The BiZARRE MURDER of MOUNTAIN BASSIST FELIX PAPPALARDI

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    Felix Pappalardi’s career would flourish in the 1960’s and 70’s. While the name may not be instantly recognizable, he was instrumental in the success of big named musicians with Guitar Player magazine referring to him as a Giant among Giants. He would produce and write music for the band Cream before joining the group Mountain as their bass player and was co-lead vocalist. But by the 80’s his career and personal life were in a freefall. Couple that with drugs, infidelity, and guns and well you get a pretty devastating result. Not just that, but what happened to his killer is pretty shocking. That’s what we’re going to explore in today’s video.
    Let me know in the comments section your thoughts on today’s story.
    Born in 1939 in the Bronx to a father who was a doctor, Felix Pappalardi would study piano and violin and soon enough could play virtually any instrument. He would eventually move to Ann Arbor to study music at the University of Michigan. Despite being a good student, he dropped out of school and hit the road playing with bands before joining the folk scene in new york.it was here he met his wife and musician and poet Gail Collins
    By the 60’s Pappalardi soon started working as a songwriter before producing albums for the likes of Joan Baez and the Youngbloods. Then in 1967 he began working with supergroup Cream, the british blues band featuring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker. The band was working on their second record Disraeli Gears. Pappalardi would be enlisted to produce the record, but he would also co-write a few songs with the members and how wife, including the tracks Strange Brew & World of Pain
    He would continue to work with Creamon their two subsequent records Wheels of Fire and Goodbye. It was by the late 60’s Pappalardi would befriend and work with guitarist Leslie West who had played in the band the Vagrants before forming the band Mountain. Initially Pappalardi was going to produce Mountain, but they didn’t have a bass player at the time so he joined the group and performed with them most notably appearing the original incarnation of woodstock. West would reveal about Pappalardi to an interviewer "I couldn't believe how talented Felix was musically," "I knew nothing... I learned a lot of what not to do because of him, and I learned a lot of what to do because of him."
    But his time in Mountain would be short-lived. He co-write a number of their songs including Mississippi Queen and his wife was credited with writing a handful of songs too. She even designed several of their album covers., Mountain would continue on until 1974 and Pappalardi got back into production work, and the timing seemed perfect considering he was dealing with hearing issues. But by the late 70’s his career wasn’t as hot as it was a decade prior and he soon found himself doing copious amounts of drugs with his wife while also having an open relationship with her.
    Mountain drummer Corky Laing would talk to Classic Rock Magazine in 2021 about Felix and Gail’s relationship
    When Mountain started out,Felix and Gail were a brilliant, creative team. But Gail got in big trouble with drugs. Gradually, people in the business who knew them knew she was a witch. She was very talented, very smart, but evil. Gail claimed she loved Felix, but they were always fighting. Felix was not a big guy, and Gail would beat the shit out of him. Other times they’d get high, and shoot at the walls in their house.”West would add One night when they were sitting in the living room,” West added, “they heard a continuous buzzing noise coming from inside the walls. Felix was probably high, so he started shooting at the walls from his chair. Turns out that the contractors on the house had stuffed hornets’ nests between the walls after Gail refused to pay a bill. So Felix was trying to shoot hornets.”
    It was in 1982 Felix had fallen in love with a singer named Valerie Merians who was 27 and that casual relationship soon turned into something more. Gail soon found out and according to the new york daily news called her inlaws in December of 1982 telling them her marriagewas on the brink of collapsing.
    Corky Laing would tell classic rock magazine In the fall of 1982 Felix wanted to re-form Mountain, and he tried to get me to

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  • @rnrtruestories
    @rnrtruestories  10 місяців тому +55

    do you buy his wife's explanation?

  • @rogermansour6085
    @rogermansour6085 10 місяців тому +159

    I was the drummer for the Vagrants and he also produced some songs for us.Besides the sea a really great song . Leslie replaced me with Corky Laing and he did a real good job with Mountain and lasted about 40 years. I never could of lasted that long. I went on to play with The third World on RCA and later the American Squeeze. In 1982 I became a Born Again Christian and eventually a missionary to Haiti where I'm still serving,helping the poor
    Evangelist Roger Mansour

    • @TJ-id6ee
      @TJ-id6ee 10 місяців тому +9

      Awesome, thank you for sharing!

    • @wahatoya8532
      @wahatoya8532 10 місяців тому +9

      Great story. Although I have deconstructed from Christianity.

    • @rambleon1417
      @rambleon1417 10 місяців тому +9

      You should write about your experiences. I suspect your memoirs would make interesting reading.

    • @musabrooks5584
      @musabrooks5584 9 місяців тому +1

      Thank you.

    • @serrielu8025
      @serrielu8025 9 місяців тому +7

      This is as exactly why UA-cam can be fantastic.
      Interesting ❤

  • @derekjf4311
    @derekjf4311 10 місяців тому +270

    Props to whoever requested this. I am a big fan of Mountain and Felix never gets the credit he deserves in the mainstream.

