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Leslie West kicked off his musical career on Long Island, NY as a founding member of The Vagrants in the mid-1960\'s.\\xa0 Just before the Woodstock Festival in 1969, Leslie formed Mountain landing a spot on the festival lineup.\\xa0 The rest, as they say, is history.\\xa0 Mountain has released 8 studio albums and as a solo artist, Leslie\'s had 16 releases.\\xa0 He was also a member of the supergroup West, Bruce & Laing.\\xa0 Leslie\'s last studio project was Soundcheck, that dropped in 2015.\\xa0 Multi-award winning program director Ray White talks with Leslie about his early days with The Vagrants and Mountain and he also provides insights on his Unusual Suspects album, in this January of 2012 interview.\\xa0 This legendary guitarist/vocalist passed away on December 23, 2020.\\xa0 Our tributes continue in our showcase segment as we look back at the accomplished career of Ken Hensley , a co-founder of Uriah Heep in 1969, who went on to record over a dozen albums as a solo artist.\\xa0 His last solo release, before his passing on November 4, 2020, was Trouble - which was recorded in 2013.\\xa0 Two of rocks premier musicians, now in Rock \'n\' Roll Heaven, right here on the CAT!\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0