West Bruce and Laing
Advertisement
Advertisement
Top Related Artists
Biography
The power trio supergroup West, Bruce & Laing formed in 1972 after the break-up of the blues-based, proto-heavy metal band Mountain. Leslie West, the groupâs singer and guitarist, and Corky Laing, Mountainâs drummer, joined forces with former Cream bassist Jack Bruce, a teaming that made sense as Mountain owed a serious debt to Cream for their sound, and former Mountain bassist Felix Pappalardi had produced Creamâs album Disraeli Gears. West, Bruce & Laingâs 1972 debut, Why Dontcha, contained a slab of heavy blues-soaked tracks with firey solos from West. The jam-heavy approach was repeated for 1973âs Whatever Turns You On, which contained songs such as âShifting Sandsâ and âNovember Songâ. The trio splintered shortly thereafter, just before the release of 1974âs Live âNâ Kickinâ, a live album that showcased the groupâs excessive music approach by spreading only four songs out over its 37-minute running time.
Read All
Read Less
Albums
Top Tracks
- Track Popularity
- Shake Ma Thing (Rollin Jack)
- Pollution Woman
- Why Dontcha
- November Song