    • @rnrtruestories
      @rnrtruestories  10 місяців тому +20

      Yeah big thanks to whoever requested this one

    • @CharlesPeck-um1qw
      @CharlesPeck-um1qw 10 місяців тому +14

      Yeah cause all they talk about is Leslie west. He was a great guitar player but Felix was just as great. He deserves way more credit than he gets that for sure.

    • @robertbeatty1633
      @robertbeatty1633 10 місяців тому +5

      I love Mountain. I actually discovered them in my local library in a stack of used albums. Great rock n roll.

    • @larrygoerke9081
      @larrygoerke9081 10 місяців тому

      GOD led you to that "stack of used albums," Bro. What a cool was to find them - on your own through a random "lucky find"!@@robertbeatty1633

    • @nathandodge665
      @nathandodge665 10 місяців тому

      Not true.he got plenty of credit

  • @BritIronRebel
    @BritIronRebel 10 місяців тому +99

    I recall Felix being such a great talent, but I had never heard about him being murdered. Appreciate being informed.

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 10 місяців тому +2

      40 years ago already.

    • @BritIronRebel
      @BritIronRebel 10 місяців тому +4

      @@muffs55mercury61 Wow! How time flies! Seems like yesterday I was spinning a Mountain record....

    • @luisbohorquez7096
      @luisbohorquez7096 9 місяців тому

      😊😊😊

    • @luisbohorquez7096
      @luisbohorquez7096 9 місяців тому

      F
      😊 red e

    • @Demy1970
      @Demy1970 8 місяців тому

      I remember the news when he died, crazy

  • @jeffsilverman6104
    @jeffsilverman6104 10 місяців тому +114

    Felix was a monster bassist and genius producer, as evidenced by a lot of Cream's music.

    • @ericaward702
      @ericaward702 10 місяців тому +7

      Also Cozy Powell’s BEDLAM

    • @apro109
      @apro109 10 місяців тому +22

      100%, brother. Little discussed is that he produced that stone classic 1969 single, "Get Together" by the Youngbloods. And may I add, Felix was an angelic vocalist. I'll point to the track, "Nantucket Sleighride" on the eponymous album for just one example. What a talent.

    • @briankorbelik2873
      @briankorbelik2873 10 місяців тому +4

      The very first concert that I attended was Mountain, that would have been in 1974. They were fantastic to see live, and their musicianship was excellent. At that time I had known that Felix Pappalardi had produced Cream,. What I just learned here, was how he died. He gave a lot towards the evolution of not only rock 'n roll, but to music in general as well.

    • @windowgirl7300
      @windowgirl7300 9 місяців тому +1

      FELIX, as well as, JACK, and GINGER... were far more talented than Clapton!!

    • @andrewSUN17
      @andrewSUN17 5 місяців тому

      totally agree@@windowgirl7300

  • @philbrown1474
    @philbrown1474 10 місяців тому +78

    I would like to see a video on the life of Steppenwolf front man John Kay. It’s a story that deserves to be told. Escaping East Germany as a child just the start.

    • @ureverlong
      @ureverlong 10 місяців тому +6

      I wouldn't mind seeing one on John Kay myself . I've been a fan of Steppenwolf since I was a teenager. In high school my friend and I found a Steppenwolf record in our class room. We were able to convince our teacher, Mrs. Bensen, to allow us to check out a record player from the library and let us play the record at the end of class, and during quiet/study time. Eventually someone brought in a Red Rider single Lunatic Fringe, and so the whole class got to enjoy some pretty good music for the remainder of the school year. In addition Mrs. Bensen's coolness factor went through the roof lol.

    • @1thepner
      @1thepner 9 місяців тому +3

      His bass player disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and was found dead in his van years later in a canyon. I think this disappearance happened in 1974.

    • @kitkat914
      @kitkat914 9 місяців тому +3

      That was Iron Butterfly, Phil Kramer

    • @HawklordLI
      @HawklordLI 9 місяців тому +1

      There was no 'East Germany' when Kay and his mother escaped, it was still Nazi Germany and wasn't split up until after the war.

    • @frankieecanales8827
      @frankieecanales8827 9 місяців тому

      Absolutely! I was just discussing what an amazing Frontman and Vocalist he is and so under appreciated perhaps! A biography is very welcomed!

  • @johnfoster535
    @johnfoster535 10 місяців тому +153

    ...I met Felix when I was 15 when my friend and I snuck into a college gym during their afternoon sound check. He let me walk on the stage ,where I met and talked to every band member. Felix was very friendly and when I told him I was a drummer, he told me to listen to jazz drummer Max Roach. Corky was nice to me as well,explaining his two different size kick drums. About 4 years later, our group was asked to open for a well known rock group....Mountain ! Backstage I hoped they might remember me, but, alas...it was not to be !! Felix was superb...Nantucket Sleighride and Theme for an Imaginary Western are two great songs featuring his strong vocals and bass playing, while West played his best signature solos on guitar. They made great records....better than today's shallow offerings !

