitar RIP LESLIE WEST
Jimi Hendrix & Leslie West my two favorite musicians along with Shawn Lane
I've been playing guitar for 60yeats what I think most of the guitar players nowadays need to do is learn the ambience of them way too many notes for Leslie West you need a Les Paul Jr.
Angus Young was heavily influenced by Leslie West. Listen to a few of their solos back to back and you can really hear it.
Time Stamp 9:36
The inspiration for Pearl Jam's Alive?
People seem to have forgotten how to play like that, just killer single note vibrato and how you phrase it.
I played on the same stage as Leslie in 1969 his local band was the Vegrants . He had sunn amps les paul junior turned all the way up . his speakers were eminence speakers with the cones sliced some times emersed in water and set in the sun to warp the cone. sometimes later used a Samash fuzz. thats it .
I really enjoy your vids. you explain this stuff so well!! 😁
He actually responded to me on a Facebook comment... Coolest guy to walk the earth
Dude, you need to put your looper into the FX loop. It sounds so bad … and you’re such an awesome player.
kinda sounds like skyards TheBreeze
Can you play a Gibson wearing a Fender hat?
Leslie Abel Weinstein always had that "raunchy" tone!
looks like Andre the Giant's little brother.
has there ever been a better recorded guitar tone than on Mississippi Queen? only one I can think of that comes close for me personally is Billy on Cheap Sunglasses
To each their own....
@@trance9158 no I'm objectively correct
I’d kill to have vibrato like you! 😊
Great lesson - thanks for posting!
KIM Simmonds Please...
Please do ,"This Wheel's On Fire"!!!
Lesley was totally one of my heroes. I only got to see him once: at Winterland in SF, with West Bruce and Laing. I'll never forget how he came out in a white tuxedo, with the spotlight lighting him up. Just god-like licks and tone. It was like a religious experience for me.
Thanks so much for helping keep his legacy alive!
Can you do vid on ronnie montrose?
Thanks for the lesson. 🎸
awesome thank you💥🤠🎸
Monster player
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Stormy Monday😊
Hi David, thanks for this lesson. Leslie was my guitar hero growing up after hearing Mississippi Queen, I probably drove my Mom nuts. Great intro David.
Thank you!
One of the best to ever do it, and he proved that it was what was in the fingers that counted, first and foremost...
Rest easy, King of Tone...🙏🎸🇬🇧❤️😢
Very cool! 🤘😎🤘
What I love about this is I've been playing a long time, but blues rock licks, digging in and really meaning what you play is still the stuff that inspires me to make music. It still speaks to me and sounds so cool. Thank you so much for this 😃
Leslie West and Michael Bloomfield are the two guitarists whose tones I've been chasing for years. No one did pulled notes, waivers and feedback to match Leslie West's emotional guitar style. Great lesson that nailed the essence of Leslie's playing.
West had such a unique and definitive guitar soloing personality. You definitely nail his nuances. Thank you.
Tone is so phat butter is dripping from my speakers!
I need to practice to be able to play that slow !!! :D
A true mountain of a tone...One of the first hard rock singles 45's I went out a bought in 1970.
Nice choice !!
Yaaasss
I have this same Les Paul what year?
On that first sample what is your tone setup? Amp pedal etc?
He was amazing miss you and brother Larry
👍👍👍
Cool lesson as always, thank you, sir!