Who 'Dat?
The Canadian rockers formed in 1969 in Nova Scotia with the original lineup of brothers David (guitar), Richie (drums) and cousin Jim (bass) Henman, with Myles Goodwyn on lead guitar, keyboards, and vocals, as well as the main songwriter. Debut April Wine came out in 1971, and Jim Henman left shortly thereafter. The releases On Record and Electric Jewels followed, and singles "You Could Have Been a Lady," "Weeping Widow" and "Just Like That" proved extremely popular...but within Canad
Today is Good Friday, so named because it's the day they finally offed that pompous windbag from Nazareth who would just not shut up about all his "Love your brother" crap. Have you met any of my brothers?Of course, the powers-that-be decided they wouldn't just kill Jesus, they had to torture him a bit first. (For details, consult the Gospel of St. John the Yoo.) This was demonstrated most clearly in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, which we haven't seen but are reliably informed makes th
Who Dat?
Formed at the end of 1968 out of the ashes of a group called the Shadettes, Nazareth - taking its name from the first line of the Band's "The Weight" - included Dan McCafferty (vocals), Manny Charlton (guitar), Pete Agnew (bass) and Darrell Sweet (drums). As the group was from provincial Dunfermline, Scotland - far away from any musical epicenter - it struggled for gigs and attention before making the move to London, where its aggressive hard-rock sound was more accepted.Nazareth's sel
