LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES- OCT 22, 2019…HAPPY 74TH BIRTHDAY TO MOUNTAIN GUITARIST LESLIE WEST. MOUNTAIN IS A BAND THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HUGE, BUT THEY WERE HAUNTED BY ONE BAD DECISION. THEY PLAYED WOODSTOCK(AND KILLED AT WOODSTOCK), BUT A MANAGEMENT DECISION ON WAS MADE NOT TO PUT THEM IN THE MOVIE BECAUSE OF ROYALTIES. AS IT TURNS OUT, PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE FROM THE MOVIE BECAME STARS BECAUSE THEY WERE PART OF THE LEGACY OF WOODSTOCK. THE PERFORMERS NOT IN THE MOVIE, WELL FOR THEM IT WAS MUCH TOUGHER SLEDDING. BESIDES WEST’S WORK WITH MOUNTAIN, HE HAS RELEASED 15 SOLO ALBUMS. AS OF LATE, LESLIE HAS UNDERGONE SOME HEALTH PROBLEMS, LOSING A LOWER LEG TO DIABETES. IN HIS RECOVERY, HE STILL CONTINUES TO ROCK AND IS STILL PERFORMING.
HERE’S WEST WITH ‘MOUNTAIN’ AND A RARE TV APPEARANCE. DAMN, HE CAN PLAY GUITAR
photo thanks-Wilson Bilkovich
