“I’m no great guitarist technically,” Leslie West once said, “but you wanna know why people remember me? If you take a hundred players and put them in a room, 99 of ’em are gonna sound the same. “The ...

Rock icon Leslie West, guitarist and co-founder of the band Mountain best known for the band's hit "Mississippi Queen," died on Wednesday at the age of 75, CBS News has confirmed. West had gone into ...

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Guitarist Leslie West, credited for the hit "Mississippi Queen" and for inspiring new generations of hard-rock guitarists, has died. He was 75. "The iconic guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and ...

Leslie West, the singer and guitarist for the hard rock band Mountain, whose fame was cemented by a performance at Woodstock, died Tuesday, according to his brother, Larry West Weinstein. He was 75.

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Leslie West, guitarist for the rock group Mountain and a 65-year-old diabetic, is recovering after his lower right leg was amputated. The amputation Monday was needed to stop a ...

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