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CORKY LAING TO CELEBRATE 75TH BIRTHDAY IN STYLE WITH MOUNTAIN PERFORMANCE AT THE FUNKY BISCUIT IN BOCA RATON, FLORIDA ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 26TH

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January 16, 2023

 

Hello Friends-
Corky Laing will be celebrating his 75th birthday in style on Thursday, January 26, when he performs at The Funky Biscuit in Boca Raton, Florida (Corky Laing’s Mountain).
Best known as the drummer for the hard rock band, Mountain, and the blues rock power trio, West, Bruce and Laing, Corky has toured all over the world and continues to do so, performing songs from both his past and present.
Last October, he released a new solo album, titled Finnish Sessions, that featured two singles, “Whatcha Doin?” and “The Ball” (see video here – https://www.corkylaingworks.com/videos).
Please let me know if you’d like to interview Corky regarding the show.
Of course, fans can expect to hear, “Mississippi Queen,” if you know what I mean…
Corky’s a terrific interview and one you’d enjoy!
Cheers-
Jeff Albright
THE ALBRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
–Publicist for Corky Laing
Corky Laing Website – www.corkylaingworks.com
Venue / Ticket Link for the Show – https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Corky-Laings-Mountain-75th-Birthday-Celebration/517318?afflky=FunkyBiscuit
Letters to Sarah (Corky’s Autobiography) – https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Sarah-Corky-Laing/dp/9529415303

GEOFF TATE TAKES HIS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN BIG ROCK SHOW HITS TOUR ON THE ROAD FOR 28 DATES IN THE STATES BEGINNING DECEMBER 1ST

