In 1970, a loud, swaggering rock song built around one unforgettable guitar riff exploded onto the radio and helped define ...

Crew members of the Queen of the Mississippi start up leaf blowers to clear a path through dirt and debris Tuesday for passengers to walk up the Ohio River levee. (Photo by Janelle Patterson) MARIETTA ...

The Mississippi River cruising market has been dormant for three years — much to the chagrin of residents of our region's river towns — but the outlook is changing. In fact, hopes now are for two ...

Guitarist Leslie West, credited for the hit "Mississippi Queen" and for inspiring new generations of hard-rock guitarists, has died. He was 75. "The iconic guitarist, vocalist, songwriter and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Leslie West performs with Mountain at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, Calif. on January 1, 1969. (Photo: Larry Hulst/Michael ...

Eddie Van Halen and Leslie West had been friends for years by the time the Mountain guitarist made a mid-'90s guest appearance with Van Halen. But that didn’t take any joy away from the moment for ...

Leslie West, who kicked out towering jams (with a towering hairdo) in foundational classic-rockers Mountain, has died at 75, his publicist confirmed to The Post. West suffered cardiac arrest at his ...

Mountain guitarist Leslie West, whose “Mississippi Queen” is a hard-rock classic, died Wednesday. He was 75. West had a heart attack Monday and was rushed to a hospital near his home in Daytona, Fla., ...