Died – Loss of life – Obituary
Dan McCafferty dies at 76; founding member of Nazareth was its lead singer
Dan McCafferty, the unique lead singer of Scottish arduous rock band Nazareth, has died, his band has confirmed. He was 76.
“That is the saddest announcement I ever needed to make,” band member Pete Agnew wrote in a press release posted to the band’s web site, saying McCafferty’s loss of life on Tuesday.
“Maryann and the household have misplaced an exquisite loving husband and father, I’ve misplaced my finest good friend and the world has misplaced one of many best singers who ever lived.
“Too upset to say something extra right now,” he added.
McCafferty was one of many founding members of Nazareth, which developed out of the Scottish beat group Shadettes, in 1968, together with Agnew, Manny Charlton and Darrell Candy.
The band is finest identified for its cowl of the ballad “Love Hurts,” which reached quantity 8 on Billboard’s Sizzling 100 listing in March 1976, in addition to the hit 1975 album “Hair of the Canine,” with which it established a global viewers.
By 2013, McCafferty was discovering it robust to be on stage on account of experiencing respiratory difficulties after being recognized with power obstructive pulmonary illness.
He stopped touring with Nazareth in autumn of that yr after making the album “Rock ‘n’ Roll Phone,” and English rock singer Carl Sentence was recruited because the band’s new lead vocalist.
McCafferty had a number of private initiatives, releasing his last solo album, “Final Testomony,” in 2019.
Dan McCafferty dies at 76; founding member of Nazareth was its lead singer
