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Oct 19, 2023 · Laing is on Nantucket to play with a group of some of the best musicians on-island Friday at 7 p.m. at the Dreamland Theater in a rock show called “Corky Laing & Friends: A Nantucket Sleighride.” The band will include Richie Scarlet, who played guitar with Mountain, Jeff Ross, who played guitar for Lou Reed, and can be seen playing solo ...
Oct 11, 2022 · Then the lead singer introduces me, “here’s little Corky Laing on the drums, he’ll be helping us out.” The audience loved it. RRX: That is amazing. CL: Warm applause and that was it, I was hooked. RRX: That’s a hell of a first gig! CL: A lot of people don’t even know who The Ink Spots are because we’re going way back. That was the ...
Aug 25, 2020 · By Ray Shasho Canadian powerhouse drummer Corky Laing is essentially associated with rock and roll folklore and as one of the elite drummers in the world. Laing is a longtime member for hard rock/heavy metal giant’s Mountain and the blues-rock power trio of West, Bruce & Laing.
Apr 17, 2021 · Corky Laing [Mountain drummer]: When Mountain started out, Felix and Gail were a brilliant, creative team. But Gail got in big trouble with drugs. But Gail got in big trouble with drugs. Gradually, people in the business who knew them knew she was a witch.
Oct 14, 2022 · Born Laurence Gordon Laing on January 26, 1948 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, he was the youngest in a family of five children. His oldest sister Carol was followed by triplet brothers -- Jeffrey, Leslie, and Stephen -- who called him Gorky, and he was eventually named Corky. In 1961, Laing landed a gig with the famous soul doo wop vocal group ...
Jul 18, 2018 · Mountain's drummer Corky Laing get a call from Steve Wax, president of one of the most glorious record labels of that period, Elektra/Asylum. The content of the conversation between the top man of the record label and the drummer and singer/songwriter was about the general musical taste of the masses going through a generational change.
Mar 14, 2018 · Known as "the supergroup that never was," Corky Laing's POMPEII recorded "The Secret Sessions" between 1976 and 1978 after a re-introduction to old friend Ian Hunter via Steve Wax of Elektra/Asylum.
