His wife,Elizabeth,sounds like a great person who Denny Laine was married to and she absolutely adored him as well.Too bad they couldn't have had more time together,but on this planet,it doesn't work that way--unfortunately.
jerry pdx A minor footnote in rock history but still an interesting one as he had a significant role in Paul McCartney's early solo career. Was only with the Moody Blues briefly, had one hit "Go Now" but left the group while Justin Hayward and John Lodge came aboard, taking the group into a different and, IMHO, much better direction. If the Moodies had gotten on a real roll as it was they probably would have become yet another British pop/R&B band (as if we needed more of them) like the Small Faces or Dave Clarke 5 but Justin, John and Co. came up with something new and unique.
Laine wrote some good stuff for Paul that got recorded on his early lp's but the one song that sticks out most in my mind was one he co wrote with Paul called "Mull of Kyntire" which has become a Scottish anthem of sorts. Maybe I love it so much because I have strong Scottish ancestry and it speaks to me on some ancestral level. Absolutely beautiful song and a rousing sing a long, you can imagine yourself standing on the coast of Scotland, with the spray on your face and feeling the country around you as it plays, love the bagpipes at the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plhtk_XJqhM
Here Denny Laine performs Mull of Kintyre live plus another song of his that Paul recorded and included on his terrific London Town album called Deliver Your Children:
Where have all the British musicians gone?There HAS to be some talented Brits over there--but they're White--so no one's(record companies) interested?
ReplyDeleteCan it be that simple? A racist conspiracy AGAINST Whites and FOR rap/nigg*r music.
Why not?Look at TV.
--GRA
His wife,Elizabeth,sounds like a great person who Denny Laine was married to and she absolutely adored him as well.Too bad they couldn't have had more time together,but on this planet,it doesn't work that way--unfortunately.
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ReplyDeleteA minor footnote in rock history but still an interesting one as he had a significant role in Paul McCartney's early solo career. Was only with the Moody Blues briefly, had one hit "Go Now" but left the group while Justin Hayward and John Lodge came aboard, taking the group into a different and, IMHO, much better direction. If the Moodies had gotten on a real roll as it was they probably would have become yet another British pop/R&B band (as if we needed more of them) like the Small Faces or Dave Clarke 5 but Justin, John and Co. came up with something new and unique.
Laine wrote some good stuff for Paul that got recorded on his early lp's but the one song that sticks out most in my mind was one he co wrote with Paul called "Mull of Kyntire"
which has become a Scottish anthem of sorts. Maybe I love it so much because I have strong Scottish ancestry and it speaks to me on some ancestral level. Absolutely beautiful song and a rousing sing a long, you can imagine yourself standing on the coast of Scotland, with the spray on your face and feeling the country around you as it plays, love the bagpipes at the end:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plhtk_XJqhM
Here Denny Laine performs Mull of Kintyre live plus another song of his that Paul recorded and included on his terrific London Town album called Deliver Your Children:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_ArWoLSuM