DAN MCCAFFERTY - In Memory Of Dan Mccafferty - No Turning Back (CD)

In the annals of rock music, there are few singers who have such an expressive
voice as Dan McCafferty. As the charismatic frontman of the Scottish band
Nazareth, McCafferty has been involved in more than 25 albums, released hits such
as 'Love Hurts', 'Dream On', 'This Flight Tonight' and 'Morning Dew' and toured all
over the world. After a unique career of 50 years, Dan McCafferty passed away on
November 8, 2022 at the age of 76. His name will be remembered, his great songs
will continue to be played on countless rock radio stations around the world.
Undiscovered musical treasures were kept in McCafferty's private home archives.
Some of them can now be found on the posthumous homage: 'No Turning Back - In
Memory of Dan McCafferty'. The previously unreleased songs "Occident" and "No
Turning Back" are original recordings from the late 1990s that McCafferty recorded
with German director, composer and music producer Christoph Busse. The
previously unreleased track 'Children's Eyes' is the result of a collaboration with
composer and producer Detlef Wiedeke. All three tracks show the stylistically
enormous range of his rough rock voice. With 'Into the Ring', 'Starry Eyes' and
'Sunny Island', three pieces from a particularly eventful career phase of the Scottish
musician follow. The songs were released in 1987 on his now long out-of-print solo
album "Into the Ring". The album was created between the two Nazareth classics
"Cinema" (1986) and "Snakes'n'Ladders" (1989). "In Memory of Dan McCafferty" is
rounded off with "Going Home" from 1993 and from the eponymous album of the
short-lived project Seasons, with original Scottish bagpipes, fiddles, flutes and
percussion instruments. The song is based on the piece "Largo" from the 9th
Symphony "From the New World" by Anton n Dvo? k. There are also two recent
cover versions of the Nazareth evergreens 'Love Hurts' and 'Dream On' as bonus
tracks, sung by Greek singer Panos Kalifis, whose vocal colour is strikingly similar
to McCafferty's. Last but not least, the album cover features a photo of a young Dan
McCafferty, while the booklet contains twelve pencil and charcoal illustrations. "No
Turning Back - In Memory of Dan McCafferty" is a musical must-have for every
McCafferty/Nazareth and hard rock fan.