Corky’s Christmas cracker now available to listen to
A Wick musician followed on from last year’s Christmas song with another festive cracker by his Aberdeen-based band Alba Tudashi called ‘Now It Is Christmas Time’.
David Cormack (Corky), who lived with his parents on Sinclair Terrace and attended Wick High School, cites his seminal musical influences as being firmly embedded in his experiences of visiting the town's former Rosebank Hotel.
“Following on from last Christmas' rather festive cracker of a song our very limited fan base kept on asking us what we were doing this year.
“Eventually we cracked, and recently went into Captain Tom’s Studio in Aberdeen to lay down a new one.”
He says the track has been described as, "a Status Quo-esque romp of a tune that switches to a very traditional and melodic chorus where sublime vocals are accompanied by a marching orchestral snare drum. Let's not forget the snarling guitar solo and oh-so-cheesy lyrics that make this the perfect Christmas party song".
The jaunty song has just dropped on various streaming sites including: open.spotify.com/track/4ooaGPRZ7B4m8dc8hOCERs; music.amazon.co.uk/albums/B0DP3HRWV8; music.apple.com/gb/album/now-it-is-christmas-time/1782259692; and albatudashi.bandcamp.com/track/now-it-is-christmas-time.
The Aberdeen based band he plays with, Alba Tudashi, released ‘A Rocking Christmas Ceilidh’ last year and it is still findable via all streaming services and YouTube with over 3000 views.
It was originally written at the time of the famous Band Aid single in 1984. The song went down well with many and was featured on Aberdeen radio station NorthSound One’s Breakfast show. It also aired on ABC Radio in Tasmania where a local ukulele band, having heard it on the radio, asked if they could cover it.
“And that was meant to be it. Song written, recorded, released, played on the radio, end,” said Corky.
Last month, band members were asked whether there would be a new one in the offing and, bowing to popular pressure, turned around Now It Is Christmas Time in record time. Staying true to Corky’s Rosebank Hotel rock roots he says the song moves from a Status Quo style sound to Scottish trad.
The 62-year-old admits he only started playing guitar after he left Wick to work as a roustabout on North Sea oil rigs. Corky initially went to university to study "pure science" but it didn't work out for him and he much preferred the "hard, physical work" he encountered on the rigs along with the roustabout lifestyle.
A chance discussion with a member of Cults Tennis Club last year led to him hooking up with drummer Craig and that was the genesis of A Rocking Christmas Ceilidh. One jam in and Corky decided it was time to fulfil a decades-old dream of recording a Christmas single.