    • @ronmexico1392
      @ronmexico1392 10 місяців тому +5

      Cool story. Nice to read bout good times

    • @milld8234
      @milld8234 10 місяців тому +4

      That's a great story. I was just sitting here playing my guitar. Was working on figuring out the solos for Mississippi Queen. I went out into the kitchen to grab my phone. This was the first video that popped up on UA-cam. I didn't even search for Mountain.

    • @whydotheathensrage
      @whydotheathensrage 10 місяців тому +3

      Great bass line in Nantucket Sleighride

    • @rickyrudd28texacohavolinef2
      @rickyrudd28texacohavolinef2 10 місяців тому +2

      Great rock n roll memories. I met & got autographs from Metallica when they opened for Ozzy Osborne way back in May of 1986. Cliff Burton was playing Bass. Like you said, my friends that were there with me, & I are the only ones that remember the meeting. I even got yelled @ by Lars. The full MetallicA experience! 🤣🎸

    • @Maldoror200
      @Maldoror200 9 місяців тому +1

      💀..WOW.., NICE !! Excellent Reminiscences..!!, THANK YOU for sharing Your awesome experiences..!!!

  • @joustwave6541
    @joustwave6541 10 місяців тому +20

    "Don't ever give your woman a gun." - Leslie West

  • @mizzury54
    @mizzury54 10 місяців тому +29

    Your young audience may not have heard of him, but all of us 70's people know him well.

    • @Maldoror200
      @Maldoror200 9 місяців тому +1

      💀..@mizzury54..Yup !! Well said.., and, EVER Soo True ✌️😉..!!

  • @bobgray1226
    @bobgray1226 9 місяців тому +5

    Wow thank you guy for this story... it's bothered me my whole life since learning my favorite bassist was murdered by his wife back in 83.... it's now 2023

  • @user-mp8ii3ls9d
    @user-mp8ii3ls9d 10 місяців тому +27

    Mountain was such a loud, vicious power trio. Heavy as hell. Thanks for the video.

    • @rnrtruestories
      @rnrtruestories  10 місяців тому +3

      You’re welcome

    • @1sttvbn
      @1sttvbn 10 місяців тому

      They were a foursome

    • @lfader
      @lfader 10 місяців тому +4

      Then West Bruce & Laing live it was cream wheels of fire type jamming
      Intense loud AF

    • @michaelkoszowski3716
      @michaelkoszowski3716 5 місяців тому +2

      They had keyboardist Steve knight .

  • @richierugs6544
    @richierugs6544 10 місяців тому +71

    saw Mountain from third row once and Leslie started to lose his balance with those wooden clogs he wore, and the very front rows started to scramble away hoping to avoid being crushed if he fell off the stage onto us--great show and extremely loud

  • @raakaroki
    @raakaroki 10 місяців тому +18

    Felix Pappalardi was one of the all time greatest talents in rock music.

  • @velvetbees
    @velvetbees 10 місяців тому +27

    The fact she had her cats euthanized and buried with her tells me all I need to know about her. Unless they were old and in terrible pain and needed to be euthanized. They had a better chance in a shelter if they didn't.

    • @susanplank1976
      @susanplank1976 10 місяців тому +7

      I scrolled looking for someone to mention this, it is so sick!- Was it gone through with? Euthanizing would be the same as murder in that circumstance.

    • @sherrybirchall8677
      @sherrybirchall8677 10 місяців тому +8

      Yes, I was thinking the same thing. She, clearly is a classic narcissist sociopath to leave instructions that her cats be euthanized, rather than finding homes for them in advance of taking her own life.

    • @mfrost228
      @mfrost228 Місяць тому

      Yea I was hoping I misheard that at the end, very fucked up that a vet would even go along with such instructions. But I guess it depends on the time and place, still what a piece of shit this woman was, glad she didn’t have kids or they would have been thrown on the pyre too lol.

    • @jimrebr
      @jimrebr 18 днів тому

      That’s sick, I am a proud cat lady & no matter what, I would never want my cats euthanized because I tried to commit suicide. Total sicko.

    • @natemendsen1629
      @natemendsen1629 3 дні тому

      Hate to defend this, but if she was as reclusive as it seems by this point , what else was she going to do? Those cats were as good as dead once she was gone .

  • @Fresh-tw7ev
    @Fresh-tw7ev 10 місяців тому +61

    Very informative and very well done. The woman he ran with was bad news but such a relief she can no longer hurt anyone else. Such a sad ending to Felix’s life. RIP to this accomplished man.

    • @larrygoerke9081
      @larrygoerke9081 10 місяців тому +7

      In fact, she was so evil that at her death, she "directed her three cats be euthanized."

