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Vito Bratta performs onstage with White Lion
Vito Bratta recorded White Lion’s All You Need is Rock 'n' Roll with Jimi Hendrix’s black Stratocaster – and Leslie West’s Marshall amp

By Matt Owen Published

West's 100-watt Mountain Marshall is still owned by Bratta, who got his hands on the fabled Strat through Al Kooper – who was gifted the guitar by Hendrix himself

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Leslie West
4 soloing ideas you can learn from Leslie West

By Richard Barrett Published

Scale the blues-rock mountain and balance on the edge of major and minor tonalities with this lesson in the style of one of rock's greatest players

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Slash
Hear Slash and Marc LaBelle’s biting cover of Mountain’s Mississippi Queen

By Matt Parker Published

The guitar hero appears on the recording as part of the Leslie West tribute album, Legacy

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Yngwie Malmsteen
Hear Yngwie Malmsteen’s energetic cover of Long Red, taken from the new all-star Leslie West tribute album

By Matt Owen Published

The high octane reimagining of West's 1969 track is classically Malmsteen, and swaps out dreamy acoustics and keyboards for sweeps, solos and shredding aplenty

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Charlie Starr and Leslie West Silver Paper cover
Hear Blackberry Smoke’s Charlie Starr cover soulful Leslie West rocker, Silver Paper

By Matt Parker Published

The song is Starr’s contribution to the forthcoming Leslie West tribute album, Legacy

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Eddie Ojeda (left) and Dee Snider of Twisted Sister perform at the Bloodstock Festival at Catton Park on August 12, 2016 in Burton upon Trent, England
Hear Twisted Sister's Dee Snider and Eddie Ojeda team up with Rudy Sarzo and Mike Portnoy for a thunderous cover of Theme For An Imaginary Western

By Jackson Maxwell Published

The hard-rocking version of the Pete Brown/Jack Bruce-penned tune – famously covered by Mountain – features on Legacy, the forthcoming all-star Leslie West tribute album

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Leslie West (left) and Corky Laing of Mountain, perform during Hippifest in Vienna, Virginia
Slash, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman, George Lynch, Dee Snider and more to feature on all-star Leslie West tribute album

By Jackson Maxwell Published

Hear the album's first single – Wylde's loving, tough-as-nails interpretation of Mountain's Blood Of The Sun – now

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Eddie Van Halen Kramer/Ripley Frankenstrat
Eddie Van Halen-owned Frankenstrat, gifted to Leslie West, sells at auction for $50,000

By Matt Owen Published

The Steve Ripley-made model is thought to have been understudy to EVH's main axe on tours in the mid-'80s, and was gifted to the legendary Mountain guitarist soon after

Guitars
Eddie Van Halen Kramer/Ripley Frankenstrat
Eddie Van Halen-owned Kramer Striker/Ripley Frankenstrat, gifted to Leslie West, goes up for auction

By Matt Owen Published

The unique guitar, which was made by renowned luthier Steve Ripley in 1984, is thought to have been EVH's backup guitar on numerous tours in the mid-'80s

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Leslie West
Leslie West: "I wanted the biggest tone, and vibrato like somebody who plays violin in a 100-piece orchestra"

By Alan di Perna Published

The life and times of a titanic presence in hard rock and a trailblazer for tone

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