December 24, 2020
Mountain guitarist Leslie West dies aged 75
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Leslie West, the towering guitarist who created the hard-rock milestone 'Mississippi Queen' with his band Mountain, died aged 65, the New York Times reports. West was respected for his versatile playing - from fingerpicking to metallic power chords - and was revered by a new generation of guitar players who followed, like Eddie Van Halen and Deep Purple’s Ritchie Blackmore.