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While on tour in 1999, original drummer Darrell Sweet died at age 51 of a heart attack. He was then replaced by bassist Pete Agnew's son Lee . On 4 August 2006, John Locke , the former keyboardist of the band, died from cancer at the age of 62.
Darrell Sweet, drummer and songwriter: born Bournemouth, Hampshire 16 May 1947; married (two children); died New Albany, Indiana 30 April 1999. BACK IN the late Sixties and early Seventies,...
May 6, 1999 · Darrell Sweet, whose drumming for the Scottish group Nazareth propelled rock classics like "Love Hurts" and "Hair of the Dog," died of a heart attack late last week. Sweet was 51. The...
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Apr 30, 1999 · Rock Musician. He was the drummer and a co-founding member of the Scottish hard rock-heavy metal band Nazareth. Born Darrell Antony Sweet in Bournemouth, Dorset, England and raised in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland, he spent his youth playing drums with the Burntisland pipe band. In 1961, he co-founded The Shadettes with...
- Bournemouth, Bournemouth Unitary Authority, Dorset, England
- May 16, 1947
Jan 19, 2022 · Old footage shedding light on the early days of one of Scotland’s best-known rock bands has been found during a clear out. The cine film of Nazareth’s original drummer Darrell Sweet was...
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Jun 25, 2023 · In 1967, Agnew joined his first group of note, The Shadettes – which is where they found future Nazareth drummer Darrell Sweet. “He was only 16, and played drums in a pipe band, and he used to turn up at our gigs in a kilt – sometimes slightly the worse for wear,” Agnew recalls.
