The City's Backyard S3 E4 Corky Laing from the classic rock group Mountain has a new album out called Finnish Sessions! We check in with Corky from Finland and chat about the music and more!

Since Covid-19 hit the world, Corky has spent half of his time in Finland. He has worked with Finnish musicians on several projects for a decade, but the pandemic gave him an opportunity to fully concentrate on the tunes that had been brewing in his mind.  He has a small demo studio in Finland and together with his trusted studio engineer and multi-instrumentalist, Harri Väyrynen, he was able to give shape to the new material.

 The first single, "Whatcha Doin?" features Corky's multi-talented friend, Maria Hänninen (of Mount Mary) on vocals and the wonderful Conny Bloom from Sweden (of Electric Boys) on guitar. Antero Priha's trumpet adds a distinctive flavor to track.  ​

The second single, "The Ball" out now! "To me the host of The City's Backyard Podcast(Matt Zako) this track sounds like MODERN MOUNTAIN!" It really rocks with Corky singing and on cow bell and drums...yes there is cow bell and plenty of it! Corky knocked it out of the park on this solo track! 
 
The rest of the album was recorded at E-studio in Finland in April with Petri Majuri in charge of the board. It was released on October 14, 2022 by On-Stage Records / TimeZone Records, Germany. Maria Hänninen (vocals, guitar, violin), John Vihervä (bass) and Harri Väyrynen (guitar, backing vox) joined Corky at the studio for the basic tracks. The album  features Michael Monroe (harmonica) and Ian Hunter (keyboards) as special guests. Stay tuned for more tour dates from  Corky in 2023!

https://www.corkylaingworks.com/

Here is the link to The Ball video!

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=mw7cekzUTOA