Denny Laine, founding member of the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s Wings, dead at 79

Denny Laine, founding member of the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s Wings, dead at 79

Denny Laine performs at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill.

NEW YORK — Denny Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later Paul McCartney’s longtime sideman in the ex-Beatle’s solo band Wings, has died at age 79.

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