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November 22, 2022
Contact: Jeff Albright / The Albright Entertainment Group (rockstarpr@aol.com)
GEOFF TATE TAKES HIS NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN BIG ROCK SHOW HITS TOUR
ON THE ROAD FOR 28 DATES IN THE STATES BEGINNING DECEMBER 1ST
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BIG ROCK SHOW HITS TOUR TO FEATURE BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG SOUND AND
AN ASSORTMENT OF HITS FROM GEOFF TATE’S ILLUSTRIOUS CAREER AS
ONE OF ROCK’S QUINTESSENTIAL FRONT MEN THAT SPANS FOUR DECADES
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Beginning Thursday, December 1st, GEOFF TATE — the multi-platinum selling, Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter best known for his thirty-plus years as the creative and driving force behind the progressive metal band, Queensryche — will be taking his Big Rock Show Hits Tour on the road for the very first time. In what is expected to be the most visually-stimulating stage show of his solo career, TATE and his international band of brothers — featuring guitarists Kieran Robertson from Scotland, James Brown from Ireland and Alex Hart from Boston along with bass player Jack Ross from Scotland, keyboardist Bruno Sa from Brazil and drummer Danny Laverde from Cincinnati — will be hitting 28 cities across the United States including Cleveland, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Denver, Nashville and others on an initial tour leg that will culminate on Geoff’s birthday (January 14, 2023).
Not one… not two… but THREE guitar players!
“It’ll be big… it’ll be loud… it’ll be fun!” says TATE, who proudly notes that the new year will be kicked off by eleven consecutive performances. “We can’t wait to premiere this show!”
Armed with a catalog of songs that have resulted in album sales exceeding 20 million units worldwide in a four-decade span, GEOFF is looking forward to bringing his Big Rock Show Hits Tour to the music masses. Among the selections will be such songs as “Silent Lucidity,” “Jet City Woman,” “Eyes of a Stranger,” “Another Rainy Night (Without You),” “Empire,” “I Don’t Believe in Love,” “Walk in the Shadows” and a few surprises…
Just five days after their last U.S. show in January, the band will be embarking on a 30th Anniversary of Empire trek that begins in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on January 19, then heads off to Europe for two weeks, quickly followed by three shows in Australia. After “the land down under,” they’ll return to Europe for a variety of shows that will last through mid-March. They’ll return in early June for another extensive European tour.
Never one to be idle, GEOFF hit the musical landscape running shortly after his 2012 split from the immensely popular band he fronted since 1982. In 2014, he embarked on his farewell tour as Queensryche and, by the fall, began his new musical venture as Operation: Mindcrime. The following year would see the release of The Key, the first album in a trilogy that would be followed by 2016’s Resurrection and completed by 2017’s The New Reality. All three albums were supported by extensive tours of the United States as well as international tours. In 2018, Geoff’s band, Operation: Mindcrime, hit the road to perform the Queensryche album of the same name in its entirety from beginning to end. Still considered one of the greatest heavy metal concept albums of all time and a show GEOFF loves to perform and fans love to witness. The year 2019 would mark Geoff’s second collaboration with Tobias Sammet’s Avantasia (Moonglow album: also featured on 2016’s Ghostlights) and his first with Sweet Oblivion that would result in a self-titled debut that year and a following album in 2021, titled Relentless. Of course, many-a-tour date entwined these releases with 2022 starting off with a 30th Anniversary of Empire Tour where GEOFF and the band performed the epic Queensryche albums Empire and Rage for Order back-to-back in their entirety. Always the road warrior.
Here come the holidays and, as the ultimate road warrior, GEOFF and his Big Rock Show Hits Tour cohorts can’t wait to be traveling across America and rocking in the winter wonderland.
With one hit after another, it’ll surely be a “slay” ride that fans won’t soon forget.
If you’d like to interview GEOFF TATE regarding the show or need additional press materials/photos, please contact Jeff Albright / The Albright Entertainment Group at rockstarpr@aol.com.
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Jeff Albright
THE ALBRIGHT ENTERTAINMENT GROUP (www.rockstarpr.com)
–Publicist for Geoff Tate (www.geofftate.com)
GEOFF TATE SOCIAL MEDIA
GEOFF TATE’S BIG ROCK SHOW HITS TOUR 2022-2023
(*Mark Daly will be opening the shows)
Thursday, December 1 – Beachland Ballroom & Tavern in Cleveland, Ohio
Friday, December 2 – Blue Note in Harrison, Ohio
Saturday, December 3 – The Machine Shop in Flint, Michigan
Sunday, December 4 – Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Illinois
Wednesday, December 7 – Whisky A Go Go in West Hollywood, California
Thursday, December 8 – Ramona Mainstage in Ramona, California
Friday, December 9 – Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, Arizona
Saturday, December 10 – Count’s Vamp’d Rock Bar & Grill in Las Vegas, Nevada
Sunday, December 11 – Rialto Theatre in Tucson, Arizona
Monday, December 12 – Sunshine Theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Wednesday, December 14 – Tower Theatre in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Thursday, December 15 – House of Blues in Dallas, Texas
Friday, December 16 – House of Blues in Houston, Texas
Saturday, December 17 – The Aztec Theatre in San Antonio, Texas
Sunday, December 18 – Antone’s Nightclub in Austin, Texas
Tuesday, December 20 – Bluebird Theater in Denver, Colorado
Wednesday, December 21 – The Depot in Salt Lake City, Utah
2023 starts off with 11 consecutive shows!
Wednesday, January 4 – Lafayette’s Music Room in Memphis, Tennessee
Thursday, January 5 – The Basement East in Nashville, Tennessee
Friday, January 6 – The Concourse in Knoxville, Tennessee
Saturday, January 7 – 37 Main in Avondale Estates, Georgia
Sunday, January 8 – The Cameo Theater in Bristol, Virginia
Monday, January 9 – Gunter Theatre at the Peace Center in Greenville, South Carolina
Tuesday, January 10 – Neighborhood Theatre in Charlotte, North Carolina
Wednesday, January 11 – Ponte Vedra Concert Hall in Ponte Vedra, Florida
Thursday, January 12 – The Ranch Concert Hall and Saloon in Fort Myers, Florida
Friday, January 13 – Capitol Theatre in Clearwater, Florida
Saturday, January 14 – Amaturo Theater at The Broward Center for the Performing Arts in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Full 2022-2023 Tour Link – https://www.geofftate.com/full-tour-list/
(Including Spring and Summer 2023 dates for the 30th Anniversary of Empire Tour in Latin America, Australia and Europe + Best of Operation: Mindcrime & The Warning European Tour and other shows)
And let’s not forget the stocking stuffers! – https://www.geofftate.com/shop/
H A P P Y   H O L I D A Y S  ! ! !

