Releasing "all covers" albums can amount to either one of two things.
Either the artist doing the covering is buying time between real albums or the artist doing the covering really wants to give some attention back to his musical heroes, who helped shape his playing early on.
Over the years, former Mountain singer/guitarist Leslie West has recorded quite a few covers, quite a few of which are featured on a 2005 release (that sported an un-PC title), Guitarded.
Focusing on old blues numbers and rock tracks from the late '60s, West proves that he can still let his fingers fly all these years later.
Standouts here include a fine, bluesy take of the Beatles' obscure "Old Brown Shoe," as well as West covering an old Mountain tune (which late singer/bassist Felix Pappalardi sang originally), "Theme for an Imaginary Western." But now for the bad: how many more times can you hear a cover version of the Stones' "Honey Tonk Women" (hasn't every single bar band since the early '70s played this?), while an overhaul of Steppenwolf's "Born to Be Wild" (another classic rock tune that certainly doesn't need to be covered for the 50 zillionth time) falls flat.
It has its moments, but overall, Guitarded will be of interest only to Leslie West fanatics.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AllergicJon Tiven, Sally Tiven, Leslie West | Leslie West | Play | 04:19 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 2 | Cross Cut Saw BluesTony Hollins | Leslie West | Play | 04:07 | 9 MB | 29 MB |
| 3 | Stormy MondayT-Bone Walker | Leslie West | Play | 07:09 | 16 MB | 47 MB |
| 4 | If Heartaches Were Nickels | Leslie West | Play | 07:51 | 18 MB | 56 MB |
| 5 | The CellJon Tiven, Sally Tiven, Leslie West | Leslie West | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 6 | Dragon LadyJon Tiven, Sally Tiven, Leslie West | Leslie West | Play | 03:43 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | Goin' DownDon Nix | Leslie West | Play | 04:47 | 10 MB | 38 MB |
| 8 | Third DegreeEddie Boyd, Willie Dixon | Leslie West | Play | 07:34 | 17 MB | 54 MB |
| 9 | Born to Be WildMars Bonfire | Leslie West | Play | 03:08 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 10 | Old Brown ShoeGeorge Harrison | Leslie West | Play | 05:33 | 12 MB | 37 MB |
| 11 | Honky Tonk Woman | Leslie West | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 23 MB |
| 12 | Theme From An Imaginary Western | Leslie West | Play | 06:53 | 15 MB | 49 MB |
| 62 mins | 143 MB | |||||
| 62 mins | 448 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gregg Allman | Guest Artist, Keyboards, Vocals |
| 2 | Joe Bonamassa | Guitar, Vocals |
| 3 | Mars Bonfire | Composer |
| 4 | Eddie Boyd | Composer |
| 5 | Pete Brown | Composer |
| 6 | Jack Bruce | Composer |
| 7 | Popa Chubby | Guest Artist, Guitar |
| 8 | Mark Clarke | Bass, Guest Artist |
| 9 | Randy Coven | Bass |
| 10 | Willie Dixon | Composer |
| 11 | Aynsley Dunbar | Drums, Guest Artist |
| 12 | Ian Gillan | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 13 | George Harrison | Composer |
| 14 | Leonard Haze | Drums |
| 15 | Mark Hitt | Guitar |
| 16 | Tony Hollins | Composer |
| 17 | Jack Hotop | Keyboards |
| 18 | Mick Jagger | Composer |
| 19 | Corky Laing | Drums |
| 20 | Leo Lyons | Bass |
| 21 | Chris Marksbury | Photography |
| 22 | Brian Mitchell | Keyboards |
| 23 | Don Nix | Composer |
| 24 | Joe Price | Design, Layout Design |
| 25 | Keith Richards | Composer |
| 26 | Jon Tiven | Composer |
| 27 | Sally Tiven | Composer |
| 28 | Joe Lynn Turner | Guest Artist, Vocals |
| 29 | T-Bone Walker | Composer |
| 30 | Leslie West | Composer, Guitar, Primary Artist, Slide Guitar, Vocals |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |