FIRST TIME REACTING TO | MOUNTAIN "MISSISSIPPI QUEEN" REACTION

[@pilesovinyl]

One of the best rocker anthems of ALL TIME! RIP Leslie West (guitar and vocals).

[@cedardog764]

Shame they aren't in the RNR Hall of Fame

[@bert0522]

And Felix Pappallardi. Jim

[@robmartin2860]

Amen

[@shwicaz]

"We really don't need the lyrics...cuz the music is musicing..." Truer words were never spoken. Glad you enjoyed.

[@Mark-iv7np]

Singer and one of the greatest guitarists ever Leslie West killed it, knocked it out of the park.1970 was a great yr for me especially the music. Actually not many radio stations played this saw it as too extreme. Glad had the Moxy to do so. Loved it then still do.

[@ryanlinton2663]

You ❤nailed it!😂❤

[@cornbread12987]

Indeed

[@donsavignano4396]

Leslie Weinstein aka Leslie West was one of a kind. Back in the day he weighed over 400 pounds. He loved his burgers. Later in life he was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes and lost his right leg above the knee. In 2020 Leslie had a heart attack went into a coma and died. He was 75. R I P. Leslie you will be missed but never forgotten 🙏

[@masonthelevel]

First off, Britt... I love you and your channel: instant subscriber! Also, I am a recent devotee to Mountain and Leslie West - he won me over immediately as I see he has won you over as well... When you said, "He's feeling it! He's feeling it!" at about 2:40 in this video, that's the same feeling I got when I first saw this video... Does he shred his guitar or what!?!?!?! He's digging so hard for those notes I'm scared he's going to crack his teeth!... and this is to say nothing of his presence... LARGER THAN LIFE! You think when he walked into a room heads turned??? I strongly encourage you to check out the Woodstock footage of Mountain's performance of Beside The Sea; you'll love it GUARANTEED! ... and never a more humble guy than Leslie West. Check out some of his interviews and you'll love him even more. Wish he was still playing - RIP and taken from us too soon!

[@stevesauck7001]

As a 63 year old, these were the good old days for rock music!!! 🔥

[@pebblehilllane]

Leslie West, The Great Fatsby .... an incredible guitarist, vocalist and songwriter.

[@robertcoburn9374]

I loved Britt's reaction sooo much that I just had to laugh several times (in respect & joy for her diggin' it so much). I saw Mountain live at Hampton Roads Coliseum, in Virginia in December of 1973. I was so blown away by that incredibly profound sound and the image of Leslie West's large frame making that guitar look small and banging out those chords like he was chopping wood, that it was permanently edged in my mind as one of the 3 best rock concerts I'd ever seen. That growling bluesy voice belting out those lyrics was like nothing I'd ever heard before. His performance actually got me interested in listening to more traditional blues artists (Freddie King & Howlin' Wolf} and blues inspired rock like , Leon Russell, Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Eric Clapton, Rory Gallagher, Humble Pie, etc.

[@dagmar.6954]

This hard rock band has been around since the late 60's-70's. They performed at "Woodstock". "Mississippi Queen" is their most famous song using extensive cowbell sounds. Some other songs were "Long Red", "Never In My Life", "To My Friend", "Crossroader", "Nantucket Sleighride" etc.

[@craigplatel813]

For early Leslie go find some vagrants music. First band Leslie was in from 64-66. Great stuff!

[@pawthecowboycorgi]

My master has that two album set TWIN PEAKS. Nantucket is the longest rock song ever recorded - took up both sides on 1 album

[@daveshep9400]

Leslie West is the King of Tone due to that awesome guitar sound he developed. He is not a one hit wonder and many guitarist note him as an influence. But yet the Rock Hall of Fame continues their snub. RIP Leslie and Felix. Go Corky!

