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| 1. | Introduction
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| 2. | Warm-Up
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| 3. | Guitars and Effects
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| 4. | Chord Inversions and Open Tuning
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| 5. | Nantucket Slieghride
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| 6. | Tune-Up Dammit
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| 7. | Big Phat Ass Vibrato
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| 8. | Mississippi Queen
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| 9. | Into the Control Room
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| 10. | Synthesizer Guitar Sounds
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| 11. | Pentatonic and Relative Minor Scales
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| 12. | I Am Immortal
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| 13. | Credits
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| 14. | Hard Times
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| 15. | Hand Close Up-Mississippi Queen
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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 incredibnly 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.
Leslie West has one of the most distinctive sounds and styles within rock music- take a private guitar lesson from the master, guitar player from Mountain and West, Bruce & Laing and get all the tips you need from the guy who knows how to play them.
For almost 40 years Leslie West has been one of rocks greatest guitar players recording massively successful albums and playing to literally millions of people at concerts the world over.
In this DVD Leslie West shows you all his innovative approach to playing rock guitar, techniques on capturing that special tone, recording and playing tips and hints on performing live.
Leslie West
Active Decades: '60s, '70s, '80s and '90s
Born: Oct 22, 1945 in New York, NY
Genre: Rock
Styles: Blues-Rock, Hard Rock
Leslie West first gained recognition as the lead guitarist for the Vagrants, a locally popular 1960s Long Island group. One of that group's singles was produced by Felix Pappalardi, a bass player who also produced Cream. After the Vagrants and Cream split up, Pappalardi played bass on and produced West's debut solo album, Mountain (July 1969). Following its release, the two teamed up with drummer Norman Smart (soon replaced by Corky Laing) and keyboard player Steve Knight to form the band Mountain, which cut the albums Climbing! (February 1970) (a gold-selling LP featuring the Top 40 single "Mississippi Queen"), Nantucket Sleighride (January 1971) (which also went gold), and Flowers of Evil (November 1971). In 1972, Pappalardi left Mountain to return to being a producer. (Posthumous record releases included Mountain Live (The Road Goes on Forever) [April 1972] and The Best of Mountain [February 1973].) West and Laing joined with former Cream bassist Jack Bruce to form West, Bruce & Laing. The trio recorded two studio albums, Why Dontcha (October 1972) and Whatever Turns You On (July 1973). (A live album, Live 'N' Kickin', was released in April 1974.) Bruce quit in the summer of 1973, and West and Laing briefly formed Leslie West's Wild West Show. Then West, Pappalardi, Alan Schwartherg (drums), and Bob Mann (keyboards) re-formed Mountain, recording a double live album, Twin Peaks (February 1974), in Osaka, Japan, in August 1973. This was followed by a Mountain studio album, Avalanche (July 1974), made by West, Pappalardi, Laing, and Knight. Then Mountain split again, and West formed the Leslie West Band, releasing The Great Fatsby (April 1975) (which featured Mick Jagger) and The Leslie West Band (1976) (which featured Mick Jones, later of Foreigner). Bedeviled by substance abuse problems, West retired from music for a time, then cleared up and again re-formed Mountain with Laing and bassist Mark Clarke (Pappalardi had died in 1983) for Go for Your Life (March 1985). The group broke up again, and West made Theme (1988), again teaming with Jack Bruce. West then participated in the Guitar Speaks (1988) and Night of the Guitar (1989) recordings of legendary rock guitarists for IRS Records' Illegal subsidiary. His next solo album was Alligator (August 1989), followed by Dodgin' the Dirt (1994). In 1994, West and Laing teamed with ex-Jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding in another edition of Mountain, recording two tracks for the compilation Over the Top (1995). The solo As Phat as It Gets followed in 1999. After an album for Voiceprint, Guitarded, in 2004, West released two blues-inflected albums for Blues Bureau International, 2005's Got Blooze and 2006's Blue Me.
--- William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide |
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