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Mississippi Queen

"Mississippi Queen" is a hard rock song by Mountain, released in 1970 as their most successful single, reaching number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. It appears on the band's debut album and has since become a recognized rock classic. For electric guitar players, the song is a rewarding study in Leslie West's raw, bluesy riff style and straightforward hard rock phrasing.

  • The iconic opening cowbell hit before the main riff is one of the most recognized intros in classic rock.
  • Guitarist Leslie West tuned down and favored a thick, overdriven tone that defines the song's heavy sound.
  • The track has appeared on multiple Mountain live recordings, showing how well the riff translates to a live performance setting.
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Leslie West deployed the Cry Baby wah sparingly on tracks like 'Nantucket Sleighride' to add vocal expressiveness to lead passages without cluttering his minimalist signal chain. The wah's resonant sweep complemented his Gibson SG and Marshall's natural saturation, letting West shape sustain dynamically while maintaining the organic tone that defined Mountain's heavy blues-rock attack.

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