    • @easyriderrider4580
      @easyriderrider4580 10 місяців тому +4

      @@larrygoerke9081 Yeah, I was thinking about that, too. It takes a certain kind of person with a Pharoah mentality to want your pet with you in the Afterlife... But, it's even More So when your instructions are for "Pets" in the plural to be killed right along with you. Rip to both of thrm, though.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 10 місяців тому +1

      he didn't have it together.

    • @Maldoror200
      @Maldoror200 9 місяців тому +4

      💀..Fresh-tw7ev..Truly regrettable end, unfortunately, a demise shared by many a worthy men.., All you Youngbloods cummin up, NEVER, EVER let the little head do the thinkin for the big head..A word to thee wise..!!!

  • @tonyvincent9753
    @tonyvincent9753 10 місяців тому +56

    Felix did not drop out of college. He earned a master's degree in music and subsequently taught music at the college level before venturing to New York and immersing himself in the folk music scene.

    • @jasonlynn1017
      @jasonlynn1017 10 місяців тому +12

      Thank you. The soap opera version of course is what sells...

    • @cadredeux1047
      @cadredeux1047 10 місяців тому +19

      Total lack of research. He went to University of Michigan and studied classical and I believed graduated. Iggy Pop years later went to the same school but did drop out.

    • @tonyvincent9753
      @tonyvincent9753 10 місяців тому +19

      @@cadredeux1047 Most people don't know this, but before he became a rock star, Felix was Dinah Shore's music director.

    • @marktulk4225
      @marktulk4225 10 місяців тому +9

      @@cadredeux1047 This ONE, minor error doesn't make the well- researched, informative video a "total lack of research".
      ** Iggy was considered a "Clown Act", by the "Detroit Audience", at the time. He is irrelevant to this, not surprising that he "FLUNKED- out" of U-M, so went to NY, where "Clowns sell", e.g. Ramones and "Punk"...

    • @djquinn11
      @djquinn11 10 місяців тому +4

      I never knew he went to Michigan, my old University.

  • @teacup3133
    @teacup3133 10 місяців тому +11

    Felix had a beautiful voice.

  • @makita883
    @makita883 10 місяців тому +12

    Another senseless loss of one of our greatest artists..!!
    RIP …. Felix 😊

  • @markharrls81
    @markharrls81 10 місяців тому +10

    He graduated from the University of Michigan…I saw Mountain in Ann Arbor that concert was his master’s dissertation…

    • @uofm75
      @uofm75 4 місяці тому

      I saw that one too and he mentioned it. Hill Auditorium, right?

  • @randykalish7558
    @randykalish7558 10 місяців тому +33

    It was early 70s, walking through the Boulder Campus, and there's Mountain playing on risers between two of the older buildings, almost a private concert, I was riveted to the spot! It was strange, it was wonderful, large as life, unreal!

    • @tomcooley3778
      @tomcooley3778 10 місяців тому +1

      I bet that was just killer . Luckily you !

    • @stephenross4703
      @stephenross4703 10 місяців тому +4

      Boulder in the 70s... the music, the magic, the mystique. Cherish that memory; I wish I could go back in time to that; I'm sure you do too....

    • @tomcooley3778
      @tomcooley3778 10 місяців тому

      @@stephenross4703 Boulder seemed to change after they built the Pearl Street Mall.

    • @traildoggy
      @traildoggy 10 місяців тому

      That was probably the Mary Rippon Theater where they also do summer Shakespeare.
      I saw Bonnie Raite there in the 80s.

    • @randykalish7558
      @randykalish7558 10 місяців тому +1

      Well, it was a very unlikely place for a very unlikely band at a very unlikely time of day, but quite likely you're right, I just hadn't noticed risers there before. If Rod Serling had tapped me saying: You are in the Twilight Zone, it would have explained everything. A pinch to make me know it was real was that a few days later I saw an article in a campus paper about how Mountain had played without having obtained clearance or permission to play there, which seemed like some kind of final victory to me. I don't recall the article drawing any conclusion except that someone got sore and didn't even get anything out of that! Anyway, I cherish the memory more, now 🎵

  • @ub1953
    @ub1953 10 місяців тому +17

    Met and smoked pot with Felix before an outdoor Mountain concert in Central Park

  • @windronner1
    @windronner1 10 місяців тому +9

    Wow. Being such a mountain fan at such an early age. I’m dumbfounded I never knew this. Thanks. What a talent. What a loss.

  • @mchrome3366
    @mchrome3366 10 місяців тому +22

    One of my favorite bands in my first years of discovering rock and roll. They were magical along with so many others. Thanks, I never knew about this tragedy.

  • @davidsigalow7349
    @davidsigalow7349 10 місяців тому +5

    By some strange coincidence, I was at Hard Rock Casino in Tampa last week, and saw one of Felix Papalardi's Nehru jackets on display.

  • @RED-cy7ig
    @RED-cy7ig 10 місяців тому +24

    His murderer got only 2 years in prison. He could have accomplished so much more.

