Alligator

 Leslie West first picked up a guitar in anger as it were in the

sixties when he was a member of the Vagrants. The

Vagrants were just one of many bands on the club circuit

on Long Island during the sixties. Two other bands were

the Young Rascals and The Hassles, which featured a young

Billy Joel. Many people however will remember Leslie West

as a founder member of Mountain alongside Felix Papalardi

and long time (although not founder) drummer Corky Laing.

In fact aside from a short period of time during the seventies

when Leslie was a member of West Bruce and Laing alongside

Corky and former Cream bassist Jack Bruce Mountain has

taken up a large part of Leslie's time.

His first solo album entitled Mountain led to the formation of

the band of the same name. Leslie's second solo album

The Great Fatsby emerged in the mid seventies during a

break in Leslie's activities with Mountain and featured many

world-renowned musicians including Mick Jagger who

allegedly only participated if he could play guitar rather

than sing!

There are plenty of rock tales and reminiscences about

Mountain and beyond from both Leslie and Corky in the

recent successful book entitled Nantucket Sleighride and

Other Mountain On The Road Stories.

Alligator was originally released in 1986 and is one of Leslie

West’s most popular solo albums among Leslie’s large and

dedicated fan Base. The recording also features the

legendary bassist Stanley Clarke. Featured tracks are Sea

Of Fire, Dream Lover, Hall Of The Mountain King/Exodus

and a superb cover of the Free song The Stealer. The album

has long been out of print and due to its popularity with

West’s core audience there will undoubtedly be a good

demand for this album which has been re mastered for

this release.

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