[@JohnWarner-lu8rq]

In 1970 out band, Storm, opened up for Mountain at Miami University. This is one of the songs they played. Felix, the Bass player was at the time a talent scout for Atlantic-Atco records. He was to come back and sign our band after that tour, but our singer was killed in a bad drug deal. We were so close, and never got that close to a contract again. Both great, and sad, memories.

[@normankennith7919]

mountain at their peak!!!

[@woodzeppelin3241]

That was my reaction too 40 something years ago. Still is. Thanks for playing!

[@stevetreloar3129]

RIP Leslie West

[@originalhgc]

A mountain of a man.

[@cedardog764]

And Felix..........died way too young - 45 yo.

[@kentinatl]

In my opinion Leslie west is the most underrated major guitarist ever...i am 65 and listened to him since 1971,a giant in more than size.

[@MusicHandsAbrupt]

I’m 44, and a former Mississipian. When I was 3 or 4 years old I was playing this on the stereo at home. I still play it on a jukebox when I see one. Thanks for the great video!!

[@twwtjohns]

That was Leslie West singing and playing guitar. I still remember when that song came out in 1970 and got a lot of play on FM radio stations. Sadly Leslie passed away in 2020 just before Christmas, he was 75.

[@827dusty]

The great Leslie West. We just lost him recently. What a huge influence on Rock music for over 60 years. He could play that guitar so darn well.

[@edcastillo9342]

The legendary Leslie West on guitar and lead vocals here. RIP.....

[@pacalvotan3380]

That has to be one of the most iconic rock songs of all time. Every garage band and their dogs were playing this tune after it was released.

[@robertaxel]

'The music is doing what needs to be done' - perfect....

[@Mr.56Goldtop]

Mississippi Queen is most definitely a rock anthem! And is still popular today.

[@42Mrgreenman]

Damn, Mountain is SO underrated...I actually learned about them from my hippie mom. That voice, guitar, and drums are so down-and-dirty!

[@chadwhitfield6946]

This is the American answer to Cream.

[@buzzbomb67]

This album, Climbing, is just a true forgotten classic. Such goodness! Three kickass rockers in Mississippi Queen, Sittin’ On A Rainbow, and Never In My Life, plus the epic, Theme For An Imaginary Western. Add in For Yasgur’s Farm (an ode to Woodstock), Silver Paper, To My Friend, The Laird and Boys In The Band …man, good stuff!

[@lawrencesansone4451]

Everything about Leslie West was big gigantic and grand his vioce his guitar and Leslie himself

[@richclaptonfanwatson7878]

great choice ,great reaction ! ty

[@Dman216]

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[@boerplaas388]

Awesome that you’re so into this music. I grew up with this in South Africa

[@pawthecowboycorgi]

My master has that two album set TWIN PEAKS. Nantucket Sleigh Ride is the longest rock song ever recorded - took up both sides on 1 album

[@stevenphillips6127]

I don't think that band ever used a fog machine. Everybody there was high as hell. 😂

[@bpwarrior53]

Rock In Peace Leslie and Felix

[@5after4am]

Cowbell. You lift a kettle bell, you smash a cowbell.

[@CajunMomma]

This song was / is in every single jukebox in bars, bowling alleys in Louisiana. Locals truly love the homage to us Cajun Queens ❤ just a gritty classic

[@thisclthing1780]

Gritty classic.. apropos.

[@jgunther3398]

every other state too!

[@GidDree]

Best Stop Boudin and Dons mais yas sha avect le Couchon de lait !

[@CajunMomma]

@@GidDree is that the one north of cankton/Scott exit? That’s a stop we make every time we pass that way ! Everyone needs to try that boudin !

[@GidDree]

@CajunMomma Yes and Don's near the Harley place on that same exit off I-10 on the other side!

[@cedardog764]

I was getting tired (bored) of reaction YT drops;;;;;;;; then Britt cam along with her channel. You bring new enthusiasm to reactions. Thanks. Mountain was a great, out of the box choice.

[@mauriceholder1386]

Sadly the great Leslie West has passed away.

