eslie West was the axeman who led Mountain to glory in the late 1960s as America's power-trio answer to Cream, but he's also enjoyed an extensive solo career. NEW YORK STATE OF MIND, part of a series of formerly bootlegged live West recordings, hails from a 1994 show that finds West revisiting some former glories by delving into such riff-rocking Mountain classics as "Mississippi Queen" and "Nantucket Sleighride", as well as guitar-god showpieces like Jimi Hendrix's "Voodoo Chile", and even a rocked-up take on the Billy Joel-penned tune that gives this album its title.|
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Leslie West was the axeman who led Mountain to glory in the late 1960s as America’s power-trio answer to Cream, but he’s also enjoyed an extensive solo career. NEW YORK STATE OF MIND, part of a series of formerly bootlegged live West recordings, hails from a 1994 show that finds West revisiting some former glories by delving into such riff-rocking Mountain classics as “Mississippi Queen” and “Nantucket Sleighride,” as well as guitar-god showpieces like Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Chile,” and even a rocked-up take on the Billy Joel-penned tune that gives this album its title.
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