Leslie West has Passed On

Very sad...and just before Christmas. R.I.P.

Off on the final Nantucket Sleighride.
R.I.P. Big Man

Another one gone. Rest in peace my friend.

R.I.P. Leslie

So sad to learn of this! Leslie West - one of the BEST! 

First time I saw Leslie, he was onstage in the band The Vagrants, wearing a fishnet cape adorned with feathers (?!). I think as the opening act for The Jeff Beck Group at the original Fillmore Auditorium (Fall of '68). Leslie was playing a Les Paul Jr., which on him looked like a mandolin or ukulele ;-) .

One of my favorite concerts West, Bruce and Laing in Boston Ma just a killer show.
R.I P. 

RIP Leslie. You were one of a kind.

Yes Leslie was a Queens boy.The Vagrants played at Mather Christi HS my friends went there and it was a great show.I remember seeing Mountain at the big Randall's Island Show they played on a Sunday night to close out the Show...They were fantastic, Van Morrison, Rhinoceros also played.Last time I saw him was at the Paramount in Huntington  NY it was sad seeing him in a wheelchair and missing a leg...RIP Lesile