The BiZARRE MURDER of MOUNTAIN BASSIST FELIX PAPPALARDI

the bizarre murder of Felix Pappalardi
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Felix Pappalardi’s career would flourish in the 1960’s and 70’s. While the name may not be instantly recognizable, he was instrumental in the success of big named musicians with Guitar Player magazine referring to him as a Giant among Giants. He would produce and write music for the band Cream before joining the group Mountain as their bass player and was co-lead vocalist. But by the 80’s his career and personal life were in a freefall. Couple that with drugs, infidelity, and guns and well you get a pretty devastating result. Not just that, but what happened to his killer is pretty shocking. That’s what we’re going to explore in today’s video.
Let me know in the comments section your thoughts on today’s story.
Born in 1939 in the Bronx to a father who was a doctor, Felix Pappalardi would study piano and violin and soon enough could play virtually any instrument. He would eventually move to Ann Arbor to study music at the University of Michigan. Despite being a good student, he dropped out of school and hit the road playing with bands before joining the folk scene in new york.it was here he met his wife and musician and poet Gail Collins
By the 60’s Pappalardi soon started working as a songwriter before producing albums for the likes of Joan Baez and the Youngbloods. Then in 1967 he began working with supergroup Cream, the british blues band featuring Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce & Ginger Baker. The band was working on their second record Disraeli Gears. Pappalardi would be enlisted to produce the record, but he would also co-write a few songs with the members and how wife, including the tracks Strange Brew & World of Pain
He would continue to work with Creamon their two subsequent records Wheels of Fire and Goodbye. It was by the late 60’s Pappalardi would befriend and work with guitarist Leslie West who had played in the band the Vagrants before forming the band Mountain. Initially Pappalardi was going to produce Mountain, but they didn’t have a bass player at the time so he joined the group and performed with them most notably appearing the original incarnation of woodstock. West would reveal about Pappalardi to an interviewer "I couldn't believe how talented Felix was musically," "I knew nothing... I learned a lot of what not to do because of him, and I learned a lot of what to do because of him."
But his time in Mountain would be short-lived. He co-write a number of their songs including Mississippi Queen and his wife was credited with writing a handful of songs too. She even designed several of their album covers., Mountain would continue on until 1974 and Pappalardi got back into production work, and the timing seemed perfect considering he was dealing with hearing issues. But by the late 70’s his career wasn’t as hot as it was a decade prior and he soon found himself doing copious amounts of drugs with his wife while also having an open relationship with her.
Mountain drummer Corky Laing would talk to Classic Rock Magazine in 2021 about Felix and Gail’s relationship
When Mountain started out,Felix and Gail were a brilliant, creative team. But Gail got in big trouble with drugs. Gradually, people in the business who knew them knew she was a witch. She was very talented, very smart, but evil. Gail claimed she loved Felix, but they were always fighting. Felix was not a big guy, and Gail would beat the shit out of him. Other times they’d get high, and shoot at the walls in their house.”West would add One night when they were sitting in the living room,” West added, “they heard a continuous buzzing noise coming from inside the walls. Felix was probably high, so he started shooting at the walls from his chair. Turns out that the contractors on the house had stuffed hornets’ nests between the walls after Gail refused to pay a bill. So Felix was trying to shoot hornets.”
It was in 1982 Felix had fallen in love with a singer named Valerie Merians who was 27 and that casual relationship soon turned into something more. Gail soon found out and according to the new york daily news called her inlaws in December of 1982 telling them her marriagewas on the brink of collapsing.
Corky Laing would tell classic rock magazine In the fall of 1982 Felix wanted to re-form Mountain, and he tried to get me to

[@rnrtruestories]

do you buy his wife's explanation?

[@if6turnedouttobe9]

Not for one minute...She got away with murder...

[@douggreen639]

Definitely not! You should do some videos for the 54th anniversary of Woodstock this week.

