“Mississippi Queen” #21 7/11/1970

We need more cowbell!! Even though Mountain was technically a Top 40 one-hit wonder, they became darlings of album rock with tracks like “Theme From An Imaginary Western,” “Nantucket Sleighride” and this song. Their third-ever gig was at Woodstock. The only direct reference to anything Mississippi was Vicksburg. Front man/guitarist Leslie West is diabetic and needed amputation of his lower right leg after a 2011 show at the Hard Rock Hotel in (ironically) Biloxi, Miss.