Leslie West, guitarist and vocalist for pioneering hard rock band Mountain, has died on Wednesday morning. He was 75.

Leslie West, a founding member and guitarist for the hard rock band Mountain, has passed away at 75. Leslie’s brother, Larry West Weinstein, told Variety that he died on Tuesday (December 22).

Leslie West, an iconic guitarist-vocalist who was behind several '70s rock anthems including “Mississippi Queen” with the popular band Mountain, has died. Karas said West died from cardiac ...

Leslie West, the frontman for Mountain who created the hard-rocking, guitar-wailing hit, “Mississippi Queen,” died Wednesday. He was 75.

Leslie West, the mammoth guitarist whose ringing guitar tones and gravelly voice propelled the rock band Mountain, has died at 75.

Leslie West, whose band Mountain helped lay the groundwork for heavy metal with fuzzy, hard-riffing songs such as the cowbell-enhanced “Mississippi Queen,” died Dec. 23 in Palm Coast, Fla.