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

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and the

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was an English drummer and bandleader. He fronted his own b ...

Early career

Dines was a member of

alongside future

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drummer

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. 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

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, fronted by his future T. Rex bandmate Miller Anderson, also contributing keyboards to Anderson's first solo album, ''Bright City''. During Dines' tenure they released the albums '' Halfbreed'' and ''

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''. He later returned for the album '' Overdog''.

T. Rex

Dines joined T. Rex in mid-1974 and remained until they disbanded in 1977 due to leader

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's death in a car accident. During Dines' time in the band they recorded and released the albums ''

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'', '' Futuristic Dragon'' and ''

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'', as well as the UK Top 30 hit singles "

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", "

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" and " I Love to Boogie". He performed with the band extensively on the TV show ''

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'' as well as on Bolan's own show '' Marc''.

Later years and death

Dines spent his later years performing with T. Rex tribute band T.Rextasy, and played on their albums. He died of a

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in 2004, aged 59.

References

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