NO ONE CAPTURES GUITARS LIKE PHOTOGRAPHER LISA S. JOHNSON! NEW BOOK, “IMMORTAL AXES: GUITARS THAT ROCK,” TO BE RELEASED SEPTEMBER 28 VIA PRINCETON ARCHITECTURAL PRESS

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*Full Press Release Available Upon Request as of 8/31/21.

RATT FRONT MAN STEPHEN PEARCY RETURNS TO THE WORLD FAMOUS WHISKY A GO GO WITH HIS “RATT BASTARDS” FOR A ONE NIGHT ONLY LIVE STREAM PERFORMANCE ON FRIDAY, APRIL 2ND AT 7PM PDT/10PM EDT

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Go to www.stephenpearcy.veeps.com for all ticket and merchandise details! VIP Packages available!

 

CRAIG CHAQUICO — BILLBOARD #1, MILLION-SELLING CONTEMPORARY JAZZ GUITARIST AND ORIGINAL FOUNDING MEMBER, LEAD GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER FOR THE ORIGINAL JEFFERSON STARSHIP AND STARSHIP — CREATES VIDEO FOR FUNDRAISING EFFORT FOR UNITED WAY OF JACKSON COUNTY FIRE FUND

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October 27, 2020
 
CRAIG CHAQUICO — Billboard #1, million-selling contemporary jazz guitarist and original founding member, lead guitarist and songwriter for the original Jefferson Starship and Starship (“Miracles,” “Jane,” “Runaway,” “Find Your Way Back,” “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” and numerous other hits) — has created a video for a fundraising effort for the United Way of Jackson County that benefits the victims of the recent Almeda and Obenchain fires in Southern Oregon where he is also a resident. Set to the song, “Winterflame,” from Craig’s Grammy-nominated 1994 solo album, Acoustic Planet, the video shows scenes of the devastating damage caused by the fires last month. Check it out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1wBcY6GLc0jr57nPFic5eKH5VNuGjCmGaX8ZMzAuNesYhYUA817tkcuCM&v=x3WcUz5XkNw&app=desktop)and) and consider donating to the United Way Fire Fund to benefit the cause – http://www.unitedwayofjacksoncounty.org/give/ or text FIREFUND to 26989. Thank you.

ALERT! THE DOORS: BREAK ON THRU – A CELEBRATION OF RAY MANZAREK TO APPEAR IN CINEMAS FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY ON WHAT WOULD’VE BEEN RAY’S 81st BIRTHDAY – TONIGHT, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH! GO SEE IT!

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February 12, 2020

 

www.thedoorsfilm.com

GEOFF TATE’S OPERATION: MINDCRIME TO CELEBRATE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF EPIC ALBUM, EMPIRE, BY PERFORMING IT IN ITS ENTIRETY, ALONG WITH RAGE FOR ORDER (1986), ON EXTENSIVE U.S. TOUR BEGINNING WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020

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December 10, 2019

 

www.operationmindcrime.com

CORKY LAING’S MOUNTAIN TO TOUR GERMANY, BELGIUM, FINLAND AND ROMANIA IN OCTOBER HOT ON THE HEELS OF NEW INTERNATIONAL CD RELEASE, THE TOLEDO SESSIONS (VIA PRUDENTIAL RECORDS), ON FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27

