HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DENNY LAINE! Born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines on October 29th 1944 on a boat off the coast of Jersey, England. He is an singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist who was an original member of the Moody Blues and an original member of Wings with Paul McCartney. Laine took up the guitar as a boy under the influence of gypsy jazz legend Django Reinhardt. He had his first solo performance as a musician at the age of 12 and began his career as a professional musician fronting Denny Laine & the Diplomats, which also included future Move and Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan. In 1964, Laine left the Diplomats to join Mike Pinder in forming the Moody Blues. He wrote and sang the groups first big hit, Go Now. Laine quit the band in October 1966. The last record issued by the Moody Blues that featured Laine was Lifes Not Life/He Can Win in January 1967, just after Justin Hayward had replaced him in the band. After leaving the Moody Blues, he formed the Electric String Band in December 1966, which featured a format not dissimilar to what Electric Light Orchestra would later attempt. In June 1967, the band shared a bill with the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Procol Harum at the Saville Theatre in London. However, it did not achieve national attention and the Band broke up. Laine then went on to the band Balls from February 1969 until the bands breakup in 1971, also taking time to play in Ginger Bakers Air Force in 1970. In 1971, Laine joined Paul McCartney to form Wings, and stayed with the group for 10 years until it disbanded in 1981. Laine provided lead and rhythm guitars, lead and backing vocals, keyboards, bass guitar and woodwinds, as well as writing or co-writing some of the groups material, including the hit Mull of Kintyre. In January 1980, McCartney was arrested for possession of marijuana upon arrival at an airport for a tour in Japan. The tour was canceled and the band members, except Linda, returned to England. After returning to England, McCartney decided to release his solo album McCartney II and plans for an autumn U.S. tour were dropped. Meanwhile, Laine released the single Japanese Tears and formed the short-lived Denny Laine Band with Steve Holley and released a solo album Japanese Tears that December. On April 27, 1981, Laine announced he was leaving Wings due to McCartneys reluctance to tour in the wake of John Lennons murder. He signed with Scratch records and began working on a new album. He then went on to record other solo albums such as his Wings at the Sound of Denny Laine. He has also wrote the musical Artic Song and released two more albums. Denny moved to the United States in the 1990s, where he continues to tour. Heres Denny Laine singing Go Now while with Wings in 1976.....Enjoy!
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:30:31 +0000
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