{"id":6397,"date":"2011-03-22T07:34:50","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T11:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=6397"},"modified":"2011-03-22T07:35:45","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T11:35:45","slug":"denny-laine-my-latest-holy-grail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/denny-laine-my-latest-holy-grail\/","title":{"rendered":"Denny Laine: My Latest Holy Grail?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What more can a rock nerd hope for than to be set on a quest for a new holy grail? A few new quests are beginning to line up for me, including one that&#8217;s been right under my nose since childhood!<\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QS5Hq7Ejdyk?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>In a recent <em>Saturday Night Shut-In<\/em> I played a <strong>Moody Blues<\/strong> track from the band&#8217;s first, <strong>Denny Laine<\/strong>-led album (the one with the also Laine-sung hit &#8220;Go Now&#8221;). It was pretty cool, and you can find it at about the 31:15 mark <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/rock-town-hall\u2019s-saturday-night-shut-in-dance-party-on-location-at-atlantic-city\u2019s-newest-hotspot-urges\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, if you don&#8217;t believe me. Laine was also featured in a recent <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/index.php\/who-is-it-2\/5\/\" target=\"_blank\">Who Is It?<\/a><\/em> thread. I believe it took longer for anyone to guess who the modern-day Laine was than any of the other matured rockers. Poor Denny Laine, unfairly ranked #3 in the command chain of <strong>Wings<\/strong> because\u00a0he wasn&#8217;t sleeping with the boss, coulda been a contender, or at least a second-level British Invasion force in his own right.<\/p>\n<p>What happened to Laine between his leaving The Moody Blues and landing with Paul McCartney &amp; Wings? Did he ever release a proper solo album, as this promo clip for a solo single might lead me to believe? Can anyone save me the effort of looking up all this stuff and just tell me what the deal was\/in with that guy? I need the real deal, not a bunch of Wikipedia links. I&#8217;m sure at least one of you can fill me in on some cool Denny Laine arcana. Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>By the way, did Laine get the Wings gig for combining Paul&#8217;s <em>Sgt. Pepper&#8217;s<\/em> &#8216;stache with John&#8217;s specs?<\/p>\n<p>And check this out: The Zombies&#8217; <strong>Colin Blunstone<\/strong> had a 1972 hit with his version of this song.<!--more--><\/p><iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M-wekAq-s34?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>As I pack for my latest quest, any information on roads to take, sights to see en route to Denny Laine will be appreciated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What more can a rock nerd hope for than to be set on a quest for a new holy grail? A few new quests are beginning to line up for me, including one that&#8217;s been right under my nose since childhood! In a recent Saturday Night Shut-In I played a Moody Blues track from the <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/denny-laine-my-latest-holy-grail\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[323],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6397\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}