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September 16, 2019

 

www.corkylaingworks.com

 

ROCK THE YACHT TOUR 2019 — FEATURING AMBROSIA, STEPHEN BISHOP, PETER BECKETT – THE VOICE OF PLAYER, JOHN FORD COLEY, WALTER EGAN AND LOOKING GLASS — SAILS FULL SPEED AHEAD WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF INITIAL TOUR DATES BEGINNING IN JULY

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May 14, 2019
 
 
Contact: Jeff Albright
 
ROCK THE YACHT TOUR 2019 — FEATURING AMBROSIA, STEPHEN BISHOP,
PETER BECKETT – THE VOICE OF PLAYER, JOHN FORD COLEY, 
WALTER EGAN AND LOOKING GLASS — SAILS FULL SPEED AHEAD
WITH ANNOUNCEMENT OF INITIAL U.S. TOUR DATES BEGINNING IN JULY
 
COME SAIL AWAY AND RIDE THE MUSICAL TIDE WITH ROCK THE YACHT 2019
FOR AN EVENING FULL OF GREATEST HITS PERFORMED BY THE ARTISTS
WHO HELPED SHAPE THE SOUNDS OF THE SEVENTIES
Here comes summer and the tide is high!
 
ROCK THE YACHT, the popular package tour featuring some of the most memorable artists and songs of the seventies, is “sailing” across the States once again!
 
This year’s illustrious crew — Ambrosia, Stephen Bishop, Player Lead Singer Peter Beckett, John Ford Coley, Walter Egan and Looking Glass — will be bringing a boatload of greatest hits on the summer trek which initially docks in such cities as Clearwater, Florida, Irving, Texas, Lake Charles, Louisiana and Biloxi, Mississippi beginning in July.
All aboard!
 
If you’re “Holdin’ On to Yesterday,” then “Baby Come Back.”
 
“Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl”… “I’d Really Love To See You Tonight.”
 
Of course, we could go “On and On” and tell you there’s an undeniable attraction between “Magnet and Steel.”
 
One thing’s for sure… you’ll hear hit after hit!
 
AMBROSIA, who headline this year’s tour, is an American rock band formed in southern California in 1970. They had five Top 40 hit singles between 1975 and 1980 and, after a hiatus in the late eighties, most of the original band members reunited and have been active with the group for the past three decades. In 1975, AMBROSIA released their self-titled debut album on 20th Century Fox Records that featured the Top 20 single, “Holdin’ On To Yesterday.” The legendary Alan Parsons engineered the album, which would be nominated for a Grammy Award in the “Best Engineered Recording” category. That same year, all four members of AMBROSIA would play on the first album from the Alan Parsons Project. In 1976, the band would release, Somewhere I’ve Never Traveled, which also received a Grammy nomination, setting the stage for the band’s signing to Warner Bros. Records. The year 1978 marked AMBROSIA’s biggest pop breakthrough with their first gold single, “How Much I Feel,” off Life Beyond L.A.. Two years later, they would have Top 20 single success with two singles, “Biggest Part of Me” and “You’re the Only Woman (You & I),” featured on their One Eighty release. AMBROSIA appeared on the May 2, 2011 episode of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon as part of the host’s “Yacht Rock 2k11” theme show, performing “Biggest Part of Me” (during the show) and “How Much I Feel” (after the formal taping, but put up on the Late Night website). Today, the band consists of original members Joe Puerta (bassist/vocalist), Christopher North (keyboardist) and Burleigh Drummond (drummer) and they continue to tour all over the world, performing both their legacy hit material and more recent songs.
 
