Leslie West (born October 22, 1945) is an American rock guitarist, singer and songwriter. Biography He was born Leslie Weinstein in New York City, and grew up across New York's Long island, in East Meadow, Forest Hills and Lawrence.Fischler, Marcelle S. [LINK: http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE7DC1030F936A25753C1A9609C8B63] "Nascent Hall of Fame to Welcome First Honorees"., The New York Times , October 15, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2007. "Dee Snider of Stony Brook, the shock-rocker from the 1980's heavy metal band Twisted Sister, known for his defiant metal anthem We're Not Gonna Take It, and Leslie West of the band Mountain, who grew up in East Meadow, Lawrence and Forest Hills, are also being inducted..." After his parents divorced, he changed his name to West. His musical career began with The Vagrants, one of the few teenage garage rock acts to come out o

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