    • @decimated550
      @decimated550 10 місяців тому +6

      I went to a guns n' roses concert a couple days ago and just knowing everything that they've done to get the saucy subject matter for their decadent hit songs, you just realized that rock and roll is a incredibly self-destructive lifestyle. It leaves broken bodies, shattered health, blown, eardrums ruined marriages, drug addictions, overdoses suicides murders just in pursuit of that hit single

    • @dougodyssey50
      @dougodyssey50 9 місяців тому

      Witches are extremely well connected. They usually get light sentences.

  • @bobthebear1246
    @bobthebear1246 10 місяців тому +6

    I know the story very well, and you still managed to provide information that I didn't know. Honestly, this is one of your top 10 videos ever. Absolutely excellent job. 👏🏻

  • @tonyspada2744
    @tonyspada2744 10 місяців тому +35

    Loved Felix and was hugely talented and a giant in the music biz ❤

  • @RoryLynott
    @RoryLynott 10 місяців тому +9

    Pappalardi. A total beast of a musician. Huge Mountain fan, all of em.

  • @firewalker1372
    @firewalker1372 10 місяців тому +26

    Such an amazing band with a huge sound. Felix was a great bassist and Lesli was one hell of a guitar player, especially for a bigger guy.

    • @fjborg6978
      @fjborg6978 10 місяців тому +11

      What does being a "bigger guy" have to do with talent?

    • @marktulk4225
      @marktulk4225 10 місяців тому +3

      @@fjborg6978 Most "bigger guys", his size, spend more time and attention eating than studying and practicing music - that's what.

    • @pgroove163
      @pgroove163 10 місяців тому

      big guys can play also😂

    • @meself349
      @meself349 10 місяців тому

      ​​@@pgroove163naaaa.....how can you say that? John Popper. Popa Chubby, Mama Cass Elliot, Gnarls Barkley, Kingfish... and a whole bunch I'm sure I'm missing....all a little on the heavy side and all musical hacks. No talent whatsoever. And that Johann Sebastian Bach dude was very overweight....and we all know what a lousy musician/composer HE was 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @rondipierro8677
      @rondipierro8677 4 місяці тому

      He got a lot of sound out of that Les Paul junior

  • @erock.steady
    @erock.steady 10 місяців тому +25

    it was a good move to include yourself in the episodes. slowing your pace was also a strong move, i enjoy these much more lately.

    • @rnrtruestories
      @rnrtruestories  10 місяців тому +8

      Thanks I like it too plus it makes editing a little easier and makes it a little more personal

    • @terrapinflyer273
      @terrapinflyer273 10 місяців тому +2

      I agree. Very easy to follow and retain the information with how things are set. 👍

    • @nwerd7584
      @nwerd7584 10 місяців тому +2

      Yeah I brought this up a few months ago, its really working.

  • @markkiernan5454
    @markkiernan5454 10 місяців тому +3

    Felix is a well known name to me but I'm 66 so I was an avid music fan in my early teens through today. I always considered him to be a star.

  • @randysalles2292
    @randysalles2292 10 місяців тому +6

    I saw mountain at the Old Waldorf in Frisco,about 84 , Leslie West told the crowd nearly the very same thing..... Felix was a Force of nature vocally and musically...

  • @Fafafohi
    @Fafafohi 10 місяців тому +11

    I’m glad you’re showing your face more. Been a long time subscriber and you deserve to have YOU out there more.

  • @mulemusic
    @mulemusic 10 місяців тому +7

    If you are a fan of Felix' work and writing, you owe it to yourself to check out a band he produced called BEDLAM. One studio album with some of the writing by Felix and Gail. MONSTER drumming by Cozy Powell. I saw the band play live and they were amazing! Some clips here on UA-cam.

  • @godfreecharlie
    @godfreecharlie 10 місяців тому +5

    This helps fill in a part of a time when I was fascinated, enthralled, with the band Cream. I was familiar with the trio, their music and previous bands.... except for this Pappalardi guy. Thank you, I'm now a little more knowledgeable about the mystery guy in Cream!

    • @TJ-id6ee
      @TJ-id6ee 10 місяців тому +2

      Me too, Cream is still top of my list.

  • @JB-tr6nu
    @JB-tr6nu 10 місяців тому +12

    He was a musical genius, very influential for power rock, saw them around 1970 I think but the opening band we never heard of, it was Black Sabbath their 1st American tour...It was an amazing show blew us all away..✌🏾❤️🎸

  • @philipjones9458
    @philipjones9458 10 місяців тому +3

    I never knew any of this. I remember him playing Swiss hand bells on a Cream album. I think he played an instrument called a Mellatron.

  • @briankeenan4901
    @briankeenan4901 10 місяців тому +9

    Great, right to the point video. I loved it. Thank you so much.

  • @ddf235
    @ddf235 10 місяців тому +4

    I was a big Mountain fan! Thanks for the story about Felix, I had an idea about what happened but without the details.
    Thanks!

  • @tonyyeatropoulos6829
    @tonyyeatropoulos6829 10 місяців тому +2

    Loved this story!! I've have been a lifelong fan of Felix's, but never knew the details of what happened. Thanks for a great video!!!