At the age of 13, STEPHEN BISHOP found himself a crossroads. A clarinetist with hopes of becoming a history teacher, he was forever changed after watching the Beatles one night on The Ed Sullivan Show. He soon convinced his brother to buy him an electric guitar, wrote his first song called, “Surf’s Turf,” and formed a band called The Weeds that played original and Top 40 songs at local fraternity parties. He headed to Los Angeles, where he walked the streets playing his $12 acoustic guitar, playing songs for various publishers in Hollywood. Through a friend, Art Garfunkel heard some of STEPHEN’s songs and, ultimately, recorded two for his 1975 Breakaway album. It wouldn’t be long before he was singing his songs in person for the likes of Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Bette Midler and Michelle Phillips. STEPHEN signed a record deal with ABC Records and released his debut album, Careless, in 1976 that featured the hit songs, “Save It For a Rainy Day” and “On and On.” The album went gold as did his ’78 follow-up, which was simply titled, Bish. He sang the theme, “It Might Be You,” from the movie, Tootsie, in addition to writing or singing songs for thirteen other films including White Nights and Animal House. Yes, that’s STEPHEN singing “I Gave My Love a Cherry” on the staircase at the toga party, when John Belushi takes away and smashes his guitar.
 
PETER BECKETT – THE VOICE OF PLAYER is best known for the band’s international number one hit, “Baby Come Back.” Their biggest hit came about when PETER had just split from someone he had been in a relationship with for a long time. Still feeling the pain, he sat down with J.C. Crowley to write, and their moods were reflected in the song. First played on the radio in October of 1977, it would ultimately reach the top of the charts in January of 1978. Later that year, PLAYER — then consisting of BECKETT, Crowley, Ronn Moss and John Friesen — would be voted “Best New Single Artist” by Billboard magazine’s honor roll. Just two months after “Baby Come Back” hit the pinnacle position on the charts, PLAYER would experience another Top 10 hit with “This Time I’m In It For Love,” which also appeared on their self-titled debut album, Player. Quick to capitalize on their immense success, the band would release another album that year, Danger Zone, that featured a Top 40 hit called, “Prisoner of Love.” Where their first album captured the sunny sound of California pop, Danger Zone illustrated the band’s progressive pop/rock side with heavier guitars pushed to the front. The core of the band reunited in 2007 and in 2013, released their most recent studio effort titled, Too Many Reasons (Frontier Records). Since 2013, PETER has toured extensively, performing the hits he helped make famous.
 
There are songs you hear in your life that transport you to a certain time period or give you a special feeling. You associate those good times to the group that made them famous. Songs like “I’d Really Love To See You Tonight,” “Nights Are Forever Without You” and “Love Is The Answer” by England Dan and JOHN FORD COLEY seemingly have that kind of effect on people. Those popular Top 10 singles from the 70’s, along with such other songs as “It’s Sad To Belong,” “Gone Too Far” and “We’ll Never Have to Say Goodbye Again” have made JOHN FORD COLEY a singing legend. He has spent decades touring, writing, recording, and producing. JOHN — most revered as half of the Grammy nominated duo England Dan and JOHN FORD COLEY — continues to have a busy tour schedule, performing the platinum and gold record hits for audiences around the world. As part of that duo, he would have six Top 40 hits, including four Top 10’s. Classically trained on piano and an avid guitarist, JOHN loves the craft and enjoys every audience he encounters. JOHN looks forward to being a part of ROCK THE YACHT this summer, stating, “Every now and then I get the opportunity to perform with friends and musicians whose music I really enjoy and what they contributed to the world by their music.”
 
WALTER EGAN is a musician, singer, composer, writer, artist, sculptor and general Renaissance man who is most widely known for his 1978 million-selling Top 10 single, “Magnet and Steel,” featured on his album, Not Shy (Columbia Records) produced by Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham and Richard Dashut. Four decades later, Walter’s signature song is still a staple on classic radio and can be heard in feature films (including the cult classic, Boogie Nights) and on television. In addition to the hugely popular “Magnet and Steel,” his other hits have included such songs as “Hot Summer Nights,” “Only the Lucky” and “Fool Moon Fire.” Today, Walter continues to make original music as a prolific individual artist, with several solo CD’s to his credit, and as a member of performing and recording bands including the Malibooz and the Brooklyn Cowboys.
 
