Rock icon Leslie West, guitarist and co-founder of the band Mountain best known for the band's hit "Mississippi Queen," died on Wednesday at the age of 75, CBS News has confirmed. West had gone into ...

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Guitarist Leslie West, credited for the hit "Mississippi Queen" and for inspiring new generations of hard-rock guitarists, has died. He was 75. "The iconic guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and ...

Who’s the greatest guitarist on the planet? On the face of it, that question’s a no-brainer. It’s Jimi Hendrix. No, wait, it's Eddie Van Halen. Or maybe it's Eric Clapton - he was "God", after all. Or ...

Leslie West, the singer and guitarist for the hard rock band Mountain, whose fame was cemented by a performance at Woodstock, died Tuesday, according to his brother, Larry West Weinstein. He was 75.

Slash, Zakk Wylde, Yngwie Malmsteen, Marty Friedman and several other guitar heroes will be featured on the upcoming album Legacy: A Tribute to Leslie West, in honor of the late Mountain guitarist.

Dee Snider has covered "Theme for an Imaginary Western" for the upcoming star-studded Leslie West tribute album. The tribute album also features such musicians as Slash, Zakk Wylde and more saluting ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock guitarist Leslie West, who rose to fame in the '70s power trio Mountain, has had his lower right leg amputated in a life-saving operation related to his diabetes, his wife ...

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) — Leslie West, guitarist for the rock group Mountain and a 65-year-old diabetic, is recovering after his lower right leg was amputated. The amputation Monday was needed to stop a ...

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