Corky Laing

LAURENCE GORDON LAING was born into a large family with older triplet brothers and a sister on January 26, 1948, in Montreal, Quebec in Canada.

Corky began playing drums and cover tunes in high school. In college, he played original tunes with a trio called ENERGY. The band was to be produced by Felix Pappalardi. The year was 1968 and Pappalardi was involved with producing the future super band CREAM, so ENERGY toured Canada and most of New England. They found themselves in New York City in 1969. Corky left the trio to form MOUNTAIN with Felix Pappalardi, Leslie West and Steve Knight.
After selling millions of albums world wide over the past four decades, Corky Laing is busier than ever. He is touring at times with Leslie West as MOUNTAIN and writing new music with his own band CORK. When he is off the road, Laing writes music for other formats and media. You may hear his songs in movies or at the top of country charts by the WILKINSONS. He presently resides in Toronto, Canada.