Corky Laing, legendary rock ’n’ roll drummer and resident of Greenport, will return to the Bay Street Theatre on Saturday at 8 p.m. to perform “Heavy Metal Humor,” a one-man show that draws on his half-century as an entertainer.
Mr. Laing, best known for his tenure in the group Mountain, performed his show, “The Best Seat in the House,” at Bay Street on May 18. His return engagement comes on the heels of two sold-out performances on Nantucket.
His years with Mountain, and later West, Bruce, and Laing, the latter group featuring Leslie West of Mountain and Jack Bruce, who played in Cream with Eric Clapton in the late 1960s, are essential components of his experience. But the Montreal native, who has recorded or performed with such artists as Eric Clapton, Mick Jagger, Bo Diddley, Ozzy Osbourne, Meat Loaf, Gov’t Mule, and the Allman Brothers Band, has had many other experiences on which to draw. As both a witness to and participant in the early days of the British Invasion, Mr. Laing enjoys a rare insight.
With the band Energy, he performed alongside many artists of rock’s pantheon, including the Rolling Stones and the Who, when all involved were barely out of their teens. His memory of these experiences is sharp: Asked for just one anecdote, he delivered a narrative, involving Keith Moon of the Who, that was as detailed as it was hilarious. Such stories will be abundant in “Heavy Metal Humor.”.”
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