Denny Laine
Denny Laine ( born October 29, 1944 in Birmingham, England), actually Brian Hines, is a British rock musician ( guitar, bass, harmonica), singer and composer.
When his birthplace " a boat off the coast of the Island of Jersey " was sometimes called - by Laines own statements that merely a publicity stunt of the 1960s had been.
In September 1962 Laine founded the band with friends Denny & The Diplomats. They played blues and made some recordings that were never released.
1964 Laine left the Diplomats and founded a few months later with The Moody Blues, where he remained until November 1966. Then he tried a solo career, but in June 1967 he appeared at the National Jazz & Blues Festival in Windsor with his new band, the Denny Laine strings. These occurred there among other things, with the Jeff Beck Group and Cream, and later, together with the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Procol Harum.
Since the success failed to materialize, to Laine graduated in the summer of 1969 the band Balls mostly bass at, later he played the guitar. The ball broke up in February 1971.
After the end of Blind Faith Eric Clapton, George Harrison and Ric Grech took up with Laine and some other pieces that were not published. Laine remained with some of the musicians at Ginger Baker 's Air Force.
From August 1971 to 1981 Laine was a member of Paul McCartney's Wings, where he also served as co-author.
Then Laine began solo work. He played with World Classic Rockers, Spencer Davis and others.