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Denny Laine (1944-2023)

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1977, Denny Laine arrived at Paul McCartney’s farm on Kintyre peninsula in Scotland. McCartney was singing the chorus to a song-in-progress called “Mull of Kintyre.” Laine grabbed a guitar, and within a few hours, the pair co-wrote what became one

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