# The Best Mountain Guitar Solos

> The 14 best Mountain guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Mississippi Queen (1970), then Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin) and Theme for an Imaginary Western.

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Mountain gave Leslie West a platform for one of rock's fattest, most vocal guitar tones, a huge Les Paul Junior sound with vibrato that Eddie Van Halen and countless others cited. Produced by Cream veteran Felix Pappalardi, the band bridged late-sixties blues rock and the heavy rock that followed.

Informed by: [Wikipedia – Mountain (band)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_(band)), [Wikipedia – Climbing!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climbing!), [Wikipedia – Flowers of Evil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers_of_Evil_(Mountain_album))

1. [Mississippi Queen](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-mississippi-queen/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1970
2. [Nantucket Sleighride (To Owen Coffin)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-nantucket-sleighride-to-owen-coffin/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1971
3. [Theme for an Imaginary Western](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-theme-for-an-imaginary-western/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1970
4. [Never in My Life](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-never-in-my-life/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1970
5. [Dream Sequence](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-dream-sequence/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1971
6. [Don't Look Around](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-don-t-look-around/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1971
7. [Flowers of Evil](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-flowers-of-evil/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1971
8. [Crossroader](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-crossroader/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1971
9. [Silver Paper](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-silver-paper/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1970
10. [For Yasgur's Farm](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-for-yasgur-s-farm/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1970
11. [Travellin' in the Dark](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-travellin-in-the-dark/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1971
12. [You Can't Get Away!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-you-can-t-get-away/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1971
13. [Pride and Passion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-pride-and-passion/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1971
14. [Sittin' on a Rainbow](https://greatestsolos.com/song/mountain-sittin-on-a-rainbow/) — Mountain · solo by Leslie West · 1970

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