  • @c.k.185
    @c.k.185 10 місяців тому +6

    Two super talented people… they had so much going for them . Drugs and booze… the same ol’ story.

  • @gavinjohnson8951
    @gavinjohnson8951 10 місяців тому +9

    Produced the Dead Boys 2nd album

    • @user-mp8ii3ls9d
      @user-mp8ii3ls9d 10 місяців тому +1

      Holy shit, that's crazy. True meeting of the minds. I wonder what kind of drugs they did together? Hahaha

  • @mrsplanetmaster9
    @mrsplanetmaster9 10 місяців тому +3

    I grew up around Leslie Weinstein...a lot. Met him and an assortment of great rockers that came from our neighborhood, Forest Hills, Queens, NYC (Walter Becker, The Ramones, Art Garf, and Felix was a part of my awareness...quite a time experienced by all🎸🎹🎶

  • @sylvesterbestertester1013
    @sylvesterbestertester1013 10 місяців тому +4

    Both Look Leslie and Felix had a sound to the guitar and bass that was insanely powerful.
    And it was just simple equipment.
    Imo, i put Felix as a rock bassist right up there with JPJ and the OX in that era.

  • @danielhickmott5800
    @danielhickmott5800 9 місяців тому +2

    I recall listening to Mountain’s debut album 53 years ago. I still believe that recording of Mississippi Queen to be the Quintessential Rock song. Felix’s voice on Theme To An Imaginary West has haunted me ever since first hearing. 🤟🏼

  • @philbrown1474
    @philbrown1474 10 місяців тому +2

    Great video on a very influential man that helped firm some of the best music of his era.

  • @Dave-lq2le
    @Dave-lq2le 10 місяців тому +5

    Great story! Loved Mountain and Felix!!❤👍

  • @kickinswifty5136
    @kickinswifty5136 10 місяців тому +24

    Next to John Entwistle Felix Pappalardi was one of the best bassists in Rock.
    He was very underrated bass player he had a great bass sound and was also fantastic lead singer .
    Mountain would have probably made more great albums and tours had Felix not be taken.

    • @mizzury54
      @mizzury54 10 місяців тому

      Nope , he was not underrated

  • @edgaraquino2324
    @edgaraquino2324 10 місяців тому +9

    Good video, finally was able to get the story on what happened to Felix....So unfortunate, as he had so much to offer musically....apparently, she thought she had more to offer than he did....part of it might have been a woman scorned....very selfish of her to have her cats put down....she could have made sure they had a good home...that tells more about her nature vs. Felix than anything else could....then again, the alcohol & drug use of both did not help....& in her case, she apparently was a very bad person, if the contractors put those nests in the walls of the house....very sad all around....😢

  • @robstimson4234
    @robstimson4234 10 місяців тому +4

    Because of one song by Mountain [Nantucket Sleighride] Felix Pappalardi is in my top ten rock vocalists. Didn't know it got this fucked up.

  • @daBEAGLE1017
    @daBEAGLE1017 10 місяців тому +3

    Great content as always

  • @markjtapply
    @markjtapply 10 місяців тому +4

    Nice work but I have a hard time taking anyone seriously if they wear a Kiss shirt.

  • @scottjackson163
    @scottjackson163 10 місяців тому +7

    Loved the Flowers of Evil album, especially Dreams of Milk and Honey. I once had a dream that featured Felix Pappalardi. 😂

    • @markrudolph7921
      @markrudolph7921 10 місяців тому +1

      yeah, i've still got that record on vinyl , i'll have to give it a spin , such a great record for sure, raw and heavy , great record.

    • @johnhooton7403
      @johnhooton7403 10 місяців тому +1

      Flowers live & studio sides both awesome. Our 3 piece garage band would jam on the Dream sequence. We were big Mountain fans. And as a bass player Felix & Mel of Grand Funk were 2 of my biggest influences.

    • @markrudolph7921
      @markrudolph7921 10 місяців тому +1

      didn't know about flowers live but the studio version just awesome, not overproduced or cluttered if you know what i mean just overall a really good record . some records just stand out that way and this is one of them.

  • @Miriboheme
    @Miriboheme 10 місяців тому +4

    the fact that she wanted her cats murdered and their ashes mingled with hers when she died tells you all you need to know. she has no respect for life. she cares only for herself.

  • @xpump876
    @xpump876 8 місяців тому +3

    I've come to find out I am not enamored with the concept "a jury of your peers"
    In this particular case this ruling supports my feelings .
    Even after the Judge pointed out: "She called her lawyer 1st", the Jury still ruled in her favor.
    If the Jurys only exposure to the evidence in this trial was the written transcripts.
    I would bet this would not have been the minimal 4 yr sentence.
    Her crying/sob story hit a sympathetic note with these jurors.

