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Take a pinch Of Mountain, a sliver of Spin Doctors and a smattenng of The Jimi HendrixExperience and you have CORK! When drummer Corky Laing (ex-Mountain) was introduced to singer-guitarist Eric Schenkman (ex-spin Doctors) by former jimi Hendrix Experience bassist Noel Redding in 1996, the three musicians had no idea that the casual meeting would result in SPEED OF THOUGHT, the debut album by new rock group CORK. The trio spent time on the road at the tail-end of 1997; thrilling audiences with classic rock tunes from their respective bands, but it was in the spring of 1998 that Laing and Schenkman decided to make a record, and began writing songs. Schenkman is no stranger to penni"g hit tunes - as the founding member of·the Spin ISoctors, he was responsible for writing some of the band's biggest tunes, including Two Princes, Jimmy Olsen Blues, and Little Miss Can't Be Wrong - and Laing is also a prolific songwriter, having been responsible for Mountan's biggest hit, Mississippi Queen, and for this album, Laing collaborated on four tunes with Nashville tunesmith Kostas, who has penned hits for the Mavericks, Patty Loveless,and Jonny Lang. SPEED OF THOUGHT is released by Lightyear Records   Press Release From Work Hard