- Had emergency leg amputation on June 19, 2011 in Mississippi to save his life. His leg had swelled and he is a diabetic.
- Released three albums with West, Bruce, Laing between 1973 and 1974. This band included former Cream bass player Jack Bruce.
- Attended Forest Hills High School in Forest Hills, Queens, New York.
- In the sixties he was the lead guitarist for a locally popular Long Island band, called Vagrants.
- Is the lead singer/guitarist for classic rock band, Mountain, since 1969.
- Mountain's most famous hit, "Mississippi Queen" (1970), can be found on the soundtrack albums for Vanishing Point (1971), He's My Girl (1987), and The Expendables (2010).
- Frequent guest on Howard Stern's radio show (has played gigs with "King Norris", the band of Stern's sideman, Fred Norris).
- Has played guitar in recording sessions for people like Sam Kinison, Billy Joel, Bobby Keyes, Felix Cavaliere, Dion DiMucci, Joe Lynn Turner, Joe Bonamassa and Bo Diddley.
- Has released eight solo albums between 1969 and 1999. The best of the lot is probably his debut called "Mountain", which subsequently his band was called after.
- Most popular/important albums with Mountain include "Climbing" (1970), "Nantucket Sleighride" (1971), the live record "Twin Peaks" (1974) and "Mystic Fire" (2002).
- His speaking voice was more growly and rough than his singing voice, and on Howard Stern's radio show he'd throw in a Porky Pig stuttering imitation when he told jokes.
- Was asked to submit a theme song for Mutant X (2001) but lost out to Louis Natale's composition.
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