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MOUNTAIN, Imaginary Western...
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:00 amby ANGELSSHOTGUN
Had a friend call me to see if I could help him learn to play the solo Leslie West played.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNOzw8ufhxE
I had to smile. This was from a whole different era. It was a time when bands were bands and musicians were able to translate a feeling that went far beyond individual notes. Sometimes the recordings were not that good... but the feeling always was. Sometimes the playing wasn't that technical... but the feeling always was.
Cool.
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:04 amby jimmydanger
Great old Jack Bruce tune, I used to do it. The live version at Woodstock has the best solo. Coincidentally the first Mountain album came out 43 years ago today.
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:54 pmby GuitarMikeB
Mountain was the first rock concert I ever went to! Racquet Ball Club at the Sheraton in Hyannis in summer of 71!
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:08 pmby Mike Nobody
Theme From An Imaginery Midget Western
http://youtu.be/qWbWwwcvSJI
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:47 pmby Planetguy
always loved this tune. my fave mountain song by far. such impassioned singing from felix paplilardi....who remains widely overlooked and underated as a great singer and bassist.
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:50 pmby jimmydanger
Have you ever heard the live version of "Crossroader"? Unreal tune. Listen to the bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkB3h6nOgBI
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:02 pmby Planetguy
jimmydanger wrote:Have you ever heard the live version of "Crossroader"? Unreal tune. Listen to the bass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkB3h6nOgBI
indeed. i have it on one the many mountain "hits" collection. felix had ridiculous tone and feel. he's on my short list of great rock bassists. just brilliant choices he made... and that voice....
just one more example of bassists making great arrangers.
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:13 pmby MikeTalbot
Felix was truly great but he did make one very bad decision - his taste in women ended up being fatal.
btw - Lesley West has a new record which is great - called Usual Supsects.
Here is pretty wild cut:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_yvyCAg6No
Talbot
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Fri Mar 08, 2013 9:00 pmby jimmydanger
Unusual Suspects Mike, released in 2011. Thanks for posting, makes me think we all have more in common than what is shown on this forum.
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Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:33 amby ANGELSSHOTGUN
WOW sometimes you guys are a wealth of information and musical thought.
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Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:48 amby Cajundaddy
Nice tune. I forgot Mountain played Woodstock... and that was my era. We got into their stuff when Mississippi Queen came out and that was always a fun song to cover.
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Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:50 amby Mike Nobody
Thejohnny7band wrote:Nice tune. I forgot Mountain played Woodstock... and that was my era. We got into their stuff when Mississippi Queen came out and that was always a fun song to cover.
Really?
How could I remember Sha-Na-Na and forget Mountain?
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Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:53 amby Mike Nobody
Here's a rare TV appearance by Mountain on the short lived Dennis Miller Show in 1992!
http://youtu.be/Mwql7NyQI4k
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Sat Mar 09, 2013 2:47 amby jimmydanger
Nice! I saw him at The Magic Bag a few years back, the bass player messed up and he chewed him out on stage. Jeff Beck once said that Leslie West was his favorite guitar player.