Nazareth

:(This page is about the Scottish hard rock band. For the hard trance artist of the same name, see Nazareth(2)).
Nazareth are a Scottish hard rock band formed in Dunfermline in 1968 that had several hits in the United Kingdom, as well as in several other Western European countries in the early 1970s. They established an international audience with their 1975 album Hair of the Dog, which featured their hits "Hair of the Dog" and a cover of the ballad "Love Hurts". The band continues to record and tour. The band formed in December 1968 in Dunfermline, Scotland, from the remaining members of semi-professional local group The Shadettes (formed in 1961) by vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. They were inspired by The Beatles and The Rolling Stones. Nazareth took their name from Nazareth, Pennsylvania, which is cited in the first line of The Band's classic song "The Weight" ("I pulled into Nazareth, was feelin' about half past dead...").
==Links to Peel==
Peel started playing Nazareth's material in the early 70's around the time the band started releasing singles and albums. He even visited the Nell Gwyn Club, London in October 1971, where a music business reception for the group was held in a strip club where Peel was amongst guests. 
On his first Singles Reviews for Sounds music paper in 1973, he praised Nazareth's single, 'Bad Bad Boy' as the best track on the group's 'Razamanaz' album. However, by the late 70's, Peel had lost interest in the group's music and after his death in 2004, it was later found out that he had 6 albums of them in his Record Collection: N.
==Sessions==
1. Recorded: 1972-10-30. First Broadcast: 02 November 1972. Repeated: 30 November 1972
*Ruby Baby / Black-Hearted Woman / Fool About You / (& Red Light Lady, 30/11/72)
2. Recorded: 1973-04-02. First Broadcast: 05 April 1973. Repeated: 17 May 1973
*Alcatraz / Broken Down Angel / Razamanaz / Bad Bad Boy
==Other Shows Played==
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*15 February 1972: Dear John (single) Pegasus
*30 June 1972: In My Time (LP – Exercises) Mooncrest
== See Also ==
*Record Collection: N
*Sounds
==External Links==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official Website
Category:Artists