Leslie West - Took Some LSD & The Curtain Opened (1 of 8)

[Meatrockman]

LSD is such a crapy drug! it will take your life if you dont watch yourself while doing it

[1RMcLaurin]

I've have driven a couple a miles from Forrest Hills, NY. What's the old address?

[KS6stringer]

Man, Thursday I'm gonna make this elevator go sideways!

[UFCfanboy7898]

Leslie is from Forest Hills queens?...dude thats where the Ramones originated

[ultrakool]

larry, we really do suck...and btw, why are the walls breathing?

[JustJake57]

Saw Leslie at the old Ritz in Staten Island on the 13th of Feb. 1970. Great show, they did Mississippi Queen 2x that nite, and we walked out of there at daybreak. I was not yet a deadhead, and for those who are, they know where the GD were that night and what a night it was, just across the Bay.

And, we all did LSD that nite. All 17 of us who went to the show.

[5150zombie]

FUCKING HONESTY. YESSS.

[gibsongold1970]

don't forget to practice with scoobie-doobie too! just keep playing.you will get better

and better.you all gotta have the love for geetar to get really good.go for it!

[sirlovemehard]

A fellow Forest Hills resident! I have older friends who remember him from the 60's...

[wisesatyr72]

I wish this guy was my uncle..you can listen to this guy talk all day

[LucasMarquesGHC]

wow look what cream did in history of music, if wasn't eric ,jack bruce and ginger there was no mississipi queen, or never in my life, or blood of the sun

[depper]

@LucasMarquesGHC Not so fast Lucas. If it werent for Felix Pappalardi, there was a much lesser Cream. Clapton and other Cream team just recently admitted it was Felix Pappalardi who introduced Clapton to the now famous Cream wah wah sound. The interview resides on youtube somewhere. Mountain, and all of their parts were pioneers, just like Cream was. Black Sabbath OPENED for Mountain. Mountain deserves to be recognized as pioneers in the rock n roll music industry.

[LucasMarquesGHC]

@depper

oh yeah i forgot felix produced cream

[DaDa2Phlux]

@depper Give a little credit to the late ,incredibly gifted engineer Tom Dowd while you are at it.Incidentally ,Mountain-fresh from Woodstock ,opened for Jack Bruce & Friends (Mitch Mitchell ,Larry Coryell ,Mike Mandel )in Feb.70.

[jezmundberserker]

@DaDa2Phlux: Amen. No Tom Dowd = No Cream.

[taariqtaariq]

yep. good ole  lsd!!

[tripfunkmonster]

I saw Leslie onstage with Michael Schenker last summer at the Fillmore Theatre in N.Y.C. and the two of them were f***in' unbelievable - talking to each other on guitar and then jammin' some blues. I've seen Leslie at a couple of clubs in Long Island and N.Y.C. about 5 other times in the last 10 or 15 years.He's better than ever.People need to make some noise for all the great musicians of the past before they are dead.Then,it's too late.

[MacLeamh]

Saw Mountain in '70 or '71 or whenever Cheech n' Chong's "Big Bambu" was a recently released album. The fold-out LP cover was an enlarged replica of a pack of Big Bambu cigarette papers, and inside each LP was a large (8-12 inches, roughly the size of...) cigarette paper. And folks showed up at arena-sized venues with these 8-12" joints that were passed up n' down aisles n' rows for days (or so it sometimes seemed given the absolutely delightful LSD),.. our elders didn't (yet) have a clue...

[barryonedrop1]

Who is this guy, you schmuck...I seen Lesie when he was in the Vagrants in 67 at Murray the K in the 5th dimention in NYC with Cream, Who on there first Amercian tour, plus others.... seen Mountain with Lesie, Felix and Corky in abt 70 Lesie was a big man then. last time I saw him was a free concert in Liberty Park, Jersey City NJ in abt 1995, lost weight. looked great, sound great....not saying he was the best but Mountain was classic 60s/70s loud rock music band... music still plays today

[Seegs86]

mickey rourke's fat brother?

[fillzyvoltron]

who is the lesli west?

[geeyouknit345]

lead guitarist in kanye west band

[GuitarVato96]

WTF leslie is too good for fricken kanye

[geeyouknit345]

yea i was ben sarcastic

[mwatson23]

Exactly!! Who is this guy?

[est3inb3rg]

Lead guitarist for the group Mountain

[stingray1964]

You're kiddin right..???

Guitarist from Mountain dude!!!! Fuckin legend city..!!

[ronringhofer]

I am a long time fan. Leslie is th best and I love him.

[dullsvillain]

cool cat

[depper]

Leslie is a mystical figure in Rock. An ultra HUGE talent. Yet he shows such an appreciation to other rock talents. Leslie the Godfather of Heavy Metal and the Blues/Rock fusion, yet has a huge heart for the industry.

There are few rockers left like this, very, very few.

[ledzeppelinrocks100]

Leslie West is a legend

[cydonianman]

maybe i should try listening to Leslie West while takin LSD and practice.

:D

[FiremanOly]

Holy Crap he looks like Mickey Rourke, eben sounds like him.

[TheSouthernrockman]

stupid thing, but he looks like mikey rookey

[pogues69]

I took some LSD and the curtain REALLY OPENED!!!  Wish I could get some that quality still, Purple Pyramid and 4-Way Flash those were the days...

[AllenWestlake]

Give me some!

[pilesovinyl]

How Leslie survives is like trying to understand how Keith Richards survives. He sure keeps a low profile, haven`t seen or heard anything about him for years..

[TeleKeith]

I love this video series. Just love it!

[ricvonzipper]

Funny, I took some acid and went to see CREAM and I could never play very well as much as I practiced. I sure love that Leslie liked CREAM, though. THE greatest band of all time. Blues, jazz, rock fusion like no other. The hair still stands up on my arm 1:20 into Toad on Wheels of Fire. I turn the volume up to just south of distort.

[depper]

"I didnt have roots in the Delta Blues, I had roots in Forest Hills Queens. "

EVERY time I hear that line I lose it. If Leslie wasnt one of the greatest guitarists of the past 50 years, he would be one of the funniest comedians of the past 50 years.

Natural Born Talent.

[Cliner97]

Great interview. THX for posting!

[danielgirard]

Sounds like the story I heard about Frank Marino of Mahogany Rush. When I saw him playing in the mid 1970's there was a story circulating around that he had taken LSD and though he WAS Jimi Hendrix. I clearly remember seeing him play at the Michigan Palace. He played "Red House" sounded just like Hendrix.

[psychomann26]

Better Music thru chemistry.

[atheistbychoice]

lsd is not bad at all

[scrapingteeth]

Leslie's one funny motherf***er. Thanks for posting this.

[drummerofchicago]

He looks like a Big Mickey Rourke

[falcon0351]

No shit-the curtain opened..ha

[lighwave]

Remember, take LSD and practice!

[gibsonfanchuck]

and LSD is supposedly bad? lol!

[shakey64]

Leslie is funny guy. Love his interviews.

[emadmadi]

BIG GUY.....