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STEVE HOLLEY - PAUL McCARTNEY & WINGS
Steve Holley was born into a musical family in
London, England. When Elton John was restructuring his own band, Steve was invited to
join him in the studio to work on "A Single Man." It was then that Denny Laine
moved to Laleham, the same village in which Steve had grown up. The two became
friends and would quite often see each other socially. One evening Denny was having some guests over to his house for a
party and Steve was asked along. Little did Steve know that Denny's boss, Paul
McCartney, would also be in attendance. It
wasn't long after that Paul McCartney himself called Steve and invited him up to
MPL's London office for a proper audition. During his tenure with Paul McCartney's Wings, Steve played on
the Back to the Egg album and various other projects McCartney was involved
with, including the Concerts for Kampuchea and the "Goodnight Tonight" single.
Later, Steve worked on many prestigious
recordings including Julian Lennon's debut, plus a three year stint in the Joe
Cocker band with whom he performed "A Little Help from my Friends" in Berlin on
the day that the wall came down. Steve
has also recorded several albums with various country and blues artists,
including Katy Moffat and Grammy-nominated Junior Brown.
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