McCartney Times

Denny Laine, lead singer of the Moody Blues and a guitarist with Paul McCartney’s band Wings, has died at the age of 79.His wife Elizabeth Hines said he died after a long battle with lung disease.”I was at his side, holding his hand as I played his favourite Christmas songs for him,” she said in a statement.Among other achievements, Laine sang on the Moody Blues’ multi-million selling Go Now and co-wrote the Wings hit Mull of Kintyre.Born Brian Hines, he grew up in Birmingham and was inspired to play guitar by jazz legend Django Reinhardt.In the 1960s, he formed a band called Denny and the Dilpomats, which featured future Wizzard singer Roy Wood.

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