LOOKING GLASS is best known for their hit, “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl),” a song featuring singer/songwriter Elliot Lurie on vocals and guitar, “Brandy (You’re a Fine Girl)” was released in the summer of 1972. It quickly rose to the top of the charts, selling over a million copies and becoming one of the most played radio records of the year. Over time, the song has endured, consistently registering over 2.5 million Spotify streams per month and being recorded by such disparate artists as the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Kenny Chesney. It has been featured in numerous films and TV productions including “Charlie’s Angels,” “The Simpsons” and “Guardians of the Galaxy” (Vol 2). “Brandy” was included on the “Guardians” soundtrack album, which is RIAA Gold certified, selling over 500,000 units. In 1973, LOOKING GLASS would experience chart success one more time with their song, “Jimmy Loves Maryanne,” that would enter the Top 40. The band was short-lived, disbanding in 1974, but Elliot Lurie would go on to release a solo album and eventually transition into supervising music for film and television, becoming an executive in charge of music for Twentieth Century Fox. He recently returned to his first loves — singing, writing and playing guitar. “Although I’ve constantly remained involved with music over the years, I was reminded that the most direct connection is still performing live to an audience.”
 
In addition to the four confirmed dates in Clearwater, Irving, Lake Charles and Biloxi, two Rock The Yacht dates featuring Ambrosia, Peter Beckett – The Voice of Player, John Ford Coley and Looking Glass have just been added in Cohasset, Massachusetts (South Shore Music Circus) and Hyannis, Massachusetts (Cape Cod Melody Tent) on August 15 and August 16, respectively.
All hands on deck!
 
Damn the torpedoes and come join the fun!
 
Sail into the sounds of the seventies with ROCK THE YACHT!
 
*If you’d like to interview one of the artists regarding the tour or need additional press materials, please contact Jeff Albright / The Albright Entertainment Group at rockstarpr@aol.com.
 
 
**ROCK THE YACHT 2019 is expected to “dock” in other cities throughout the U.S. beginning in July. Additional dates to be announced soon.
 
 
ROCK THE YACHT CONFIRMED TOUR DATES SUMMER 2019
 
Wednesday, July 10 – Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, Florida
Sunday, July 14 – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory in Irving, Texas
Thursday, August 15 – South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset, Massachusetts
Friday, August 16 – Cape Cod Melody Tent in Hyannis, Massachusetts
Saturday, August 17 – Golden Nugget in Lake Charles, Louisiana
Friday, August 23 – IP Casino Resort Spa in Biloxi, Mississippi
 
 
 
Official Artist Websites
 
www.ambrosialive.net
 
www.stephenbishop.com
 
www.peterbeckett-player.com
 
www.johnfordcoley.com
 
www.walteregan.com
 
www.elliot-lurie.com

CORKY LAING — THE LEGENDARY DRUMMER FOR MOUNTAIN AND WEST, BRUCE AND LAING — SET TO RELEASE NEW BOOK, “LETTERS TO SARAH,” ON MOTHER’S DAY, SUNDAY, MAY 12

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May 7, 2019
 
 
 
CORKY LAING — THE LEGENDARY DRUMMER FOR MOUNTAIN
AND WEST, BRUCE AND LAING – SET TO RELEASE NEW BOOK,
TITLED “LETTERS TO SARAH” ON MOTHER’S DAY, SUNDAY, MAY 12
 
“LETTERS TO SARAH” – CHRONICLING THE UPS AND DOWNS OF LAING’S LIFE – FEATURES EXCERPTS OF TOUCHING, MEMORABLE, HUMOROUS, INTIMATE AND HEARTFELT
LETTERS WRITTEN TO HIS MOTHER OVER 34 YEAR PERIOD
 
