“We’ve nicked music from everywhere” declared Denny Laine, who played an eclectic mix of songs both old and new during his intimate and chatty set.

The Moody Blues founder, who went on to form Wings with Paul and Linda McCartney, treated the audience to a selection of hits and unknowns, from his prolific career. Denny was accompanied by the skilful Alan Thompson on bass and Jeff Allen on drums.

Accomplished at both electric and acoustic guitar, harmonica and keyboard, his set included all four and took in influences ranging from pianist Professor Longhair in New Orleans, to African and Spanish guitar sounds picked up after two years living in Spain.

Classics such as Wings’ Band On The Run and Mull Of Kintyre were still crowd pleasers, as was The Moody Blues’ hit Go Now, which, apparently, is the one audiences always ask for. So was Boulevard de la Madeleine which, Denny explained, he wrote about a girl who stood him up on a Parisian street.

It was an evening full of banter with friends in the audience, one of whom performed a duet with him, and anecdotes from the 64-year-old’s musical career, which has included solo albums and a new musical project, Arctic Song.