Leslie West - Bad medical news!

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Remember late 60s/early 70s rockers Mountain? The song "Mississippi Queen"? That's how Leslie became famous; he was the guitarist & did a bunch of singing. Loud, nasty blues-rock picker that I enjoy hearing.

Anyway, seems Leslie was to play a show on the MS coast, but a leg infection flared up. Really flared up...they had to remove the lower part of one of his legs!

Guitarist Leslie West recovering after leg amputated | The Clarion-Ledger | clarionledger.com


Diabetes sucks. Rock on, Leslie! Hope to hear you playing the guitar again soon!

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Man that does indeed suck. I'm diabetic so I've got lots to look forward to. Mountain came out with
a cd about 12-15 years ago "A Man's World" and covered an old James Brown tune, but that was one of the best, hardest rocking cd's I had ever heard. I still play it often. The cd did contain a ballad called "I'm Sorry" which was really a beautiful thought provoking song. My first encounter with Mountain was "Nantucket Sleighride", another super LP.

 

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Man that does indeed suck. I'm diabetic so I've got lots to look forward to.
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My first encounter with Mountain was "Nantucket Sleighride", another super LP.

Ditto on both. Natucket Sleighride--both song & album--are still among my faves. Very few singers ever like Felix P. I'm now intrigued about the CD you mentioned, as I'm not familiar w/ it. Thx for the heads-up!

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