Nazareth Thread. No I will not post "Love Hurts"

[The Polack MSgt]

They rock hard in the 21st century too

They used to rock back in the day too

I love the drummer on this song - It's one of the best chugging train rhythms ever

And a pretty one, just because

[TwilightZone]

1. "Hair of the Dog"

One of my favorites. My kid self always found it amusing that "son of a bitch" managed to get airplay.

[The Polack MSgt]

2. It's the song that introduced all of us Americans of a certain age

To Nazareth, but it's a double edged sword in a way.

Huge hit, it made 'em rich and famous, that's great

Also at least in the US pigeonholed them in the minds of a lot of folks.

I always thought that Heart's "Barracuda" was their other big hit - since Heart stole the riff

You decide

Hmm, Heart, a year after they opened for Nazareth on a European tour

[cayugafalls]

3. I'll play... ;-)

[cayugafalls]

4. Longer version, 2nd Camera...Beat Club

Extended Album Version

[The Polack MSgt]

5. It's a classic early cut. Hmmm, how to respond

This one deserves a little more play

[cayugafalls]

6. Well done sir! As you can tell, I like the deep and lesser played cuts.

I'm more of the full album rocker due to growing up when there were stations playing full albums at night.

I freaking loved that time, cruising around town with the crew and blasting full albums, man those nights those were epic.

With Nazareth the first 4 albums were their best imho...

[The Polack MSgt]

10. In that old timey loud early 70 guitar jam vein

How about this one?

[ProfessorGAC]

7. I Know, No "Love Hurts", BUT....

Interesting music fact for that song.
On the guitar solo for the version for radio, the entire solo involves picking the string only twice.
It's a superb feedback solo with a sweet tone! Picks one string to get it going, then bends into each note of the solo. Then, repeats it.
Great string bending because the notes are all on pitch.

[The Polack MSgt]

8. I never knew that Professor

Manny was a really good hard rock guitarist back in the day

[ProfessorGAC]

9. Every Guitarist That Uses...

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...a highly saturated sound had to learn to do that solo!
I'm one of them!
Takes a while to do the bends nice & slow and hit the note without overshooting.
It helps that he has that full throttle gain going. Well, it doesn't help. It's mandatory, without a EBow.
Thought of something later, Sarge: in order for this to work, you have to be playing LOUD!!