In the annals of rock music, few singers have voices as expressive as Dan McCafferty. As the charismatic front-man of the Scottish band Nazareth, McCafferty has
been involved in more than 25 albums, has released hits such as 'Love Hurts', 'Dream On', 'This Flight Tonight' and 'Morning Dew' and has toured halfway around
the world. After a unique career spanning 50 years, Dan McCafferty died on November 8, 2022 at the age of 76. His name will not be forgotten, his memorable
songs continue to play on countless rock radio stations around the world. Now the public is learning that undiscovered treasures were stored in McCafferty's private
archives. Some of them can now be found on the posthumous homage: 'No Turning Back - In Memory of Dan McCafferty', out December 7th, 2023 via Rock of
Angels Records. The previously unreleased songs 'Occident' and 'No Turning Back' are original recordings from the late 1990s that McCafferty made with
German director, composer and music producer Christoph Busse. The previously unreleased track 'Children's Eyes' comes from a cooperation with the
composer and producer Detlef Wiedeke. All three titles were tailor-made for McCafferty and show the stylistically enormous range of his rough rock voice. With 'Into
the Ring', 'Starry Eyes' and 'Sunny Island', three more pieces worth listening to follow from a particularly eventful career phase of the Scottish musician. Written
by McCafferty himself, the songs were released on his now long-out-of-print solo album 'Into the Ring' in 1987. The album was created between the two Nazareth
classics 'Cinema' (1986) and 'Snakes'n'Ladders' (1989) and shows how imaginative the exceptional singer also acted outside of his band. 'No Turning Back - In
Memory of Dan McCafferty' is rounded off with 'Going Home' from 1993 and from the eponymous album by the short-lived project Seasons, with partly original
Scottish and Irish bagpipes, fiddles, flutes and percussion instruments. The song is based on the piece 'Largo' from the 9th symphony 'From the New World' by
Antonín Dvoøák. There are also two current cover versions of the Nazareth evergreens 'Love Hurts' and 'Dream On' as bonus tracks, sung by the Greek Panos
Kalifis, whose vocal color is remarkably similar to McCafferty's. The songs were recorded and mixed by the renowned sound engineer Bob Katsionis (Firewind,
Kamelot, etc.). Last but not least: The album cover features a photo of young Dan McCafferty, while the twelve pencil and charcoal illustrations in the atmospheric
booklet are by Welsh artist Martyn Dunn and reflect the respective songs and lyrics. So 'No Turning Back - In Memory of Dan McCafferty' is both a musical and
visual treat for any McCafferty/Nazareth fan!
Track list:
1. Childrens Eyes (previously unreleased)
2. Into The Ring
3. Starry Eyes
4. Sunny Island
5. Occident (previously unreleased)
6. No Turning Back (previously unreleased)
7. Going Home
8. Love Hurts (Sung by Panos Kalifis)
9. Dream On (Sung by Panos Kalifis)
