tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post6428905859409487808..comments2017-08-01T11:19:25.510+01:00Comments on A Memphibian in London: Rock in Peace, Mick CockJames Enckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17214581678192360980noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post-28246956716131335782015-04-13T02:49:14.936+01:002015-04-13T02:49:14.936+01:00I am the original guitarist for the band Cock Rock...I am the original guitarist for the band Cock Rock.<br /><br />Mike was my best friend back in the early days, really it was more than that, we were family. Mike and I started the Cock Rock band and went by the stage names 'Mick' and 'Rick' Cock, the Cock Brothers. <br /><br />We later expanded the band to include Adam Sater, another very funny guy. I remember one of Adams routines included a guitar solo where he would proclaim to the audience that he was going to play guitar with his eyebrow! The lights would dim, and I would step behind my Ampeg stack and play some crazy tapping, dive bomb, fly picking solo. The moment that Adam would lower his guitar from his eyebrow, I would cut it. The crowd reaction was always hilarious! <br /><br />Mick and I would do radio interviews and fake British accents, telling listeners that we were on our North American tour. Crowds of people would gather and try to get into the station, and the phones would light up.<br /><br />On a personal note, when my Grandfather, whom I lived with, passed away, Mike was the guy that was there for me. Mike and his family were my family and I never needed to question his friendship or loyalty. <br /><br />I have shared so joy and pain and I have had so many great experiences with Mike, that he will live forever in my memory. RIP my brother from another mother.<br /><br />Charles 'Rick' GarrettAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16406826127861826795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post-82524657107966031882013-03-08T13:38:56.424+00:002013-03-08T13:38:56.424+00:00well said J. Enck.. I believe I met Mick when we p...well said J. Enck.. I believe I met Mick when we played his back yard at what was his 30th birthday. He will not be forgotten nor will his acts of kindness and true generosity towards the struggles of the working class, the artists, the musicians, the comics here. He had a big heart and I was lucky enough to get to become close enough to know his motives were genuine and his intentions good. ( not a pump action reatard anymore)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post-2065030642572859632013-03-07T18:24:36.469+00:002013-03-07T18:24:36.469+00:00Sad day for memphis, with his passing..Saw Mike an...Sad day for memphis, with his passing..Saw Mike and his misc bands over the yrs..and video taped 'em as I did with many groups of the era..he loved that I was doing something cool....and don't kid yourself, he was talented..and knew what looked and sounded good. <br /><br />R.I.P. Mick<br /><br />W.S. PaleyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post-11967568054396477532013-03-05T11:09:30.083+00:002013-03-05T11:09:30.083+00:00I Met Mick back in the late 80's. A friend gav...I Met Mick back in the late 80's. A friend gave me his ph# and said call this guy, and ask him when the Voodoo Village People are playing. So I would call from time to time and catch a show, he'd say "Come on out, we'll get ya laid!!" I had a great time watching VVP and FBJ shows over the years, but not nearly enough. I caught their reunion a few years ago at the place next to Kudzu's. I also realize thats a young me at the end of the Biker Sluts video sporting my tee shirt that Mick gave me-I must have been 18 or so. I didn't know Mick as a regular friend, just as a fan, but I really enjoyed his contributions to the scene here. I hate that I never got to play in one of his bands. Thanks for writing about him, he will be sorely missed.John Wrighthttp://facebook.com/johnwrightmusicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post-26670302635142656162013-03-04T18:40:48.926+00:002013-03-04T18:40:48.926+00:00Nice things said nicely about my friend Mick.he wa...Nice things said nicely about my friend Mick.he was a true original and we will miss him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post-90772589214416236692013-03-03T16:35:04.331+00:002013-03-03T16:35:04.331+00:00This is so great. Thank you. xoxo This is so great. Thank you. xoxo laura jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04873286334128301709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post-90044866169238912032013-03-03T14:25:47.454+00:002013-03-03T14:25:47.454+00:00Jimi, this is a lovely tribute. I hardly knew Mike...Jimi, this is a lovely tribute. I hardly knew Mike--I remember him and Cock Rock from when I was still in Memphis in the late 1980s--but I was in tears by the time I finished reading this. Paul Dudenheferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151195827506868797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1968676575047483233.post-79621359115716016232013-03-03T13:22:15.149+00:002013-03-03T13:22:15.149+00:00Very well done ... Mike will def leave a hole in t...Very well done ... Mike will def leave a hole in the Memphis community. <br /><br />Really dig this analogy - "there was always a common thread of spectacle, genre satire, self-deprecation, and fairly gentle mockery of others. Some found it offensive at times, but it was never malicious. I tend to think of Mike as court jester, satirizing everyone and everything around him, but typically placing himself in the most absurd context possible"Jukes333https://www.blogger.com/profile/14662214600686605723noreply@blogger.com