caption associated_acts years_active notable_instruments birth_place label name background birth_date instrument genre image article_title birth_name occupation
west live at the florida theatre in 2008 . mountain vagrants , west , bruce and laing , the 1965 -- present gibson electra signature mpc model les paul junior dean leslie west signature model new york city , new york , united states sony , blues bureau international , lightyear leslie west solo_singer 22 october 1945 guitar , vocals rock metal , hard rock , blues rock , heavy leslie west-2 . jpg leslie west
 leslie weinstein musician , songwriter
leslie west

leslie west -lrb- born leslie weinstein ; october 22 , 1945 -rrb- is an american rock guitarist , vocalist , and songwriter .
he is best known as a founding member of the hard rock and heavy metal band mountain .
