Ian Leslie: uncertainty

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…What was Paul like as a collaborator with Denny Laine in Wings? It’s a difficult relationship. Denny Laine was a good singer, decent guitarist, but he obviously was not a talent anywhere on the same scale as Paul or as John or indeed of George. Of course, Paul was an ex-Beatle, there was always this inbuilt imbalance, but he did stick with him all the way through the ’70s until the very early 1980s, so it was an enduring musical collaboration, if not an equal one. There was also this question of the money. Denny was being paid by Paul rather than them both getting royalties. Although Paul did co-write “Mull of Kintyre” with him. I don’t know how much of “Mull of Kintyre” was contributed by Denny, but that might have been Paul letting Denny in as it was. “No Words” they co-wrote on Band on the Run. I think I can hear which is the Denny part and which is the Paul part. The Paul part just makes the song become magical. The Denny part is good, but I wonder how that was for Denny.…

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