In 1964, Denny Laine’s soul-wrought vocals blasted out of Birmingham, England, on the Moody Blues version of “Go Now.” It was a number-one hit, selling millions of copies, and whether you were a mod or a rocker, you dug it. Laine was at the epicenter of a very happening London scene. His guitar playing had what it took to make him a member of Ginger Baker’s Air Force in 1970. Then, when the Beatles’ Paul McCartney formed his own band called Wings in 1971, he asked Laine to join. For Wings, Laine provided guitar, bass, woodwind, keyboards, and vocals. Over the course of a decade, Wings notched 24 Top 40 hits, with six going number one. By 1999, Laine had also released 15 solo albums. He was constantly pushing for new sonic ground. At 70 years old, the man knows a thing or two, or three, about music…
