Mountain's CORKY LAING Spills Stories From His INCREDIBLE Career!

[@1rwjwith]

Fantastic interview! I still have Mountain Climbing on vinyl …MISSISSIPPI QUEEN still kicks ass every time I hear it or play it!

[@adrianbrowne7874]

Corky's 'roll call of some of the great and famous' is indeed an envious one! He has kept some illustrious company, that's for sure!!😊😊

[@adrianbrowne7874]

Yes no question! And thankyou!!

[@DecriminalizeMarijuana]

CORKY LAING 🥁 🗻

[@kennywaynebearhead]

HELL, YES!!!

[@allenarmstrong7435]

What an excellent presentation. Laing comes across as a fine human being, telling a colourful story without ego.

[@mattsweeny3957]

Very little luck Corky...you were a KILLER drummer bro....

[@JimmyLove-l9l]

Rock on corky love your drumming stay cool

[@mattsweeny3957]

It's crazy to think Corky is the last man standing...they're all dead...very cool guy....sick.drummer

[@KitDumitre]

Many Party Nights With The Corkster and Clark, and a few other nefarious characters!

[@hi_desert_rat]

I got a fever and there's only one prescription....

[@depper]

One of the ALL TIME GREATEST DRUMMERS in ROCK HISTORY. Corky Laing.

[@mattsweeny3957]

Yes he is...

[@dereckvon]

Corky is a great story teller and drummer.

[@brunoblalack345]

Leslie was also a great story teller

[@horrorkungfutheatre0]

RIP Leslie! Yes, Corky is a GREAT story teller and very insightful about the history of it all during the late 60's through the 80's musically speaking.

[@IsaacMedrano-g2v]

Leslie has another version of the Hendrix story. But then again Les is dead, so he can't call Cork and straighten him out. God Bless Them All.

[@DevilsDevices666]

Cant beleive this has so few views, more people ned to watch this, Corkys stories are amazing

[@mattsweeny3957]

Bro..can you interview Glenn Hughes??

[@monmixer]

Optics are all giant video screen today. It's all gone to hell. theatre rock is all but dead. Who the hell wants to watch a concert on a giant TV from 250 from the stage? Not I . the corporates and the greedy musicians threw it all away to play 30 or 40 dates a year in the summer in big fields called sheds on pole barn foundations

[@larrybuss677]

My all time favorite group.

[@JohnLittle-ze7sp]

Great drummer and a great story teller... I saw Corky with Leslie West band in Houston, Tx. I think it was 1975, they opened for Ten Years After, man what a great concert. keep on rockin Corky

[@horrorkungfutheatre0]

What a GREAT interview. I had no idea that Corky is a lot more than just a great drummer. He first of all comes across as a very decent, funny and humble guy that was also a very talented songwriter and lyricist, despite what he says. This guy deserves to be a lot more famous that he is!

[@LAboomR]

Thank you !!!!! I found his book on Amazon cause I’m seeing this What a groovy cat. I loved Mountain but especially West , Bruce and Langue

[@jammininthepast]

I was fortunate to be in the front of the crowd for West, Bruce & Laing in Boulder Colorado in +/- '73. Corkey needed sledge hammers to play his kit...to this day that is the loudest band I ever saw, compared to the dozens I've seen. It was like sticking my head in a jet engine. They were good that night, I think they played w/ Little Feat. Everybody was definitely amped up on weed and assorted potions. Thanks, appreciated.

[@horrorkungfutheatre0]

Wow, it is like when I saw Van Halen before they made it big and they were called, "Mammoth." Man, they were great, but the p.a. was so freaking loud my head felt like it was going to blow right off my neck! WHY did musicians back then have to play so freaking loud?

[@horrorkungfutheatre0]

I listened to one of Ginger Baker's interviews that Jack Bruce and he used to argue a lot about Jack's high volume levels. According to the late Ginger Baker, there was one time during a Cream concert, due to a power failure, or something, where Eric and Ginger stopped playing and Jack didn't even know it for a while! He just kept blasting away. Amazing, eh? And Jack was a cello player too. You would think he would have known better. Guitar players are usually the problem when it comes to volume, right? Not bass player. I am a long time bass player and I actually enjoy playing at very soft volumes, because then you can really hear what everyone is expressing musically. Playing loud is a well known way of trying to cover up sloppy playing and mistakes. I think so! LOL

[@jammininthepast]

@@horrorkungfutheatre0 part of the deal back in the day was they all played Marshall's, High Watts, Ampeg's etc. So the PA had to compete against "that". I'm sure drummers couldn't hear a damn thing. I remember my ears ringing for 24 hours.....I wised up after that and brought ear plugs just in case. Appreciated.