[@hermiasvisser812]

One of my most favourite bands and bass and drums, and Leslie West❤

[@geoffreymarston5948]

Mountain was one of our groups we used for road music during college years !

[@adamc1966]

I love it when her eyes light up when she sees the Fro !!🤩

[@artbagley1406]

Felix (bassist) was giving it a go, just didn't have the right hair texture to bring it off.

[@worblyhead996]

I didn't get to catch the original lineup back in the day, but I did get to see Corky Laing (the drummer) and Leslie West (guitarist) at the Bull Run in Central Massachusetts back late 90's early 2000's time period. Pretty darn good show and Leslie's tone was still on point. The song Nantucket Sleighride (actually the whole album) is worthy of reacting to for sure.

[@robertkern9911]

My uncle used to play with him in a band called the Vagrants prior to this

[@d.malman3357]

R.I.P Lesley West, one of the greatest guitar players....

[@jonnno243]

Hey Britt, i was born in the 50s, and here, you are introducing me to such COOL ! ty Britt

[@josephsiano5447]

Awesome Britt. Yes the drummer is on another planet.. Big. Voice for sUre!!

[@Nonconformistwilderbeastman]

I Jam that Leslie West really kicks it on is "Whole lotta Shakin goin on " and also " Satisfaction off the Avalanche album that whole album cranks it big time,I delivered catalog cards to JCPenney in Vicksburg Mississippi from Memphis, Tennessee with this song on my mind hoping to pick up and deliver to my own Mississippi Queen, Oh by the way are you from Mississippi 😘😊

[@bobsharleygarage4057]

Love watching you enjoy this jam.

[@artmasotes7539]

I owned this album in 1971 and it almost got me killed. I was 19 yo and was in my last year of prep school. I was living in a dorm and the football coach and family lived above us. I came home after school and forgot he lived there and put on Mississippi Queen on volume 10. About 2 minutes later, he burst into my room screaming to turn it off that it woke up his baby. From the look on his face and in his eyes, I thought I was dead. Luckily, he just turned around and walked out as I turned off the record player. I have loved this song all my life.

[@edwardrutledge2765]

Mountain had a huge hit with Theme For An Imaginary Western, a song written by Jack Bruce. Jack of course was the bassist joining Eric Clapton lead guitar, and Ginger Baker drums in the legendary trio Cream. All this great music before you were a twinkling in dads eyes.

[@j348011]

One of my favorites!!! He put some STANK ON IT!!! I grew up, listening to this..... Black girl HERE, who was adopted by hippies in the 70s, I'm glad you're hearing this.

[@Hobodeluxe960]

Used to love playing this one. As a drummer I love starting out with a cowbell. :) It just sets the tone.

[@thisclthing1780]

Can remember as a kid.. my Dad taking me to a store to buy this cassette!! Cassette w mountain.. circa 1971 or 1972.

[@jimponton693]

Never met anyone who wasn't immediately grabbed by this song.

[@Yowza78]

You understood this song on a cellular level. Thank you!

[@harveydilworth7140]

I was 16 years old what to see this band expecting to see a thin man on guitar and what I saw was a mountain of a man play the great guitar but had a voice that came from the bottom of his soul what a surprise

[@swanee22]

Haha...you are freaking adorable...I saw Leslie West with Jack Bruce (world's greatest bassist) at the Palladium back in about 1971 0r so...just great, so so good.

[@jerrypost9651]

Another wonderful reaction, Britt. You bring so much sprit to your role. Great, great to have you among the many reactors on KZbin. ♥️👍✌️

[@mikeconway9849]

Mountain! Wow, the memories. Great reaction Britt.

[@friendlywoodworks441]

Legends usually get attention after they're gone...Leslie is a legend.

[@kellyfindley1485]

These people were not about clothes or glamour they were about the music

[@weshilton6862]

I saw Mountain with Triumph in Indianapolis in the 80s while I was stationed at Grissom AFB. It was one of the greatest shows I ever saw because both bands had three members with the guitar player singing.

