hillbillyvol (July 24, 2008 at 2:33 pm)

Oooooh! Now that is nice. He looks abit like Vladimir Harkonnen with the black leather coat.

ciezon (July 23, 2008 at 5:42 am)

He's the best! Don lesley Rickle West. My !@#$ing hero!!

depper (July 14, 2008 at 5:32 am)

Very true. Hendrix had a great deal of respect for Leslie. His affinity for West and his playing style is fairly well documented. Funny that Clapton was the only bona fide legend that was so close to West (they shared BOTH Felix Pappalardi AND Jack Bruce) that never as much as mentioned West's name in public. I think the world is missing one great Blues/Rock N Roll album. A Clapton/West collaboration would have been a Mountain of a hit, pun intended...

kaihelalahai (July 14, 2008 at 12:28 am)

I agree, clapton's vibrato is crap compared to Leslie. About Clapton's "technique;" he always sounds like he copies BB King too much. I love clapton only when he's not playing traditional style blues. When he does, he sounds like an imitation. Sadly, many players copy him so you hear a copy of a copy in todays guitarists inspired by clapton. Leslie has more of an original, sweet tone and that's why Hendrix made it a point to see Mountain whenever he could.

bassplayer38 (July 13, 2008 at 10:13 pm)

his name is derek holt and he played guitar and keyboards and was a founding member of the climax blues band..They played with skynard among others over the years...lots of their songs on youtube.....

bassplayer38 (July 13, 2008 at 9:26 pm)

what a fantastic clip,,stunning version of this song..used to have the video of the nite of the guitars concert many moons ago..havnt heard this in so long..thank you so much P6x for posting!!!

guitarman2233 (July 13, 2008 at 5:44 pm)

i saw him i massachusetts last year 2007, oh it was amazing! got to meet him commented on his tone and he was very happy he gave me a free $26 poster that he sighed and my one of my guitars and for the last he shook my hand! it was just amazing! when he comes back im going to bring my old poster that he sighed and have him sign it again for concert #2, live on leslie!!!!!

manwithfinger (July 13, 2008 at 2:21 am)

i was lucky enough to see mountain in the original configuration on two occasions in the early 70's. Felix was a wonderful part of that partnership. Leslie just floored me. Corky made a dent as well.

Finallybenunderstood (July 10, 2008 at 3:57 pm)

p6x:Heartbreakingly beautiful. Lesley's Twin Peaks partner passed away 3/16/07, the day before you posted this...it was Saint Patt's Day when this was posted and yes, he was doing clown antics from the next dimension... I find it so Mr. S to inspire you to post this that day... thank you ! I love you Mr. S, my partner,love, and friend, wherever the hell you're hanging out, today....CCS

depper (July 10, 2008 at 6:26 am)

However Leslie was playing in the early 60's... is what I MEANT to type! :)