Paul McCartney has penned a tribute to his Wings bandmate Denny Laine, who died on Dec. 5 at 79.
“I am very saddened to hear that my ex-bandmate, Denny Laine, has died,” he wrote of the guitarist, who was also the original lead singer of the Moody Blues. “I have many fond memories of my time with Denny: from the early days when the Beatles toured with the Moody Blues. Our two bands had a lot of respect for each other and a lot of fun together. Denny joined Wings at the outset.
“I am very saddened to hear that my ex-bandmate, Denny Laine, has died,” he wrote of the guitarist, who was also the original lead singer of the Moody Blues. “I have many fond memories of my time with Denny: from the early days when the Beatles toured with the Moody Blues. Our two bands had a lot of respect for each other and a lot of fun together. Denny joined Wings at the outset.
- 12/5/2023
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Denny Laine, the original lead singer of the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s co-founder/guitarist in Wings, died December 5 after a short battle with Interstitial lung disease. He was 79.
“I was at his bedside holdings his hand as I played his favorite Christmas songs for him,” his wife Elizabeth Hines wrote in a statement. “My world will never be the same. Denny was an amazingly wonderful person, so loving and sweet to me. He made my days colorful, fun, and full of life – just like him.”
Laine grew up in Birmingham,...
“I was at his bedside holdings his hand as I played his favorite Christmas songs for him,” his wife Elizabeth Hines wrote in a statement. “My world will never be the same. Denny was an amazingly wonderful person, so loving and sweet to me. He made my days colorful, fun, and full of life – just like him.”
Laine grew up in Birmingham,...
- 12/5/2023
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