THEME FOR AN IMAGINARY WESTERN (Mountain – Studio Version)
“Theme for an Imaginary Western” is a song written by Jack Bruce and Pete Brown. The song is sometimes referred to as “Theme from an Imaginary Western”. The song originally appeared on Bruce’s Songs for a Tailor album in 1969. The following year, “Theme” appeared on Mountain’s Climbing! album. Mountain bassist/vocalist Felix Pappalardi, who sang the song with Mountain, had helped produce Bruce’s album and brought the song to guitarist/vocalist Leslie West’s attention for their album. (More from Wikipedia)
Shortly after Woodstock, Canadian Corky Laing replaced N. D. Smart on drums, and this line-up of Mountain produced one of my favorite hard rock albums of all time, Climbing!. The album featured the hit song “Mississippi Queen” and also “Theme for an Imaginary Western”, but the whole album cooks. Felix Pappalardi’s wife Gail Collins Pappalardi co-wrote six songs on the album and also contributed artwork for the cover on their first three albums. The album also includes a reflection on Woodstock, called “For Yasgur’s Farm” (Max Yasgur owned the farm where the festival took place).
(May 2014)