  • @donofon1014
    @donofon1014 10 місяців тому +3

    I associated Felix with the early folk days in NYC. He seemed , like Leland Sklar, to be in the credits of half my LP;s. I am sure I saw him when he was touring with Richie Havens.

  • @Sunviewer338
    @Sunviewer338 10 місяців тому +1

    Very good coverage of this story.

  • @TechnologyofFreedom
    @TechnologyofFreedom 10 місяців тому +1

    Great job, thanks!

  • @michaelkoszowski3716
    @michaelkoszowski3716 7 місяців тому +2

    Love that fuzzy sounding bass felix laid down .

  • @michaelgriffith7033
    @michaelgriffith7033 10 місяців тому +5

    Love your retro KISS T-shirt!

    • @rnrtruestories
      @rnrtruestories  10 місяців тому +4

      haha thanks. I have another one too.

  • @brianmachado4533
    @brianmachado4533 10 місяців тому +8

    Felix wrote and sang one of the best songs from that time, "Theme from an Imaginary Western", which also contained one of the best base lines ever.

    • @paulprecht2581
      @paulprecht2581 10 місяців тому +3

      He sang but Jack wrote.

    • @thomasbowen8775
      @thomasbowen8775 10 місяців тому +4

      Everyone wanted to say they wrote "Theme from an Imaginary Western". It was one of those songs that had a special beauty. But it was written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown. It was on Jack Bruce's brilliant first solo album " Songs for a Tailor" with Jack singing. "Songs for a Tailor" was released in the US in October 1969. Mountain played it at Woodstock with Felix singing and recorded it for the "Climbing" Album. There are clips of Mountain doing the song live and I think that's why people think it was written by Mountain.

    • @paullevine1813
      @paullevine1813 10 місяців тому

      How true . Not to forget Leslies most iconic solo ...

  • @Dobie_Gillis
    @Dobie_Gillis 10 місяців тому +1

    That was outstanding! Now i have subscribed.

  • @glenkepic3208
    @glenkepic3208 10 місяців тому +2

    Great offering.
    Felix fan since the Cream days.
    The LW quote says it all.

  • @mnkyuncl
    @mnkyuncl 10 місяців тому

    Great story. Love the you have one of the classics displayed, Hammer of the Gods. Much respect.

  • @cadredeux1047
    @cadredeux1047 10 місяців тому +2

    Juliana Hatfield’s mother Julie Hatfield had a relationship Felix at the University of Michigan. In the 1970’s she took up again and had an affair with Felix. This is from Juliana’s autobiography “When I grow up”

  • @jasonblake6815
    @jasonblake6815 9 місяців тому +2

    I remember seeing Mountain on The Woodstock Festival Bonus addition. Their bass player always gave me weird vibes so I’m not totally shocked that he had terrible judgement about relationships & gifts.

  • @douglaschristine8387
    @douglaschristine8387 10 місяців тому +2

    Thanks for bringing this terrible story to the light. When I was a teenager I bought the Mountain album with Mississippi Queen and followed their musical journey for years until Felix was killed. Their were a couple of facts in your story that I didn't know of, 👍

  • @May-ve6sr
    @May-ve6sr 10 місяців тому +2

    This still hits home Moutain was my first rock concert and I still listen to them each week. A few years back I found Flex's solo album in a record store. It's very prized possession.

    • @tonimudse7206
      @tonimudse7206 9 місяців тому

      My first concert also. I'm 64yrs. now but will never forget that show in Miami.

  • @cybergnosis244
    @cybergnosis244 10 місяців тому +4

    Mountain ❤️❤️❤️ were an early heavy metal band without even trying to be I remember hearing them in the 80s and thinking they were so heavy for an early seventies band I guess kids call that proto-metal nowadays

  • @jonsrecordcollection7172
    @jonsrecordcollection7172 10 місяців тому +5

    I think the group Leslie West and Corky Laing were in was West, Bruce, & Laing, where Bruce is Jack Bruce from Cream.

    • @derekjf4311
      @derekjf4311 10 місяців тому +4

      Yep! They put out some great stuff!

  • @bass3966
    @bass3966 10 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for this 🤟

  • @RDnAC
    @RDnAC 9 місяців тому +1

    Felix created Mountain after the Cream prototype when Cream disbanded.
    I went to so many Mountain shows in the NY/NJ area and met the band on a number of occasions. Felix was the nicest guy out of all of them and he extended himself to his fanbase. He was a badass bass player.

  • @antoniodalfonso
    @antoniodalfonso 9 місяців тому +1

    thank you for this informative video... Such a loss.

  • @jameskennedy721
    @jameskennedy721 10 місяців тому +3

    Felix and the guys were highly respected , but never got the fame of some of the English and California bands . They were far more than a one hit wonder . Now only Corky is left standing .

  • @pedenmk
    @pedenmk 9 місяців тому +1

    My first time here. Great episode. Thanks.......

  • @MrReymoclif714
    @MrReymoclif714 9 місяців тому +2

    Saw mountain in 1970-71 University of Vermont! Patrick Gymnasium! They were awesome!

  • @mattc.
    @mattc. 10 місяців тому +4

    I would like more stories like this❤❤❤❤

  • @allenmitchell09
    @allenmitchell09 10 місяців тому +2

    I first heard his name while watching Allen Woody’s bass video where he cites Felix as an influence.

  • @paulkirton8945
    @paulkirton8945 10 місяців тому +3

    The irony is that Felix gave her the gun as a Birthday present.

  • @ronniek6323
    @ronniek6323 10 місяців тому +1

    My first concert was Black Oak Arkansas with Mountain headlining. Man! Felix’s bass was thumping! So good!

  • @GOON_Doom_Band
    @GOON_Doom_Band 20 днів тому

    Before the actual band Mountain, there was Leslie West's solo album that was just called "Leslie West Mountain" that also featured Felix on bass ( as opposed to Mountain's FIRST album called 'Climbing' which came after). It's such an awesome, simple rock record that featured one of the most sampled drum breaks of all time "Long Red". It's seriously worth a listen if you like the band Mountain.

  • @danielfournier735
    @danielfournier735 10 місяців тому +1

    My ! All time fav bassist. Along with Leslie West in mountain my fav all time rock band.i saw em twice at the Masonic Temple in Det mi around 1970 ;;1972. West ;; Bruce and lang played cobo hall in Detroit after Felix was dead. I couldn't bring myself to go. Thanks ! For the good job done with this video. Allot of memories. I also played bass during my teenage years in a few bands and into my 20;;s.

  • @BandOfHarjaps
    @BandOfHarjaps 10 місяців тому +8

    Good advice at the end.

  • @yolandajohnson8685
    @yolandajohnson8685 10 місяців тому +1

    very interesting, thank you.

  • @markweiss5913
    @markweiss5913 4 місяці тому +1

    If there ever was a testimony to what drugs can do to a relationship and a career, this is it. This is much more than a rock and roll tragedy, this is a life tragedy. RIP Felix and Gail. So much wasted potential. I would have liked to see what could have been.

  • @ThePhilmaywalt
    @ThePhilmaywalt 10 місяців тому +1

    Knew his stuff from the beginning. Never knew the murder.....That was WAY BEFORE the Internet Age of Instant Gratification....

  • @davidstern3816
    @davidstern3816 Місяць тому

    I saw Mountain in concert at “Cowtown Ballroom” in Kansas City back in the early ‘70’s. If I remember correctly the venue was just a big room with a stage - no seats. Great show! Loved the band and it was super loud!

  • @tomreedyjr3631
    @tomreedyjr3631 10 місяців тому

    Always wondered what really happened after the shooting. Thanx alot....

  • @charlieryan1736
    @charlieryan1736 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for another interesting video

  • @bobthebear1246
    @bobthebear1246 10 місяців тому +5

    It's really such a damn shame this happened. Felix Papallardi Is one of the most underrated talents in Rock history. Great songwriter, great bassist, and an absolutely amazing singer with the voice of an angel. I think he modeled his singing style after that of Jack Bruce, but honestly I think he had an even more beautiful voice than Jack Bruce did. R.I.P. to both. 🌹🌹

  • @bigdaddystinkeye
    @bigdaddystinkeye 10 місяців тому

    Good advise, Leslie!

  • @linkedup7346
    @linkedup7346 10 місяців тому +1

    good video, very informative...

  • @timmotel5804
    @timmotel5804 10 місяців тому +1

    Very interesting. I'm an old fan. Thanks and Best Regards.

  • @indigohammer5732
    @indigohammer5732 10 місяців тому +3

    He wrote, played, produced and arranged all Mountain’s albums. His wife designed the album jackets. It seems the band weren’t happy about all the money staying in-house

  • @Free_Too_Walk
    @Free_Too_Walk 10 місяців тому +1

    Interesting story, I am gonna check out his bands .

  • @matthewwilton7778
    @matthewwilton7778 10 місяців тому +3

    Howarc Stern talked about this guy alot and mountain especially, but jeez idr ever hearing him talk about thos crazy story

    • @rnrtruestories
      @rnrtruestories  10 місяців тому

      Yeah Howard used to also have Leslie west on his show all the time.

  • @mml01
    @mml01 10 місяців тому +3

    Geez that was another crazy story I knew nothing about. These musicians and there crazy lives!?🙄. Good request.

  • @tyronebrown9936
    @tyronebrown9936 10 місяців тому +1

    Nice interior of an apartment in Lake Point Tower in Chicago. Those round columns and low ceilings are a dead giveaway - I lived there, haha.

  • @micheleparker3780
    @micheleparker3780 10 місяців тому +2

    Wait; dsmn, this is so bizarre I have to listen to it again just to get a better understanding...

  • @monatoney3474
    @monatoney3474 10 місяців тому +1

    I AM ALSO. I SAW WEST BRUCE AND LAING AND WEST BY HIMSELF. AMAZING