Posted on 07/07/2022 10:31:25 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Manny Charlton, a founding guitarist of the Scottish band Nazareth, has died at age 80. The news was confirmed by his grandson in a social media post. No cause of death was given.
In addition to playing with Nazareth until 1990, Charlton produced Guns N' Roses' earliest demos.
Charlton was born in Spain but his family relocated to Dunfermline, Scotland, when he was a child. He played in several bands in the '60s before one of them evolved into Nazareth, which he helped form in 1968. He played on some of the band's most successful recordings, including 1975's Hair of the Dog, which was a Top 20 hit in the U.S. and spawned the popular title song as well as a cover of the Everly Brothers' "Love Hurts," which was a Top 10 hit for Nazareth.
The band scored only one other chart hit in the States, the 1980 single "Holiday," which made it to No. 187. But Nazareth's albums were a favorite among rock stations. Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll, from 1976, and 1980's Malice in Wonderland both made the Top 50.
Charlton played on 17 albums by Nazareth before leaving the band and launching a solo career. He released more than a dozen albums as a solo artist that run into the '10s.
In 1986, Charlton was tapped by Guns N' Roses frontman Axl Rose to produce the band's first album. He recorded more than two dozen tracks with the band in Los Angeles before later returning to Nazareth. His work with Guns N' Roses ended up on various compilations and B-sides over the years, even though 1987's Appetite for Destruction was eventually produced by Mike Clink.
In 1993, Guns N' Roses paid tribute to Nazareth by recording "Hair of the Dog" on their album of cover songs "The Spaghetti Incident?"
Saw them in 76...........................
Who?
Saw them with Blackfoot...hell of a show.
“My White Bicycle” was a good tune, although when I first heard it I didn’t know what to make of it. They also did a great rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “This Flight Tonight”.
Teen theme song of the 1970s:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-Bg0jjJhgQ
Time to go crank “Hair of the Dog”...
Yep I remember Love Hurts. Don’t know their other music. RIP.
Now you’re messin with a son of ...
“Who?”
No - better.
That was "Tomorrow", Steve Howe's first band before he joined "Yes".
Hah! Never heard of that version. You learn something new every day. I have always loved Howe's work with Yes, who I have seen live twice. Tomorrow's version will give you an acid flashback even if you never dropped A in your life. $;-)
Here is Nazareth's version.
Does NOT need more cowbell. 🎯
“Saw them in 76...........................”
It seems like I did too, but I can’t remember where.
Hair of the Dog is the greatest rock album ever. Every song is excellent.
8 track 🤪
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