The Leslie West Band

 Leslie West is probably best known for his work with

Mountain. Mountain grew out of the session for Leslie's

debut solo album recorded in 1969. The album was

produced by Felix Pappalardi who had more famously

produced Cream. One of the first gigs Mountain ever

played was at the celebrated Woodstock Festival in August

1969. From there the band recorded a number of influential

and hugely successful albums. The band have gone through

many ups and downs over the years including the death of

Felix Pappalardi however they are still an incredibly popular

draw and feature Leslie West alongside long time drummer

Corky Laing.

As a solo artist Leslie West continued his career during

breaks from Mountain in the mid seventies and despite

working extensively with Mountain Leslie manages to also

keep his solo career a going concern.

The Leslie West Band was the band that Leslie West formed

to play solo concerts inn order to promote his solo album

The Great Fatsby. The band included former Mountain

drummer Corky Laing and also future Foreigner guitarist

and song writer Mick Jones. In fact Mick Jones wrote one

of the more popular songs on the album Singapore Sling

and also co wrote another seven of the bands ten tracks

with Corky Laing and Leslie West.

The album also includes two covers the first a rocked up

version of the Beatles song Dear Prudence and the second

a cover of the Mann Weil song We Gotta Get Out Of This

Place a song made famous by the Animals.

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