Title: The Best...Leslie West
Review: If you're interested in hearing the latest from an unsung pioneer - and giant - of American hard rock guitar or you're simply a guitar aficionado, this latest outing from West is, simply, a treat. Continuing the foray into blues that he began with '94's "Dodgin' the Dirt", the (no longer) Fat Man rips out some standard blues, some new blues, and his trademark riffs and tremolos in this tight, well-produced offering. Old fans will appreciate West's new versions of two signature songs: "Stormy Monday" (a blues-rock live jam staple from his Mountain days) done in a more traditional-blues, gravelly-voiced style, and Otis Redding's "Respect" which was one of West's first singles with The Vagrants in the 60's. These two, along with "Dragon Lady" and "The Cell" are by themselves worth the price of admission.
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