[@johnniekight1879]

Leslie West's first album was called Mountain but after that the band took the name. Saw them at Woodstock.

[@laurencejames7948]

The man in pink pants is Felix Pappalardi who wrote, arranged and produced Creams second album Disraeli Gears. Leslie west was a genius and after mountain made a few other albums with other musicians like Jack Bruce and Corky Laing but poor health due to a heavy heroin addiction cut his career short

[@edvinlaine]

Corky Laing on drums is still drumming strong. Just released Finnish Tapes 2022 with a local bluesrock lady Maria H.

[@davidemmanuelrocha6938]

what a voice...three members don't need anything else...congratulations....

[@GregoryFernicola]

Thanks britt for the funny reaction of mountain Mississippi queen and his ginormous afro.lol they are awsome.god bless.peace

[@SunnymunnyHunnybunny]

'Am I late to the party?' Well, let's see. Pappalardi was murdered by his wife, and West was killed by Ben and Jerry, so I'd say that's a definitive 'yes'.

[@joelhodge7914]

First time I heard this was in the movie theater, Steve McQueen, Vanishing Point. Archetypal somg, band, actor and movie. Nothing makes me feel like Im wearing my old, purple bell bottom corderoys amd a Hang Ten T shirt, and chuck taylors

[@ronaldelliott4373]

Try the album version. Your observation about Leslie’s voice is spot on, and the studio recording captures all the energy of both his vocal performance and Les Paul through a Marshall sound. Would love to see you react to the album cuts of Nantucket Sleigh Ride, and Theme From An Imaginary Western. Two high points in the Mountain catalog.

[@theoneandonlyfalafel]

it was sunn tho

[@ronaldelliott4373]

@@theoneandonlyfalafel Was it recorded through a Sunn? I’ve seen him live numerous times back in the day and it was Marshall all day long. Seems like every band I played in, in the early and mid seventies had a bassist and a few guitarists using those Fender line cabs and amps. They actually sounded quite nice. As a drummer, I blew my ears out with EV 18’s and horn cabs used as monitors on each side of me. (There’s a photo of Ted Nugents’ drummer on stage with the same setup.) I have no idea what we were thinking back then, but it had little to do with our health. 👈😉 Good stuff, thanks for the correction. Regards

[@theoneandonlyfalafel]

he enjoyed the sound of the sunn on that specific track. he def was a marshall purist though.@@ronaldelliott4373

[@Xx-xd3zo]

@@ronaldelliott4373 - Yeah, the studio version is a Sunn with KT88's. That's what showed up there...

[@ronaldelliott4373]

@@Xx-xd3zo Yep, Sunn equipment. Now that brings back some memories of some good times. Not surprised. 🤔🍻

[@davidnettles4734]

Chris Stapleton needs to cover this

[@JaquelineGoodspeed]

One of my favorite reactors. Our party is still going. Rockin 50 year Olds. Hello

[@johnfoster2592]

My favorite rock tune! I want it played at my funeral as my last goodbye.

[@brucematzen4678]

The Great Fatsby. They still gimme the chills! All these years later.

[@99cachorro]

Leslie West was a Force Of Nature! Everything he did was gold!

[@sjd5750]

Born Leslie Abel Weinstein, who changed his name to West after his parent's divorced....A Jewish kid from Long Island laying down some heavy rocking Delta blues...People are always surprised to learn that Mountain was a NY based band.

[@larsblankenfjell9814]

One of the best Jam ever, Im old enough to know when I bought the Flowers of Evil, when it was new

[@richardfordham931]

They even sound like a mountain. For teenage boys learning to play guitar in the late 70s and early 80s, this was one of the songs we'd try to learn.

