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I Why? Felix made a big deal of moving to Nantucket, Mass. I The song went on to be more famous in England than here. I
I was living in Woodstock, N.Y. I moved there right after the There was a TV show in England called Weekend World, sort of II
I festival. I rented a house for two summers and then I bought a 60 Minuted type show. Four hours every Sunday. "Nantucket" II
I one. A grand house on the top of Meads meadow, where the was the theme song. Every commercial, they played part of it.
I original site of the festival was to be. They moved it to Bethel, The royalties were outstanding. Everyone there knew the song, I
I N.Y., as we all know. I loved this place at the time. The first except they did not realize it was a Mountain song. Until we I
I house I rented, Bob Dylan and George Harrison rented to played Knebworth, a gigantic festival in the '80s. When we did I
I write in. So I thought, "it's good for them, how 'bout me?" the song, a hundred thousand people all of a sudden figured I
I Felix got all pissed off I moved away for the summer and got a out it was our song. Wow! 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I!!! I nice house. Our manager Bud Prager told him, "instead of I finally liked the song. I liked, it even more when I did a I
I gett ng pissed off at Leslie, why not get your own place?" show with the London symphony in NYC. We played the music I
I Corky had spent quite a few summers there and told Felix, of the Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd and The Who. Zack Starkey, I
I "come here!" Big mistake. Felix then bought a house and tried Ringo Starr's son, was the drummer. He is great and now plays I
I to take over the island! Corky's big mouth. with The Who. He told me he and his dad used to watch I
I spent that summer writing songs for our next album, which Weekend World in London just to hear that song. It is a really I
I had no title yet. All of a sudden, Felix said he wrote this song great piece of music, a real song. Story, great guitar riffs, thank I
I called "Nantucket Sleighride." I said, what the fuck is a you, it had everything. Good words and a story. Even though it I
I "Nantucket Sleighride" and what did it have to do with me and was partly about some girl Corky was banging. Just to spice it I
I what did it mean. I remember how difficult it was to learn, and I up. Nothing like sex to help a song. It was Mountain's second I
I was not a good learner then - and now, to be honest. album, and I am very proud of it after all. I sing it now that I
A "Nantucket Sleighride," as it turns out, is when in the Felix is no longer alive to sing it. We changed the arrangement a I
I days of whaling ships and fishing vessels they would go out and little. I have whale sounds from my guitar now and strings in I
I look for whales and when they would see one they would the beginning. Corky and I did this new shit just to show how it I
I throw harpoons into the whale and the whale would go down developed over the years.
I in the ocean and come up in full breach, all the way out of the Oh yeah, one more thing. I finally saw a real whale, wow! I
I water and take the long boats on a "Nantucket Sleighride" until Wow! I would have hoped that I wasn't the one eaten by the I
I he was tired and finally was harpooned to death. "Big fucking crew when they went on their "Nantucket Sleighride." I deal" I thought! As I grew up, I realized how exciting this must
I have been. The story was this guy "Owen Coffin" they went to LESLIE WEST I
I sea and got lost out there, 40 men. Ran out of food and had to November, 2002 I
I draw straws to see who would be eaten - Owen lost.
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