# Mississippi Queen guitar solo > Leslie West's guitar solo on Mississippi Queen by Mountain (1970) starts at about 1:38. From the album Climbing!. A hard rock classic from the 1970s. Canonical URL: Mountain, 1970, from *Climbing!*. Solo by *Leslie West*. A cowbell-fuelled riff and a meaty, singing solo drenched in West's trademark wide vibrato. Mississippi Queen by Mountain is #1 in our ranking of the best Mountain guitar solos. The solo is played by Leslie West and the song was released in 1970. ## In our lists - [The Best Mountain Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mountain-guitar-solos/) — #1 - [The Best Leslie West Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/leslie-west-guitar-solos/) — #1 ## Sources - [Top 40 Weekly: Best 70s Guitar Solos: Top 40 Greatest of the Decade](https://top40weekly.com/best-70s-guitar-solos/) — #36 ### Who played the guitar solo on Mississippi Queen? Leslie West played the solo on Mountain's Mississippi Queen (1970). ### What guitar was used on the Mississippi Queen solo? A gibson les paul junior through a Sound City amp, according to widely reported accounts. --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)