Leslie West
South Shield, Newcastle
England
September 1997

  1. Never In My Life
  2. Theme From An Imaginary Western
  3. Third Degree
  4. Going Down > I Feel Fine > Going Down - some gain saturation
  5. For Yasgurs Farm
  6. Crossroads > Nantucket Sleighride - tape tracking trouble after Crossroads and at start of Nantucket Sleighride
  7. Tape flip
  8. Nantucket Sleighride >
  9. Nantucket Sleighride >
10. Drum solo >
11. Nantucket Sleighride
12. E: Mississippi Queen - tape restart at beginning, some gain distortion
13. The Guitar Lesson (incomplete)


This recording has quite a few tape issues but it's a Leslie West soundboard from 1997 which is great. The tape had some tracking trouble on both sides but it's still a great historical artifact of this time period. He plays clear, loud with usual vintage Leslie exictment -  and he delivers the usual cynical and cutting wit that his fans love. He even manages to insult lesbians several times during this show.  And the SB man was probably pissing in his pants by the time this show was complete.

The last track is a rare snipet of a taped incomplete guitar lesson delivered by Leslie. Perhaps he was planning a "As Seen On TV" infomercial to sell his music lessons. Anyway, this particular lesson is Leslie talking about vibrato, practice time, guitar cliches' and how to practice. Nothing cynical, no smar ass comments, no insults --- simply Leslie talking. I have no other information about this track.

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