Some singers have the gift to “charm” the audience, without much … media pomp and entertainment. These are artists who belong to a different era and have left their mark with their special voice and the music of their group.

Dan McCafferty has passed away at the age of 76, after a very remarkable discography with Nazareth. The Scottish band, who, along with bands like Holocaust, Waterboys, Primal Scream, Simple Minds, Stiltskin, Exploited or Wet Wet Wet, Jesus And The Mary Chain, Rod Stewart and Franz Ferdinand for Juniors, stood up to a huge industry and the mammoth. groups of England.

Most of us came to know about Nazareth through the charming Love Hurts, a highly successful Everly Brothers cover of an American songwriting duo Felice and Boudleaux Bryant in 1960.

From this moment, which has already become a historical work, a long journey into … eternity begins, passing through the lips of dozens of singers of all stripes. Almost immediately after its release, Roy Orbison realized the importance of the track and covered it for his 1961 single Running Scared.

In 1975, it was Nazareth’s turn to cover the piece that has made him synonymous with the band to this day. On Hair of the Dog, Dan McCafferty, Manny Charlton, Pete Agnew and Darrell Sweet deliver Love Hurts in a unique performance that no one else will ever surpass.

McCafferty’s idiosyncratic performance will forever identify Love Hurts with Nazareth, who will be forgotten by most of the world, despite the fact that they will go a long way in the hard sound through 25 albums from 1971 to the present day.

The news of McCafferty’s death was confirmed by Pete Agnew, the band’s bassist. “Dan died at 12:40 today. This is the saddest announcement I’ve ever had to make. Marianne and his family lost a wonderful loving husband and father, I lost my best friend, and the world lost one of the greatest singers that ever lived. I’m too upset to say anything else right now,” he stressed.

Nazareth founding member McCafferty was forced to retire after Rock ‘n Roll Telephone in 2014 due to a stroke and severe problems with stomach ulcers (he passed out on stage in 2013).

Due to the huge success of Love Hurts through the efforts of Nazareth, the track has been covered by notable artists such as Cher, Jennifer Warnes, Don McLean, Joan Jett, Paul Young, Sinead O’Connor, Rod Stewart, the Wilson (Hart) sisters, Norah Jones with Keith Richards and others.

However, no effort will surpass the efforts of Nazareth. No performance will overshadow that of the one and only Dan McCafferty. Have a nice trip Dan…