Leslie West
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American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (1945–2020)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 6
Top works
- Schamanengeheimnisse
- Kit Carson Sammelband #4
- Trapperjahre und Indianeraufstände
- Kit Carson Sammelband 5 Intrigen Im Westen
- Abenteuer Im Hohen Norden
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Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Known for
- Night of the Guitars — Guitar2006
- Woodstock Diary — Self - Mountain1994
- Thunder and Mud — Mark Starr1990
- The Money Pit — Lana1986
- Family Honor — Augie Donnelli1973
- Rock Concert — Self1973
- Goose Lake International Music Festival1970
- Midsummer Rock: The Cincinnati Pop Festival 19701970
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1945-10-22
- Active to
- 2020-12-23
blues rockhard rockheavy metalrock
Discography
- Mountain1969
- The Great Fatsby1975
- Theme1988
- Alligator1989
- Dodgin' the Dirt1993
- As PHAT As It Gets1999
- Blues to Die For2003
- Guitarded2004
- Got Blooze2005
- Blue Me2006
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 66,575
- Total plays
- 590,669
Tags
blues rockbluesclassic rockrockguitar
Leslie West (born Leslie Weinstein on 22 October 1945; died 22 December 2020) was an American rock guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter best known as a founding member and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Mountain. He also produced two studio albums and a live release with Cream bassist Jack Bruce under the name West, Bruce and Laing. West released a number of solo albums and was highly respected for his guitar work. West gained fame the world <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Leslie+We
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Leslie
- Family name
- West
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- Palm Coast
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Genre
- heavy metal music
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Leslie west-2.jpg
Show 12 more facts
- date of birth
- 1945-10-22
- Commons category
- Leslie West
- member of
- Mountain
- different from
- Les West
- end of work period
- 2020-00-00
- start of work period
- 1965-00-00
- date of death
- 2020-12-23
- name in native language
- Leslie West
- birth name
- Leslie Weinstein
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- social media followers
- 5687
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