[@leightnite3056]

No F'n way

[@storytimespectacular]

Nope 👎

[@yvettevitacaponigro]

No!! 🤘🏻😔🥀

[@rogermansour6085]

I was the drummer for the Vagrants and he also produced some songs for us.Besides the sea a really great song . Leslie replaced me with Corky Laing and he did a real good job with Mountain and lasted about 40 years. I never could of lasted that long. I went on to play with The third World on RCA and later the American Squeeze. In 1982 I became a Born Again Christian and eventually a missionary to Haiti where I'm still serving,helping the poor Evangelist Roger Mansour

[@TJ-id6ee]

Awesome, thank you for sharing!

[@wahatoya8532]

Great story. Although I have deconstructed from Christianity.

[@rambleon1417]

You should write about your experiences. I suspect your memoirs would make interesting reading.

[@musabrooks5584]

Thank you.

[@serrielu8025]

This is as exactly why KZbin can be fantastic. Interesting ❤

[@derekjf4311]

Props to whoever requested this. I am a big fan of Mountain and Felix never gets the credit he deserves in the mainstream.

[@rnrtruestories]

Yeah big thanks to whoever requested this one

[@CharlesPeck-um1qw]

Yeah cause all they talk about is Leslie west. He was a great guitar player but Felix was just as great. He deserves way more credit than he gets that for sure.

[@robertbeatty1633]

I love Mountain. I actually discovered them in my local library in a stack of used albums. Great rock n roll.

[@larrygoerke9081]

GOD led you to that "stack of used albums," Bro. What a cool was to find them - on your own through a random "lucky find"!@@robertbeatty1633

[@nathandodge665]

Not true.he got plenty of credit

[@BritIronRebel]

I recall Felix being such a great talent, but I had never heard about him being murdered. Appreciate being informed.

[@muffs55mercury61]

40 years ago already.

[@BritIronRebel]

@@muffs55mercury61 Wow! How time flies! Seems like yesterday I was spinning a Mountain record....

[@luisbohorquez7096]

😊😊😊

[@luisbohorquez7096]

F 😊 red e

[@Demy1970]

I remember the news when he died, crazy

[@jeffsilverman6104]

Felix was a monster bassist and genius producer, as evidenced by a lot of Cream's music.

[@ericaward702]

Also Cozy Powell’s BEDLAM

[@apro109]

100%, brother. Little discussed is that he produced that stone classic 1969 single, "Get Together" by the Youngbloods. And may I add, Felix was an angelic vocalist. I'll point to the track, "Nantucket Sleighride" on the eponymous album for just one example. What a talent.

[@briankorbelik2873]

The very first concert that I attended was Mountain, that would have been in 1974. They were fantastic to see live, and their musicianship was excellent. At that time I had known that Felix Pappalardi had produced Cream,. What I just learned here, was how he died. He gave a lot towards the evolution of not only rock 'n roll, but to music in general as well.

[@windowgirl7300]

FELIX, as well as, JACK, and GINGER... were far more talented than Clapton!!

[@andrewSUN17]

totally agree@@windowgirl7300

[@mizzury54]

Your young audience may not have heard of him, but all of us 70's people know him well.

[@Maldoror200]

💀..@mizzury54..Yup !! Well said.., and, EVER Soo True ✌️😉..!!

[@johnfoster535]

...I met Felix when I was 15 when my friend and I snuck into a college gym during their afternoon sound check. He let me walk on the stage ,where I met and talked to every band member. Felix was very friendly and when I told him I was a drummer, he told me to listen to jazz drummer Max Roach. Corky was nice to me as well,explaining his two different size kick drums. About 4 years later, our group was asked to open for a well known rock group....Mountain ! Backstage I hoped they might remember me, but, alas...it was not to be !! Felix was superb...Nantucket Sleighride and Theme for an Imaginary Western are two great songs featuring his strong vocals and bass playing, while West played his best signature solos on guitar. They made great records....better than today's shallow offerings !

