The Moody Blues

DENNY LAINE (The Moody Blues / Wings) Passed Away Aged 79

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DENNY LAINE (guitarist/bassist) born Brian Frederick Arthur Hines on 29 October 1944
in Birmingham, UK, co-founded the legendary 60s/70s pop-rock band The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney‘s post-Beatles band Wings (1971-1981) also featuring Macca‘s late wife Linda Eastman. Laine was also involved in several other musical projects in his long career.

He passed away night yesterday, aged 79, due to
severe lung issues caused by Covid-19 in 2020. R.I.P.

Mccartney shared this tribute on his socials today.

DENNY LAINE: Bio

THE MOODY BLUES Topped UK Albums Chart With 4th LP ‘ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM’ 50 Years Ago…

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11 May 2019

ON THE THRESHOLD OF A DREAM is the fourth LP by British legends THE MOODY BLUES. It was their first No 1 LP in the UK when it was at the top spot of the UK albums chart this day 50 years ago, on 11 May 1969. It remained in the charts for 70 weeks!

Most people only know The Moody Blues for their 1967 classic ballad NIGHTS IN WHITE SATIN. But this splendid album shows that this underrated band (nobody names them
in a ‘the biggest of all time list‘ including The Beatles & Stones, The Small Faces, The Kinks etc.)
was one with an epoch-making musical vision, a sophisticated skill for writing top-notch pop tunes and drench them sonically well in the psychedelic bath everybody was playing in at that time. If you want to know where today’s bands such as Aussie collective King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard gets its inspiration from then have listen to this striking magnum opus…

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THE MOODY BLUES: Facebook – All Albums