Peter Leslie "Dino" Dines (17 December 1944 – 28 January 2004) was a British keyboard player, best known for his work as a member of

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. Dines was also a member of

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and the

Keef Hartley Band Keith "Keef" Hartley (8 April 1944 – 26 November 2011)
was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted his own band ...

Career

Early

Dines was a member of Apostolic Intervention alongside future Humble Pie/

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drummer Jerry Shirley. Their song " (Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me" was donated by future Humble Pie frontman

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. Later, Dines played in the Keef Hartley Band, fronted by his future T-Rex bandmate Miller Anderson, also contributing keyboards to Anderson's first solo album, "Bright City". During Dines' time in the band, they released the albums '' Halfbreed'' and ''

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''. Dines later returned for the album ''

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''.

T-Rex

Dines joined T-Rex in mid-1974 and remained until the band disbanded in 1977 due to leader Marc Bolan's death in a car accident. During his time in the band, the group recorded and released the albums ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as the UK Top 30 hit singles "Light Of Love", "New York City" and "I Love To Boogie". Dines performed with the band extensively on the TV show ''

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'' as well as Bolan's own show ''

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''.

Later

Dines spent his later years performing with T.Rex tribute band T.Rextasy, and played on their albums. He died of a heart attack in 2004 aged 59.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dines, Dino 1944 births 2004 deaths British rock keyboardists T. Rex (band) members