Dan McCafferty has died aged 76, his former Nazareth bandmate Pete Agnew has confirmed.
The Scottish singer had been the entrance man of the arduous rock band from its begin in 1968 till 2013, when he retired from touring as a result of in poor health well being.
Agnew had shared the information of McCafferty’s dying on the band’s official Fb web page, telling followers: ‘Dan died at 12:40 at this time.
‘That is the saddest announcement I ever needed to make. Maryann and the household have misplaced a beautiful loving husband and father, I've misplaced my greatest buddy, and the world has misplaced one of many best singers who ever lived. Too upset to say something extra right now.’
McCafferty was born in Dunfermline, Scotland and have become one of many founding members of Nazareth, touring with the band for 45 years and showing on all of their albums till 2014.
Impressed by the likes of Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry and Little Richard, McCafferty co-wrote a few of Nazareth’s largest hits together with Dangerous Dangerous Boy and Damaged Down Angel, in addition to releasing three solo albums.
The band had introduced McCafferty’s retirement from touring in August 2013, as a result of well being points.
He had beforehand instructed music journal Basic Rock that his well being points had been right down to power obstructive pulmonary illness (COPD) which had ‘worsened in recent times’.
McCafferty had needed to depart the stage after simply three songs throughout a present in Switzerland in August 2013, explaining: ‘You don’t know when it’s going to come back on, however immediately you possibly can’t breathe.’
He added on the time: ‘Should you can’t do the job you shouldn’t be there — Nazareth’s too massive for that.’
The vocalist was changed by Linton Osborne and Carl Sentance who took over as frontmen of the band after McCafferty retired from touring.
McCafferty is survived by his spouse Maryann and two kids.
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