Yesterday I fell asleep listening to Nevada Public Radio. I am probably not the first person to do this. But I soon perked up because the station was playing an interview about life in the Vegas area. At first I thought it was with Paul McCartney; the talking voice (even occasionally breaking into song) sounded so similar.

But the interview, conducted a few weeks ago by Dave Berns, was with former Wings member Denny Laine who it turns out is now a local. Laine, guitar in hand, did an amazing job discussing the influences that went into the first generation British Invasion bands (Laine was in an early incarnation of the Moody Blues, singing lead on "Go Now"). I assume, before I tuned in, Berns asked about "Love," the new Cirque/Beatles show at Mirage. I would love to know what Laine thought of "Love."

But the story I did hear was a total reward for getting out of bed. Laine recalled being in the room when Paul McCartney pitched a song to Frank Sinatra over the phone. Sinatra, of course, did record and perform "Something," a George Harrison song, which Sinatra would erroneously or humorously credit to Lennon-McCartney. Still, I can't imagine McCartney writing a song for Frank Sinatra and then calling him up to play it. But according to Laine, McCartney played the song for the Chairman of the Board over the telephone and with Berns' encouragement Laine, from memory, reeled off a few jaunty chords and a lyrical chorus that repeated the word "suicide" a lot.

Though the he was on the other end of the phone line, it was clear to Laine that Mr. Sinatra would not be recording McCartney's effort.