Genre: Rock
Places I remember: Real Groovy Records
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: On My Way (By The River)
Gear costume: Growin' Old With Rock'n'Roll
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: On My Way (By The River)
Gear costume: Growin' Old With Rock'n'Roll
They loom large in his legend (The Album Collection playlists): Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4
Active compensatory factors: I have mentioned Corky already on the blog when I wrote about my love of West Bruce & Laing but this time it's an unlikely (brilliant) solo album that is the focus.
Active compensatory factors: I have mentioned Corky already on the blog when I wrote about my love of West Bruce & Laing but this time it's an unlikely (brilliant) solo album that is the focus.
Corky's real name is Laurence Gordon "Corky" Laing (his sisters mispronounced Gordy as Corky and it stuck!) and he is best known for his stints in Mountain and West Bruce & Laing - Corky is the only surviving member of those bands and still at it, thankfully.
He's also a talented guy as this solo album (his only one I do believe) attests. He sings well and writes some good tunes. He must have been overshadowed by Jack Bruce and Leslie West in those other groups because I was not expecting this album to be as good as it is. But there you go - turns out it's a gem!
Where do they all belong? More to come in the M's (Mountain) and W's (West Bruce & Laing).
Where do they all belong? More to come in the M's (Mountain) and W's (West Bruce & Laing).
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