Leslie
West, the legendary
guitarist, vocalist and original founding member of Mountain, will
release a new studio album "Still Climbing" on October
28th via Provogue Records / Mascot Label Group.
Since his historic
performance with Mountain at the 1969 Woodstock Festival, West has
enjoyed a glittering career spanning over half a century, accomplished in spite
of a life threatening battle with diabetes, which cost him his right leg in 2011
(shortly before the release of his “Unusual Suspects” album).
"I’m lucky it wasn’t
one of my hands or I’d be screwed," says West. "It was a difficult struggle, and
after the amputation I didn’t know whether I’d ever want to or be able to
perform again. A month later I played at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Fantasy Camp in New
York City, and I heard my guitar on stage and that was it. I knew I had to keep
going."
Looked upon by West
as a sequel to “Unusual Suspects”, which featured collaborations with the
likes of Slash, Zakk Wylde, Steve Lukather, Joe Bonamassa and Billy Gibbons,
“Still Climbing” sees West joining forces with Jonny Lang,
Johnny Winter, Twisted Sister’s Dee Snider and Alter Bridge and
Creed’s Mark Tremonti.
Album Track Listing
01. Dyin’ Since The
Day I Was Born (with special guest
Mark Tremonti)
02. Busted, Disgusted
or Dead (with special guest
Johnny Winter)
03. Fade Into You
04. Not Over You At
All
05. Tales Of
Woe
06. Feeling
Good
(with special guest Dee Snider)
07. Hatfield or
McCoy
08. When A Man Loves
A Woman (with special guest
Jonny Lang)
09. Long Red
10. Don’t Ever Let Me
Go
(with special guest Dylan Rose)
11. Rev Jones Time
(Somewhere Over The Rainbow)
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