Mountain – Highway 61 Revisited
Oldies Songs A bolted storm of blues-rock energy driving Dylan’s highway into heavier territory When Mountain released the album Masters of War in 2007, it arrived as a late-career statement from a…
Mountain – You Better Believe It
A Promise Carved in Riff: “You Better Believe It” by Mountain When the New York hard rock collective Mountain released their fourth studio album Avalanche in July 1974, the record entered the U.S. Billboard 200 at No. 127…
Mountain – Taunta (Sammy’s Tune)
A Wordless Elegy: The Hauntingly Beautiful Instrumental that Revealed the Lyrical Soul of a Hard Rock Titan’s Quietest Genius. In the thunderous world of early 1970s hard rock, the band…
Mountain – Pride and Passion
A Driving, Defiant Statement of Identity and Artistic Will, a Heavy Anthem Affirming the Band’s Unyielding Commitment to Their Vision. The year 1971 found Mountain—the American hard-rock power trio led…
Mountain – Back Where I Belong
A Raw and Defiant Cry of Reunion, a Blues-Infused Testament to the Chaotic, Yet Indispensable, Nature of a Musician’s True Home. The year 1974 found Mountain—the legendary purveyors of American…
Mountain – Waiting To Take You Away
A Rare and Tender Ballad of Longing, Revealing the Lonely Heart Hidden Beneath the Thunder of the Guitar God. The mid-1970s was a period of high drama and fragmentation for…
Mountain – Stormy Monday
A Raw and Haunting Cry from the Heart, a Soulful Elegy for a Week of Misfortune and a Love That Has Died. By 1972, the legendary hard rock band Mountain…
Mountain – Southbound Train {Woodstock69}
A Blues Soaked Journey of Restlessness and Escape Carried on the Rails of American Rock When Leslie West performed “Southbound Train” with Mountain at Woodstock in 1969, the song itself…
Mountain – Tired Angels
A Haunting and Beautiful Lament for the Emotional Toll of Fame, a Rock and Roll Star’s Profound Cry of Weariness. In 1971, Mountain was an absolute force of nature. With…
Mountain – Travellin’ In The Dark
A Somber and Powerful Blues-Rock Odyssey, a Cinematic Tale of a Solitary Journey Through Despair and Loss. In the early 1970s, as the idealism of the previous decade began to…