Jo Jo Laine
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Jo Jo Laine (July 13, 1953—October 29, 2006) was an American singer, model and actress who gained notoriety as a rock groupie to some of the most familiar names of the Woodstock era, including Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison. She had a longer relationship with Rod Stewart, but her only (brief) marriage was to Denny Laine of The Moody Blues and Wings.
Born Joanne Patri (some sources give LaPatrie) in Boston, Jo Jo Laine lost her virginity to Jimi Hendrix at the Woodstock festival,[1] which she attended at the age of 16. She became a teenage model in Los Angeles, quickly gaining a reputation as a wild party girl.
She used the name Joanna Hines during the early years of her marriage to Denny Laine, whose birth name is Brian Hines, and later performed with her own band, called Jo Jo Laine & The Firm, until 1985 when Jimmy Page established The Firm. She has also recorded with Wings and Sting and Andy Summers of The Police, performing on "Hulk" and "Dancing Man".
In 1986 Laine contacted The Rolling Stones producer Jimmy Miller via Carol Price, whose husband, Jim Price, toured with the Rolling Stones in the early seventies. Miller and Laine arranged to meet in Boston at the nightclub Avalon. At that time Laine managed a band called The Mannish Boys. When the Mannish Boys project imploded, Miller and Laine teamed up to produce their version of the Gerry Goffin and Carole King classic "I'm Into Something Good". The record was released on Boston Rock & Roll Anthology Volume 10. Part of the recording was done as a class at the Berklee College of Music though the basic tracks were recorded at the legendary Normandy Sound in Warren, Rhode Island.
Jo Jo Laine died at a London Hospital at the age of 53, following a fall at her home. She had been fighting liver cancer since May 2006. She is survived by three children—a son and a daughter from her marriage to Denny Laine and another son from a relationship with notorious entrepreneur (and later, convicted robber) Peter O'Donohue.
The album The Best of Jo Jo Laine is scheduled for release in 2007.
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- Jo Jo Laine website
- Daily Telegraph obituary
- Daily Mail article about Jo Jo Laine and her daughter with Denny Laine, Heidi
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