Mountain
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Mountain, one of the acknowledged precursors to heavy metal, formed in Long Island, New York in 1969. The group began to coalesce when producer and bassist Felix Pappalardi began to work with guitarist Leslie West in the late 1960s. Pappalardi produced Westâs solo album, 1969âs Mountain, though the band Mountain would not exist until later that year when the duo joined forces with drummer N.D. Smart and keyboardist Steve Knight. Mountain played the famous Woodstock festival within one of their first five live appearances. Corky Laing replaced Smart on drums before they went into the studio to record 1970âs Climbing!, their debut album that featured âMississippi Queenâ, a slab of boogie-blues that became a top 40 hit and would remain the song most associated the band and West in particular. The bandâs sound, a psychedelic-tinged swath of bluesy proto heavy metal, owed a debt to Pappalardiâs previous associates, Cream. They continued with this sonic path for a pair of albums in 1971, Nantucket Sleighride and Flowers of Evil, and the group became even better known for volcanic live shows thanks to Westâs outsized showmanship and skill. Pappalardi stepped away after a 1972 live album, and while that would end the classic line-up of the band, Mountain would reform off and on over the years, often with Mike Clark on bass after Pappalardiâs death in 1983. That line-up would record 1985âs Go For Your Life, the groupâs last charting album, though new Mountain product would be produced as late as 2007âs Masters of War. West died on December 23, 2020.
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Albums
Top Tracks
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- Mississippi Queen
- Everything Is Broken
- Serve Somebody by Warren Haynes
- Dreams of Milk & Honey
- Southbound Train
- Because You Are My Friend
- Blood of the Sun
- Long Red
- For Yasgur's Farm
- Get Out of My Life Woman
- To My Friend
- It's for You
- Bonus Interview
- Theme For An Imaginary Western
- Never In My Life
- Silver Paper
- Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)
- My Lady
- Intro / Guitar Solo
- Crossroader
- Roll Over Beethoven
- You Better Believe It
- Going Down
- Back Where I Belong
