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phil spade
@Phil · 4:18

Guitar Legend: Leslie West

article image placeholderLeslie West, Mountain Guitarist Who Belted Out 'Mississippi Queen,' Dead at 75
And the name Mountain actually came from his presence on stage, not only in size but also in voice, also in guitar. He was just a Mountain on stage, and that's where the name of the band came from. Many guitarists talked about just the influence that he had on them. But as I mentioned, none bigger than Eddie Van Halen

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@Phil
phil spade
@Phil · 4:20

Howard Sterns tribute to Leslie West recap

They heard Leslie West. They saw him play with Mountain, and they had an epiphany moment and said that's it that's the sound we're going for. We need to be heavier, we need to be louder. And they fire their lead singer and then shortly thereafter produced the album Machine Head and Machine Head is one of those albums that has Smoke on the water on it. And if you listen to it, you can definitely tell that there's influence from Leslie West
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