Mountain – The Laird
Story Inside a Loud Beginning: “The Laird” and the Hidden Depth of Early Mountain When listeners return to Climbing! (1970), the debut statement from Mountain, it is often the explosive…
Story Inside a Loud Beginning: “The Laird” and the Hidden Depth of Early Mountain When listeners return to Climbing! (1970), the debut statement from Mountain, it is often the explosive…
The Night Mountain Turned a Song into a Voyage Without Return On New Year’s Eve 1970, inside the legendary Fillmore East, Mountain delivered a performance of “Nantucket Sleighride” that transcended…
When “Mississippi Queen” Roared Across the Stage: Mountain’s Raw Power at the 1970 New York Pop Festival In the early months of 1970, American rock music was entering a heavier…
When Mountain Took Heavy Rock to the Edge of the Stage: The Power of “Mississippi Queen” and the Live Fire of Flowers of Evil In the early nineteen seventies, few…
“Swamp Boy” and the Heavy Roots of Mountain: A Raw Moment from the Avalanche Era In the mid nineteen seventies, the American hard rock group Mountain was already known for…
A Night of Thunder in Paris: Mountain’s 1985 Concert Captures the Power of Leslie West In 1985, the American hard rock band Mountain delivered a memorable live performance in Paris…
When Mountain Ignited Woodstock With “Blood of the Sun” On the evening of August 16, 1969, the second day of the historic Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New…
A Thunderous Night on Beat Club: Mountain’s Fierce 1972 Performance of “Roll Over Beethoven” A surviving television clip from early 1972 offers fans of Mountain a vivid look at one…
When Mountain Took the Stage: Leslie West’s Commanding Guitar in “Get Out My Life Woman” at the Capitol Theater, 1973 In 1973, the American hard rock band Mountain delivered a…
Thunder at Crosley Field: Mountain Deliver a Fierce “Dreams of Milk and Honey” at the 1970 Midsummer Rock Festival On June 13, 1970, Cincinnati became the site of one of…