[@ronmexico1392]

Cool story. Nice to read bout good times

[@milld8234]

That's a great story. I was just sitting here playing my guitar. Was working on figuring out the solos for Mississippi Queen. I went out into the kitchen to grab my phone. This was the first video that popped up on KZbin. I didn't even search for Mountain.

[@whydotheathensrage]

Great bass line in Nantucket Sleighride

[@rickyrudd28texacohavolinef2]

Great rock n roll memories. I met & got autographs from Metallica when they opened for Ozzy Osborne way back in May of 1986. Cliff Burton was playing Bass. Like you said, my friends that were there with me, & I are the only ones that remember the meeting. I even got yelled @ by Lars. The full MetallicA experience! 🤣🎸

[@Maldoror200]

💀..WOW.., NICE !! Excellent Reminiscences..!!, THANK YOU for sharing Your awesome experiences..!!!

[@philbrown1474]

I would like to see a video on the life of Steppenwolf front man John Kay. It’s a story that deserves to be told. Escaping East Germany as a child just the start.

[@ureverlong]

I wouldn't mind seeing one on John Kay myself . I've been a fan of Steppenwolf since I was a teenager. In high school my friend and I found a Steppenwolf record in our class room. We were able to convince our teacher, Mrs. Bensen, to allow us to check out a record player from the library and let us play the record at the end of class, and during quiet/study time. Eventually someone brought in a Red Rider single Lunatic Fringe, and so the whole class got to enjoy some pretty good music for the remainder of the school year. In addition Mrs. Bensen's coolness factor went through the roof lol.

[@1thepner]

His bass player disappeared under mysterious circumstances, and was found dead in his van years later in a canyon. I think this disappearance happened in 1974.

[@kitkat914]

That was Iron Butterfly, Phil Kramer

[@HawklordLI]

There was no 'East Germany' when Kay and his mother escaped, it was still Nazi Germany and wasn't split up until after the war.

[@frankieecanales8827]

Absolutely! I was just discussing what an amazing Frontman and Vocalist he is and so under appreciated perhaps! A biography is very welcomed!

[@bobgray1226]

Wow thank you guy for this story... it's bothered me my whole life since learning my favorite bassist was murdered by his wife back in 83.... it's now 2023

[@raakaroki]

Felix Pappalardi was one of the all time greatest talents in rock music.

[@Fresh-tw7ev]

Very informative and very well done. The woman he ran with was bad news but such a relief she can no longer hurt anyone else. Such a sad ending to Felix’s life. RIP to this accomplished man.

[@larrygoerke9081]

In fact, she was so evil that at her death, she "directed her three cats be euthanized."

[@easyriderrider4580]

@@larrygoerke9081 Yeah, I was thinking about that, too. It takes a certain kind of person with a Pharoah mentality to want your pet with you in the Afterlife... But, it's even More So when your instructions are for "Pets" in the plural to be killed right along with you. Rip to both of thrm, though.

[@pgroove163]

he didn't have it together.

[@Maldoror200]

💀..Fresh-tw7ev..Truly regrettable end, unfortunately, a demise shared by many a worthy men.., All you Youngbloods cummin up, NEVER, EVER let the little head do the thinkin for the big head..A word to thee wise..!!!

[@user-mp8ii3ls9d]

Mountain was such a loud, vicious power trio. Heavy as hell. Thanks for the video.

[@rnrtruestories]

You’re welcome

[@1sttvbn]

They were a foursome

[@lfader]

Then West Bruce & Laing live it was cream wheels of fire type jamming Intense loud AF

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

They had keyboardist Steve knight .

[@richierugs6544]

saw Mountain from third row once and Leslie started to lose his balance with those wooden clogs he wore, and the very front rows started to scramble away hoping to avoid being crushed if he fell off the stage onto us--great show and extremely loud

[@daBEAGLE1017]

lol

[@franksullivan1873]

Lol

[@countdown2xstacy]

🤣🤣

[@daBEAGLE1017]

lol again for clogs.