 
 
Corky Laing started his life in 1948 as the youngest of five siblings in Montreal, Canada. His early bands enjoyed a good local following, opened for many of the popular British invasion acts and, ultimately, got a record deal with Atlantic Records in New York. Through the teenage summers, his band was a regular on the Island of Nantucket, Massachusetts and frequented clubs in New York City. In September 1969, his life changed for good when Mountain happened. There started a few crazy years of rock mayhem. Mountain was followed by West, Bruce and Laing – a super group featuring Leslie West, Jack Bruce and Corky that was destined for greatness, but brought to an untimely end by the darker forces of the music scene. After West, Bruce and Laing, Mountain continued to tour and record on and off. The months and years off left Corky with plenty of time for his own musical explorations and other careers. He released a solo album, almost set up another super group, worked in a driving service and in real estate, had a senior position at Chappell Music and became a vice president of A&R at Polygram, Canada.
 
During his career, Corky has played, written and toured with the who’s who of rock. Keith Moon was a close pal, and Levon Helm, a mentor and friend. Eric Clapton played on his solo album and Tony Williams recommended to Jack Bruce that Corky should be included in West, Bruce and Laing. Corky Laing All Star Show Band included Mick Taylor, Lester Chambers and Meatloaf. Corky has written, among others, with Peter Frampton, Mick Jagger, Ian Hunter, Mick Ronson, and obviously, with Leslie West, Felix Pappalardi and Jack Bruce. At the Lone Star Café in New York, he partied with the likes of Robin Williams and John Belushi.    
 
However, Letters to Sarah (Polite Bystander Productions, 2019) 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.
 
The book opens with a Foreword by the incomparable Kinky Friedman. It was written together with Corky’s manager and partner, Tuija Takala, PhD, who is a widely published academic author and who, initially discovered the letters to Sarah tucked away in a box at Corky’s rehearsal studio.
 
 
 
Letters to Sarah is now available on Amazon
 
Soft cover:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/9529415303?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860&fbclid=IwAR0PmGrMbolbH7mxRfozuXg0tU7j3NjuLSW-ja66yTyZK_2Zzck–h5BRx0
 
Kindle:
https://www.amazon.com/Letters-Sarah-Corky-Laing-ebook/dp/B07QDV4L1R/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
 
Audiobook (as read by Corky): Coming out soon!
 
 
 
Corky’s new album, The Toledo Sessions, will be released in late May (Rouge Records, USA) and he will tour (together with Richie Scarlet and Mark Mikel) the U.S. in August and September, and Europe in October and November. The fall will also see the release of a comprehensive Corky Laing Box Set (Gonzo Multimedia, UK).
 
 
If you’d like to interview Corky for a feature story or receive a copy of his new book, Letters to Sarah, for review, please contact Jeff Albright / The Albright Entertainment Group at rockstarpr@aol.com. Thank you.
 
 
More on Corky:
corkylaingworks.com
https://www.facebook.com/corkylaing
https://www.instagram.com/corkylaing
 
Management:
politebystander@gmail.com
 
 
“The cowbell king is an influential force in music (both in front of the audience and behind the scenes).
Never one to rest on his past achievements, Corky Laing is like a fine wine who just gets better and better as time goes on. Explore his journey in Letters to Sarah. It’s a groovy read front to back.”
 
BILLY AMENDOLA
 
 
“When I heard ‘Mississippi Queen,’ I said: ‘now that’s a cowbell. More cowbell!’
Corky is a great man, a great drummer and an inspiration. He inspired me and if you listen carefully
you will hear a lot of cowbell in the KISS songs. Thank you Corky! God Bless You!!!”
 
PETER CRISS
 
 
“As the drummer for Mountain, Corky Laing shares the title of one of the best players of that genre.”
 
LEVON HELM
(In his foreword to Corky’s Stick It book, 2001)