[@jammininthepast]

@@horrorkungfutheatre0 you are correct about Bruce & playing volume....I'm a guitarist- no need to crank it up. Allot of gigs I played if the PA was loud I had to side kick an amp (2 bi-amped Fender Twins) otherwise I wouldn't bother to mic my amps.

[@Niktheman74478]

He’s very well spoken and entertaining, great drummer as well.

[@binkwood]

What an awesome, unexpected interview.... Corky is not a big name, very underrated drummer...makes for an unknown treasure of experiences by an expert in the field of rock music. As a drummer I will tell you that Corky's understanding of beat placement, is actual playing, is mastery!

[@mattsweeny3957]

Corky is a Musicians Musician...The public don't know of him, But WE do.

[@horrorkungfutheatre0]

@@mattsweeny3957 ABSOLUTELY, Matt!

[@mattsweeny3957]

Cork😅😅..I hit it on the head...Mountain's Sound IS Musical RUGBY...(My game!)..Matty

[@adrianbrowne7874]

Corky by name, and a 'Corker' of a raconteur!!😊

[@jeffk2278]

Mountain's cover of Roll Over Beethoven is still my favorite track.

[@randysalles2292]

In the late '70s, I saw mountain at the old Waldorf in Frisco, papillardi wasn't on that tour, however, the place was a small venue and it was a phenomenal show, during Corky's drum solo. He bounced a jumpstick off of one of his tomtoms, and that proceeded that bought me right upside the head! My friend Keith who is standing beside me actually caught the stick..... I believe he still has it, anyway. 25 years later or so. Keith and his son, my son Matt and myself saw mountain at a venue called the Orange blossom junction in a little town called Exeter, California, I don't think the place held a hundred people, nevertheless, the show was epic. And after the show corky Lang was doing autographs, I approached him with my son Matt, and told him about the incident years earlier at the Waldorf, it was hella funny and he was laughing as well, just a down-to-earth guy and definitely one of the greatest drummers that ever came along!!

[@ArthurJensen-qj6yy]

I loved Theme for an tmaginaryw k . kestern

[@terencesingerline135]

Lovely interview with Corky! I am definitely getting his book..Love these books that are written outside your typical rock star fashion of drinking,destroying hotel rooms and groupies..We all dig that stuff but it’s really boring after the 1st tale told..I really enjoy your interviews Paul and dig these videos..Thank you for the Rock N Roll history with Corky

[@markwhite2207]

Great interview. I've never heard of the guy, but what as raconteur. Good interviewing, too...ask the question, shut up. Another rock biog goes on the list!

[@of6594]

A favourite band of mine! There is a lot more to them than "Mississippi queen" The first two albums were awesome.

[@of6594]

... talking about the band Mountain of course

[@buckfaststradler4629]

The third is equally good

[@mattsweeny3957]

Corky sounds like New Yorker...not a Canadian...

[@birdzzzondayflu2489]

Leslie tells the same story but with Never in my Life

[@mattsweeny3957]

Who played bass in the New Mountain?

[@mattsweeny3957]

Corky lives in Finland??

[@mattsweeny3957]

What's the name of his book 📖?

[@scottwilliams8334]

Saw Mountain 4 times, 1970,1971,and twice in 72. The live shows were incredible. The power rattled your bones. From 68 to 77 that was my whole life. Seeing every band that I liked. You would hard pressed to come up with a group that I didn't see during that time period.

[@elantric]

Excellent Interview! I was fortunate to see Corky and Leslie West perform live on several occasions ( Dallas in the 1990s, LA in 2007), and the positive sparks were always flying of the stage - magic times !

[@svbarr]

Mississippi Queen is a perfect rock song. Short and amazing!!!

[@carminelombardi9575]

One of the purist raw rock songs ever recorded, the whole song is one complete hook.

[@randyroutt300]

Years I've been searing Mountain in my soul

[@honved1]

I could listen to him all day, great channel

[@billriddle9215]

Just found this channel....so cool you get so many legends doing killer interviews.

[@VRPRocks]

Welcome aboard the good ship VRP Rocks! It's a one man channel ( Hey, my name is Paul) and I've been interviewing classic rock legends for years. There's over 300 videos on my channel and I post a classic rock poll every single day as well 👍🤘

[@jeffreymars8062]

Mountain was the first real rock band I ever heard!

[@jamesmark8776]

FANTASTIC !!!

[@chamberpot969]

Haha

[@DecriminalizeMarijuana]

What's so funny‽