[@richierugs6544]

that's what he wore when i saw him 3 times i think @@daBEAGLE1017

[@joustwave6541]

"Don't ever give your woman a gun." - Leslie West

[@littleshrimp6905]

Did he really said that?? Hahahaha

[@tonyvincent9753]

Felix did not drop out of college. He earned a master's degree in music and subsequently taught music at the college level before venturing to New York and immersing himself in the folk music scene.

[@jasonlynn1017]

Thank you. The soap opera version of course is what sells...

[@cadredeux1047]

Total lack of research. He went to University of Michigan and studied classical and I believed graduated. Iggy Pop years later went to the same school but did drop out.

[@tonyvincent9753]

@@cadredeux1047 Most people don't know this, but before he became a rock star, Felix was Dinah Shore's music director.

[@marktulk4225]

@@cadredeux1047 This ONE, minor error doesn't make the well- researched, informative video a "total lack of research". ** Iggy was considered a "Clown Act", by the "Detroit Audience", at the time. He is irrelevant to this, not surprising that he "FLUNKED- out" of U-M, so went to NY, where "Clowns sell", e.g. Ramones and "Punk"...

[@djquinn11]

I never knew he went to Michigan, my old University.

[@randykalish7558]

It was early 70s, walking through the Boulder Campus, and there's Mountain playing on risers between two of the older buildings, almost a private concert, I was riveted to the spot! It was strange, it was wonderful, large as life, unreal!

[@tomcooley3778]

I bet that was just killer . Luckily you !

[@stephenross4703]

Boulder in the 70s... the music, the magic, the mystique. Cherish that memory; I wish I could go back in time to that; I'm sure you do too....

[@tomcooley3778]

@@stephenross4703 Boulder seemed to change after they built the Pearl Street Mall.

[@traildoggy]

That was probably the Mary Rippon Theater where they also do summer Shakespeare. I saw Bonnie Raite there in the 80s.

[@randykalish7558]

Well, it was a very unlikely place for a very unlikely band at a very unlikely time of day, but quite likely you're right, I just hadn't noticed risers there before. If Rod Serling had tapped me saying: You are in the Twilight Zone, it would have explained everything. A pinch to make me know it was real was that a few days later I saw an article in a campus paper about how Mountain had played without having obtained clearance or permission to play there, which seemed like some kind of final victory to me. I don't recall the article drawing any conclusion except that someone got sore and didn't even get anything out of that! Anyway, I cherish the memory more, now 🎵

[@mchrome3366]

One of my favorite bands in my first years of discovering rock and roll. They were magical along with so many others. Thanks, I never knew about this tragedy.

[@velvetbees]

The fact she had her cats euthanized and buried with her tells me all I need to know about her. Unless they were old and in terrible pain and needed to be euthanized. They had a better chance in a shelter if they didn't.

[@susanplank1976]

I scrolled looking for someone to mention this, it is so sick!- Was it gone through with? Euthanizing would be the same as murder in that circumstance.

[@sherrybirchall8677]

Yes, I was thinking the same thing. She, clearly is a classic narcissist sociopath to leave instructions that her cats be euthanized, rather than finding homes for them in advance of taking her own life.

[@mfrost228]

Yea I was hoping I misheard that at the end, very fucked up that a vet would even go along with such instructions. But I guess it depends on the time and place, still what a piece of shit this woman was, glad she didn’t have kids or they would have been thrown on the pyre too lol.

[@jimrebr]

That’s sick, I am a proud cat lady & no matter what, I would never want my cats euthanized because I tried to commit suicide. Total sicko.

[@natemendsen1629]

Hate to defend this, but if she was as reclusive as it seems by this point , what else was she going to do? Those cats were as good as dead once she was gone .

[@windronner1]

Wow. Being such a mountain fan at such an early age. I’m dumbfounded I never knew this. Thanks. What a talent. What a loss.

[@teacup3133]

Felix had a beautiful voice.

