CORKY LAING
LEGENDARY DRUMMER
WITH
M O U N T A I N
WEST, BRUCE & LAING
NEW ALBUM
'FINNISH SESSIONS'
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
IAN HUNTER (MOTT THE HOOPLE)
AND MICHAEL MONROE (HANOI ROCKS)
A ZOOM TV SPECIAL EVENT
with CORKY AND TUIJA
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In 2003, Laing and West produced Nantucket Sleighride & Other Mountain On-The-Road Stories, a historical overview of their time with Mountain and tales of touring. 2007 kept Laing busy, recording Stick It, an audio version of his memoirs.
In 2019, he released his autobiography, Letters to Sarah written together with Tuija Takala, PhD, who started working with Corky on Playing God: The Rock Opera in 2012, gradually became his manager and partner, and with whom Corky has since collaborated on a number of projects.
Corky's album, the Toledo Session was released on CD in late 2019 and re-released on vinyl in 2020. The album contains nine new original tracks and the excitement brought on by the new repertoire is reminiscent of the classic Mountain albums, Climbing! and Nantucket Sleighride.
Since 2015 Corky has been touring the world celebrating the musical legacy of Mountain.
Corky’s latest release is entitled FINNISH SESSIONS recorded at E-studio in Finland in April. The album features Michael Monroe (harmonica) and Ian Hunter (keyboards) as special guests.
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FINNISH SESSIONS BY CORKY LAING PROVES THAT ONLY LEGENDARY ROCKERS FROM THE 60s & 70s CAN RECAPTURE THOSE MAGICAL VIBES THAT MADE ROCK MUSIC IMMORTAL...
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CORKY LAING’S
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AUTOBIOGRAPHY
‘LETTERS TO SARAH’
with Tuija Takala
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Letters to Sarah is a rock autobiography with a difference. In addition to the exceptionally honest and endearing voice of Corky chronicling the ups and downs of his life, there are excerpts from dozens of letters (out of the c. 200) that Corky wrote to his mother, Sarah, between the years 1963 and 1997. She had saved them all. The letters were a way for Corky, away on the road for years on end, to keep in touch with his roots and also, to make sense of his life. This continues in Letters to Sarah, as Corky relives the first 50 years of his life, up until his mother’s passing in 1998.
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2023 TOUR DATES
Corky Laing & the Bobos (Conny Bloom, Maria Hänninen, John Vihervä & Harri Väyrynen)
5/16/2023 Odal Rock Club, Austvatn, Norway
5/17/2023 Melodybox, Stockholm, Sweden
5/18/2023 Backstage Rock Bar, Trollhättan, Sweden
5/19/2023 Bomber Bar, Motala, Sweden
5/20/2023 Rockland, Sala, Sweden
Corky Laing's Mountain
8/31-9/3/2023 Nene Valley Rock Festival, Peterborough, UK
Discography
With Mountain
Studio albums
Climbing! (1970)
Nantucket Sleighride (1971)
Flowers of Evil (1971; partially live)
Avalanche (1974)
Go for Your Life (1985)
Man's World (1996)
Mystic Fire (2002)
Masters of War (2007)
Live albums
Mountain Live: The Road Goes Ever On (1972)
Eruption (2004)
Compilation albums
The Best of Mountain (1973)
Over the Top (2001)
West, Bruce and Laing
1972 – Why Dontcha
1973 – Whatever Turns You On
1974 – Live 'n' Kickin'
With Leslie West
1975 – The Great Fatsby
1976 – The Leslie West Band
2005 – Guitarded
With Bartholomew plus III
1965 – "She's Mine" / "You're Not There"
1967 – "When I Fall in Love"
With Cork
1999 – Speed of THought
2003 – Out There
As Corky Laing
1977 – Making It On The Streets
2019 – Toledo Sessions
Finnish Sessions (2022)
With Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson and Felix Pappalardi
1999 – The Secret Sessions
With The Mix
1980 – American Glue
With The Perfect Child
2013 – Playing God
As Corky Laing's Mountain
2017 – Live in Melle
2019 - Live At Howard's Club H
Guest appearances
1969 – David Rea – Maverick Child,
drums
1971 – David Rea – By the Grace of God, drums
1972 – Bobby Keys – Bobby Keys, drums
1976 – Bo Diddley –
The 20th Anniversary of Rock N' Roll, congas
1987 – Charlie Karp
& the Name Droppers –
Charlie Karp & the Name Droppers, percussion
1991 – Men Without Hats –
Sideways, on "I Am the Walrus", drums
Other
2004: Jason Hartless Jr. – First Division
2012: Corky Laing and The Memory Thieves – House of Thieves
2018: Pompeii – The Secret Sessions
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CONFESSIONS AND WISDOM
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-By Literary Titan (5) STARS
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Ray Shasho masterfully gets the interviewees talking. He smartly coaxes answers from them with crafty questions designed to get a story rolling out of them. The artists talk about diverse issues ranging from music, politics, and their social engagements. Having been on the music seen all his life, Ray Shasho knows the buttons to press, how to get them comfortable about talking about their lives.
The book’s cover is befitting of its subject matter with the leather look offering a royal background to the golden letter print. It speaks to how high a level rock music holds in the pecking order- arguably, modern music as we know it has originated from blues and rock music. The second noteworthy thing is the use of high-definition pictures to reference the musician being interviewed in every sub-chapter. This ensures that the book is for both original rock and roll lovers and aspiring new ones. Together is makes for a refreshing and consistently enjoyable read.
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