View basket “L.A. Blues Authority” has been added to your basket. Unusual Suspects Leslie West SKU: PRD73351 Barcode: 8712725733515 14.00 £14.00 Genre: Blues Label: Provogue Released Date: 3rd October 2011 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Features special guests: Joe Bonamassa, Zakk Wylde, Slash, Billy Gibbons, Steve Lukather. Nobody sounds like rock ‘n’ roll legend Leslie West. Absolutely nobody. West has been in command of one of the biggest, boldest electric guitar tones known to man or beast from 1969’s Woodstock festival, which introduced his group Mountain to the pages of music history, through his riveting new album ‘Unusual Suspects’. His voice is even more recognizable – a powerful mix of honey and gravel that falls somewhere between Otis Redding and King Kong. At age 65, West stands entirely undiminished on ‘Unusual Suspects’, a proud mix of boogies, blues, rockers and ballads that puts his song writing skills at the fore in tunes like the hard rocking ‘Mississippi Queen’ flashback ‘Mudflap Mama’ and the sweet, soulful love song ‘You and Me’. West’s title for the album was inspired by his handpicked roster of A-list six-string co-stars, which includes ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Slash, ex-Ozzy Osbourne foil Zakk Wylde, blues-rock firebrand Joe Bonamassa and LA session giant and Toto leader Steve Lukather. The other distinguished guest is drummer Kenny Aronoff, whose powerhouse style has made him a first-call accomplice for John Fogerty, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson, Rod Stewart and many others. “These guys don’t show up to play on everybody’s albums,” West declares. “They’re all stars in their own right, and fantastic players – every one with their own sound and style, and about as far from ‘the usual suspects’ as it gets.” They also have deep musical and personal connections to West. He and Mascot/Provogue labelmate Lukather, who adds acoustic guitar to the piano-based boogie ‘One More Drink For The Road’, have been friends for decades. As for Gibbons, he and West met during ZZ Top’s first major tour, when Gibbons’ band got its big break opening for Mountain. Slash – of Velvet Revolver, Snakepit and Guns N’ Roses fame – has cited West as an influence on his own brawny playing. Ditto for Wylde, who affectionately refers to West as ‘Dad’. Bonamassa was so moved by West’s earlier recording of Willie Dixon and Eddie Boyd’s blues standard ‘Third Degree’ from a West, Bruce and Lang album that he requested they cut it again for ‘Unusual Suspects’. The album was named ‘Unusual Suspects’ because very rarely do you get an assemblage of this pedigree of players on one album. West’s legacy as a musician was built by injecting rocket-fueled guitar into classic Mountain performances like ‘Mississippi Queen’ and the epics ‘Nantucket Sleighride’ and ‘Theme From An Imaginary Western’ – all still part of his live concerts. Several of his new songs, including Unusual Suspects’ opener ‘One More Drink For The Road’ and ‘Legend’, were written by West’s long time friend and former classmate Joe Pizza. “As far as my voice goes, when I open my mouth, that’s want comes out – period. Plus, I’ve always loved the great soul and blues singers, so that’s instinctively how I got my phrasing,” he explains. The recent amputation of his right leg above the knee has not stopped Leslie’s drive to release this album. Artist Leslie West Genre Blues Label Provogue Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1 One More Drink For The Road 2 Mud Flap Momma 3 To The Moon 4 Standing On Higher Ground 5 Third Degree 6 Legend 7 Nothin’s Changed 8 I Feel Fine 9 Love You Forever 10 My Gravity 11 The Party’s Over 12 I Don’t Know (The Beetlejuice Song) Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Leslie West View Product Quick View Leslie West Still Climbing Blues | Provogue | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th March 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Leslie West Still Climbing £20.00 Genre: Blues Label: Provogue SKU: PRD740512 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 11th March 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Leslie West Soundcheck Blues | Provogue | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 11th March 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Leslie West Soundcheck £20.00 Genre: Blues Label: Provogue SKU: PRD746412 Formats: 1LP, Coloured 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