[@makita883]

Another senseless loss of one of our greatest artists..!! RIP …. Felix 😊

[@markharrls81]

He graduated from the University of Michigan…I saw Mountain in Ann Arbor that concert was his master’s dissertation…

[@uofm75]

I saw that one too and he mentioned it. Hill Auditorium, right?

[@RoryLynott]

Pappalardi. A total beast of a musician. Huge Mountain fan, all of em.

[@davidsigalow7349]

By some strange coincidence, I was at Hard Rock Casino in Tampa last week, and saw one of Felix Papalardi's Nehru jackets on display.

[@tonyspada2744]

Loved Felix and was hugely talented and a giant in the music biz ❤

[@bobthebear1246]

I know the story very well, and you still managed to provide information that I didn't know. Honestly, this is one of your top 10 videos ever. Absolutely excellent job. 👏🏻

[@markkiernan5454]

Felix is a well known name to me but I'm 66 so I was an avid music fan in my early teens through today. I always considered him to be a star.

[@ub1953]

Met and smoked pot with Felix before an outdoor Mountain concert in Central Park

[@erock.steady]

it was a good move to include yourself in the episodes. slowing your pace was also a strong move, i enjoy these much more lately.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks I like it too plus it makes editing a little easier and makes it a little more personal

[@terrapinflyer273]

I agree. Very easy to follow and retain the information with how things are set. 👍

[@nwerd7584]

Yeah I brought this up a few months ago, its really working.

[@firewalker1372]

Such an amazing band with a huge sound. Felix was a great bassist and Lesli was one hell of a guitar player, especially for a bigger guy.

[@fjborg6978]

What does being a "bigger guy" have to do with talent?

[@marktulk4225]

@@fjborg6978 Most "bigger guys", his size, spend more time and attention eating than studying and practicing music - that's what.

[@pgroove163]

big guys can play also😂

[@meself349]

​​@@pgroove163naaaa.....how can you say that? John Popper. Popa Chubby, Mama Cass Elliot, Gnarls Barkley, Kingfish... and a whole bunch I'm sure I'm missing....all a little on the heavy side and all musical hacks. No talent whatsoever. And that Johann Sebastian Bach dude was very overweight....and we all know what a lousy musician/composer HE was 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rondipierro8677]

He got a lot of sound out of that Les Paul junior

[@MrReymoclif714]

Saw mountain in 1970-71 University of Vermont! Patrick Gymnasium! They were awesome!

[@briankeenan4901]

Great, right to the point video. I loved it. Thank you so much.

[@rnrtruestories]

You're welcome!

[@godfreecharlie]

This helps fill in a part of a time when I was fascinated, enthralled, with the band Cream. I was familiar with the trio, their music and previous bands.... except for this Pappalardi guy. Thank you, I'm now a little more knowledgeable about the mystery guy in Cream!

[@TJ-id6ee]

Me too, Cream is still top of my list.

[@Fafafohi]

I’m glad you’re showing your face more. Been a long time subscriber and you deserve to have YOU out there more.

[@rnrtruestories]

I appreciate that! More to come!

[@RED-cy7ig]

His murderer got only 2 years in prison. He could have accomplished so much more.

[@decimated550]

I went to a guns n' roses concert a couple days ago and just knowing everything that they've done to get the saucy subject matter for their decadent hit songs, you just realized that rock and roll is a incredibly self-destructive lifestyle. It leaves broken bodies, shattered health, blown, eardrums ruined marriages, drug addictions, overdoses suicides murders just in pursuit of that hit single

[@dougodyssey50]

Witches are extremely well connected. They usually get light sentences.

[@tonyyeatropoulos6829]

Loved this story!! I've have been a lifelong fan of Felix's, but never knew the details of what happened. Thanks for a great video!!!

[@JB-tr6nu]

He was a musical genius, very influential for power rock, saw them around 1970 I think but the opening band we never heard of, it was Black Sabbath their 1st American tour...It was an amazing show blew us all away..✌🏾❤️🎸

[@ddf235]

I was a big Mountain fan! Thanks for the story about Felix, I had an idea about what happened but without the details. Thanks!

