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“I went to his house one day, and he said, ‘What’s in my attic? Climb up there and have a look.’ He gave me the 12-string I used on Nights in White Satin”: How Justin Hayward ended up with Lonnie Donegan’s 12-string – before Donegan took it

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“I went to his house one day, and he said, ‘What’s in my attic? Climb up there and have a look.’ He gave me the 12-string I used on Nights in White Satin”: How Justin Hayward ended up with Lonnie Donegan’s 12-string – before Donegan took it

Of the Moody Blues’ many classics, Nights in White Satin remains the band’s calling card, having racked up a whopping 245 million streams on Spotify.

As many ’60s-era classics do, Nights in White Satin has a fascinating story to go with it, with this particular one involving a beat-up 12-string from the collection of pioneering British guitar hero Lonnie Donegan.

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