depper's video: Leslie West - Legend - Live in Italy

Someday when I list my all time favorite MODERN songs from Leslie West, LEGEND will have to sit on top of the rainbow. A song written for Mr West by Joe Pizza; no other song captures the man better. His struggles with weight, drugs, diabetes, learning to live with one leg, cancer and music. Yet the Lion continues to march on. Here is a rare live performance of this song, with guitar a blazin'... that tone. that passion. that FEEL. This song bleeds pain. What a performance. Keep truckin' Leslie West!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!! Co staring Ron Mannino on drums, David Biglin on piano and the late Randy Coven on bass. Origin of the song, and it's writer.: Songfacts: The new album has really got some great songs on it. And the one that really stands out to me is the one "Legend." Leslie: It's very interesting that you mention that, because the song was written 30-some odd years ago by my partner, Joe Pizza, spelled P-I-Z-Z-A. I went to school with him and we wrote a couple more songs on the album. My wife heard the song, said, "You've got to listen to this song." And originally, "just call me legend" was the first line. I said, "Joe, there's no way I'm going to sing a song that says 'just call me legend.'" So I thought about it and said, "I can sing it if it said, "Don't call me legend, I just came here to play." He wrote it on piano. The song itself was so beautiful and I love playing lead guitar over piano changes. It's much different than when I'm playing over a guitar-written song. So that just came out fantastic. I didn't think it was going to come out that good, but by God, it did. The words are pretty much true, and the fact is that I've known Joe for 35 years, he was a couple of grades younger than me. Still something seemed to click with that song. I'm pleased that you like it.