[@jeanine9391]

I love songs from my childhood. Mountain, Outlaws, Marshall Tucker, Blackfoot etc. Turn it all the way up, until the folks get home. Then dad would make us ‘turn that screamin hippie sh!t off’! Lol. Good stuff. 😊

[@ericfredenburgh4577]

This is my favorite video on this channel so far !

[@charlesalexanderhewison7817]

I would LOVE to see Brittney play a guitar and pull those faces that she does while shes in the zone !!

[@iahelcathartesaura3887]

You're going to be one of my favorite reactors now after watching reactors for years 🙂👍 Glad to find you, subscribed!

[@mikelundquist4596]

We lost Leslie West at the end of 2020. RIP. I was lucky enough to see this band in the 70s, I think it was opening for BTO. Great show.

[@williamdalzell1553]

I saw Leslie West, the lead, live at the now gone Capitol Theater in Passaic NJ in 1976. He led off with this and ended with a 15 minute rendering of House of the Rising Sun. He was the second billing that night. The main act was Lynyrd Skynyrd.

[@mikemurphy1700]

Legend has it that Corky Lang, the drummer, went through 30 pairs of drumsticks over the course of a full concert....if you like this kinda stuff may I suggest Inside Looking Out done live by Grand Funk Railroad ....most excellent !!!!

[@michaellennon9427]

Two incredible bands NOT in the dirt bag Hall of Fame sadly 😢 Mountain and Grand Funk Railroad.

[@johngrant5936]

That was my surf music. I had the Album, Flowers of evil.

[@OceanusHelios]

Raunchy sound that burns into your brain and gets stuck there for life, and you'll love how it jus' stank in your brain case forever.

[@SamuelGirard-p1m]

An absolute banger of a song! Mountain was good band and most folks are suprised they're from Long Island, NY. This embodied a real soulful southern rock vibe! They captured it!

[@gregmarshall487]

But even more....Britt gets it!!!! Kudos!!!

[@blainenodes8182]

I had same reaction you did ,1st x heard album on 1970,thanks for giving mountain 🏔️ a listen/ review...🎶👍

[@jimbusby8298]

One the most covered songs 🎵 🎶 in my opinion... good stuff 👏

[@caroljshepherd3848]

Well that blew me hair straight back! Yeah, baby! ❤

[@L4rceny]

The ending with the crowd just golf clapping reminds of the johnny b. good scene in back to the future. Cant help but bust out laughing everytime i see it.

[@robertprice6830]

That was done in a small TV studio in P.A. spectators were told to behave.

[@markbranson3723]

That was badass! I know Leslie West was one of Randy Rhoads' favorite guitar players. You should react to Ozzy Osbournes Mr. Crowley live with Randy Rhoads. Pretty amazing

[@stevepomeroy-rockin-pa-realtor]

I'm a huge fan of your Elvis Preskey reactions -- and now this!? Leslie West is one of the greatest rock guitarists and blues hard rock vocalists of them all!

[@riksplace]

Saw them in the mid to late 70's.............raw rock

[@hpb5495]

Yes! I saw them play this live all those years ago. Made loud to be played loud!

[@craker213]

LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS

[@PhilPastor]

Great reaction, Britt. Leslie West was a "Mountain" of a man, and he could play the guitar, and had a great voice! RIP Leslie.

[@robinbolton6064]

Oh maaan the Scat’n at the end just blew me away! That ….was…. 🔥

[@Asherfonseca]

Soooooo glad you love this as I bop!!!!....while I write.

[@jonathanlocke6404]

I always like to imagine how loud this was in that t.v. studio...

[@vicprovost2561]

Leslie West and Mountain are dope, this is just the tip of the iceberg, try Nantucket Sleighride sometime, it is a studio classic but takes on a life of it's own in concert, it often went 10 to 30 minutes depending on what they were feeling. Awesome band, I saw Mountain at least 10 times and Leslie solo almost as much. Always a great show, he never mailed in. Enjoy! 🎵🎸🎤🎶