Mountain - Mississippi Queen, 1970, Vinyl

Considered a rock classic, it was their most successful single, reaching #21 in the Billboard Hot 100 record chart in 1970. From Mountain’s 1970 debut album “Climbing!“. According to drummer Corky Laing, he had developed some of the lyrics and the drum part prior to his joining the band. Later, when guitarist Leslie West was looking for lyrics for a guitar part he had written, Laing pulled out “The Queen“ and the two worked out the song together, bassist/producer Felix Pappalardi and lyricist David Rea al