[@Dave-lq2le]

Great story! Loved Mountain and Felix!!❤👍

[@mulemusic]

If you are a fan of Felix' work and writing, you owe it to yourself to check out a band he produced called BEDLAM. One studio album with some of the writing by Felix and Gail. MONSTER drumming by Cozy Powell. I saw the band play live and they were amazing! Some clips here on KZbin.

[@mrsplanetmaster9]

I grew up around Leslie Weinstein...a lot. Met him and an assortment of great rockers that came from our neighborhood, Forest Hills, Queens, NYC (Walter Becker, The Ramones, Art Garf, and Felix was a part of my awareness...quite a time experienced by all🎸🎹🎶

[@philipjones9458]

I never knew any of this. I remember him playing Swiss hand bells on a Cream album. I think he played an instrument called a Mellatron.

[@philbrown1474]

Great video on a very influential man that helped firm some of the best music of his era.

[@Dobie_Gillis]

That was outstanding! Now i have subscribed.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Great content as always

[@michaelkoszowski3716]

Love that fuzzy sounding bass felix laid down .

[@danielhickmott5800]

I recall listening to Mountain’s debut album 53 years ago. I still believe that recording of Mississippi Queen to be the Quintessential Rock song. Felix’s voice on Theme To An Imaginary West has haunted me ever since first hearing. 🤟🏼

[@davidstern3816]

I saw Mountain in concert at “Cowtown Ballroom” in Kansas City back in the early ‘70’s. If I remember correctly the venue was just a big room with a stage - no seats. Great show! Loved the band and it was super loud!

[@randysalles2292]

I saw mountain at the Old Waldorf in Frisco,about 84 , Leslie West told the crowd nearly the very same thing..... Felix was a Force of nature vocally and musically...

[@jameshigginbottom3314]

I worked at boarfing house 78...80..oingo boingo ..steve martin..tubes etc...great music...now its condos.

[@randysalles2292]

​@@jameshigginbottom3314...Hey james thats Cool! I saw The Richard Torrance band there as well as Robin Williams and the comedian Gallagher....many more I can't remember but loved that place, it was Small yet somewhat Victorian? Clearly from back in the early 1900s, and not a bad seat in the house, the Richard Torrance band was really good as well as every show that I saw there

[@TechnologyofFreedom]

Great job, thanks!

[@edgaraquino2324]

Good video, finally was able to get the story on what happened to Felix....So unfortunate, as he had so much to offer musically....apparently, she thought she had more to offer than he did....part of it might have been a woman scorned....very selfish of her to have her cats put down....she could have made sure they had a good home...that tells more about her nature vs. Felix than anything else could....then again, the alcohol & drug use of both did not help....& in her case, she apparently was a very bad person, if the contractors put those nests in the walls of the house....very sad all around....😢

[@guydegregg6869]

Always wondered what really happened with Sam Cook

[@sylvesterbestertester1013]

Both Look Leslie and Felix had a sound to the guitar and bass that was insanely powerful. And it was just simple equipment. Imo, i put Felix as a rock bassist right up there with JPJ and the OX in that era.

[@donofon1014]

I associated Felix with the early folk days in NYC. He seemed , like Leland Sklar, to be in the credits of half my LP;s. I am sure I saw him when he was touring with Richie Havens.

[@Sunviewer338]

Very good coverage of this story.

[@mnkyuncl]

Great story. Love the you have one of the classics displayed, Hammer of the Gods. Much respect.

[@glenkepic3208]

Great offering. Felix fan since the Cream days. The LW quote says it all.

[@pedenmk]

My first time here. Great episode. Thanks.......

[@c.k.185]

Two super talented people… they had so much going for them . Drugs and booze… the same ol’ story.

[@bass3966]

Thanks for this 🤟

[@May-ve6sr]

This still hits home Moutain was my first rock concert and I still listen to them each week. A few years back I found Flex's solo album in a record store. It's very prized possession.

[@tonimudse7206]

My first concert also. I'm 64yrs. now but will never forget that show in Miami.

[@antoniodalfonso]

thank you for this informative video... Such a loss.

[@michaelgriffith7033]

Love your retro KISS T-shirt!

[@rnrtruestories]

haha thanks. I have another one too.

[@douglaschristine8387]

Thanks for bringing this terrible story to the light. When I was a teenager I bought the Mountain album with Mississippi Queen and followed their musical journey for years until Felix was killed. Their were a couple of facts in your story that I didn't know of, 👍

[@rnrtruestories]

You’re welcome

[@linkedup7346]

good video, very informative...

[@danielfournier735]

My ! All time fav bassist. Along with Leslie West in mountain my fav all time rock band.i saw em twice at the Masonic Temple in Det mi around 1970 ;;1972. West ;; Bruce and lang played cobo hall in Detroit after Felix was dead. I couldn't bring myself to go. Thanks ! For the good job done with this video. Allot of memories. I also played bass during my teenage years in a few bands and into my 20;;s.

[@Miriboheme]

the fact that she wanted her cats murdered and their ashes mingled with hers when she died tells you all you need to know. she has no respect for life. she cares only for herself.

[@gavinjohnson8951]

Produced the Dead Boys 2nd album

[@user-mp8ii3ls9d]

Holy shit, that's crazy. True meeting of the minds. I wonder what kind of drugs they did together? Hahaha

[@robstimson4234]

Because of one song by Mountain [Nantucket Sleighride] Felix Pappalardi is in my top ten rock vocalists. Didn't know it got this fucked up.

[@timmotel5804]

Very interesting. I'm an old fan. Thanks and Best Regards.

[@jasonblake6815]

I remember seeing Mountain on The Woodstock Festival Bonus addition. Their bass player always gave me weird vibes so I’m not totally shocked that he had terrible judgement about relationships & gifts.

[@yolandajohnson8685]

very interesting, thank you.

[@cybergnosis244]

Mountain ❤️❤️❤️ were an early heavy metal band without even trying to be I remember hearing them in the 80s and thinking they were so heavy for an early seventies band I guess kids call that proto-metal nowadays

[@scottjackson163]

Loved the Flowers of Evil album, especially Dreams of Milk and Honey. I once had a dream that featured Felix Pappalardi. 😂

[@markrudolph7921]

yeah, i've still got that record on vinyl , i'll have to give it a spin , such a great record for sure, raw and heavy , great record.

[@johnhooton7403]

Flowers live & studio sides both awesome. Our 3 piece garage band would jam on the Dream sequence. We were big Mountain fans. And as a bass player Felix & Mel of Grand Funk were 2 of my biggest influences.

[@markrudolph7921]

didn't know about flowers live but the studio version just awesome, not overproduced or cluttered if you know what i mean just overall a really good record . some records just stand out that way and this is one of them.

[@RDnAC]

Felix created Mountain after the Cream prototype when Cream disbanded. I went to so many Mountain shows in the NY/NJ area and met the band on a number of occasions. Felix was the nicest guy out of all of them and he extended himself to his fanbase. He was a badass bass player.

[@charlieryan1736]

Thanks for another interesting video

[@rnrtruestories]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@kickinswifty5136]

Next to John Entwistle Felix Pappalardi was one of the best bassists in Rock. He was very underrated bass player he had a great bass sound and was also fantastic lead singer . Mountain would have probably made more great albums and tours had Felix not be taken.

[@mizzury54]

Nope , he was not underrated

[@mattc.]

I would like more stories like this❤❤❤❤

[@jonsrecordcollection7172]

I think the group Leslie West and Corky Laing were in was West, Bruce, & Laing, where Bruce is Jack Bruce from Cream.

[@derekjf4311]

Yep! They put out some great stuff!

