Theme

 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 JackBruce, 

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

album Theme. This album features a number of

tracks closely associated with Leslie including

Theme for an Imaginary Western and also covers,

in the shape of Elvis Presley’s Love Me Tender

and the Jimi Hendrix song Red House. This album

also features Jack Bruce who was of course one

third of West Bruce and Laing in the seventies.

Original copies of this album sell for up top $150

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