[@allenmitchell09]

I first heard his name while watching Allen Woody’s bass video where he cites Felix as an influence.

[@Free_Too_Walk]

Interesting story, I am gonna check out his bands .

[@tomreedyjr3631]

Always wondered what really happened after the shooting. Thanx alot....

[@ronniek6323]

My first concert was Black Oak Arkansas with Mountain headlining. Man! Felix’s bass was thumping! So good!

[@markjtapply]

Nice work but I have a hard time taking anyone seriously if they wear a Kiss shirt.

[@mml01]

Geez that was another crazy story I knew nothing about. These musicians and there crazy lives!?🙄. Good request.

[@rnrtruestories]

Yeah this is a great request

[@bigdaddystinkeye]

Good advise, Leslie!

[@xpump876]

I've come to find out I am not enamored with the concept "a jury of your peers" In this particular case this ruling supports my feelings . Even after the Judge pointed out: "She called her lawyer 1st", the Jury still ruled in her favor. If the Jurys only exposure to the evidence in this trial was the written transcripts. I would bet this would not have been the minimal 4 yr sentence. Her crying/sob story hit a sympathetic note with these jurors.

[@allanvanuga9196]

Great video.

[@rnrtruestories]

Thanks

[@cadredeux1047]

Juliana Hatfield’s mother Julie Hatfield had a relationship Felix at the University of Michigan. In the 1970’s she took up again and had an affair with Felix. This is from Juliana’s autobiography “When I grow up”

[@ralphmelvin1046]

Great musician very underrated most people don't know about him but he was really good....

[@markweiss5913]

If there ever was a testimony to what drugs can do to a relationship and a career, this is it. This is much more than a rock and roll tragedy, this is a life tragedy. RIP Felix and Gail. So much wasted potential. I would have liked to see what could have been.

[@GOON_Doom_Band]

Before the actual band Mountain, there was Leslie West's solo album that was just called "Leslie West Mountain" that also featured Felix on bass ( as opposed to Mountain's FIRST album called 'Climbing' which came after). It's such an awesome, simple rock record that featured one of the most sampled drum breaks of all time "Long Red". It's seriously worth a listen if you like the band Mountain.

[@ThePhilmaywalt]

Knew his stuff from the beginning. Never knew the murder.....That was WAY BEFORE the Internet Age of Instant Gratification....

[@tyronebrown9936]

Nice interior of an apartment in Lake Point Tower in Chicago. Those round columns and low ceilings are a dead giveaway - I lived there, haha.

[@brianmachado4533]

Felix wrote and sang one of the best songs from that time, "Theme from an Imaginary Western", which also contained one of the best base lines ever.

[@paulprecht2581]

He sang but Jack wrote.

[@thomasbowen8775]

Everyone wanted to say they wrote "Theme from an Imaginary Western". It was one of those songs that had a special beauty. But it was written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown. It was on Jack Bruce's brilliant first solo album " Songs for a Tailor" with Jack singing. "Songs for a Tailor" was released in the US in October 1969. Mountain played it at Woodstock with Felix singing and recorded it for the "Climbing" Album. There are clips of Mountain doing the song live and I think that's why people think it was written by Mountain.

[@paullevine1813]

How true . Not to forget Leslies most iconic solo ...

[@BandOfHarjaps]

Good advice at the end.

[@rnrtruestories]

haha yeah.

[@matthewwilton7778]

Howarc Stern talked about this guy alot and mountain especially, but jeez idr ever hearing him talk about thos crazy story

[@rnrtruestories]

Yeah Howard used to also have Leslie west on his show all the time.

[@paulkirton8945]

The irony is that Felix gave her the gun as a Birthday present.

[@MaureenDeVries-wd9mh]

Sad!

[@michaelsena7445]

WoW that was really good 👍 surprised me 👏

[@micheleparker3780]

Wait; dsmn, this is so bizarre I have to listen to it again just to get a better understanding...