October 3 & 4, 2005

After more than 30 years and 20 million records sold, this Scottish quartet of hard rock pioneers is still going strong. For one night only, the group will land in Whitehorse to play classics, including the hit version of Joni Mitchell's "This Flight Tonight," power ballad "Love Hurts," rocker "Hair of the Dog" and many, many more.

In 1975, the release of the album Hair Of The Dog and the title song lay down the blueprint for stadium heavy rock and metal anthems of the future: that 'son-of-a-bitch' chorus custom-built for crowd response, and a very heavy rock rhythm from start to finish. Comparisons with AC/DC are natural, but Nazareth and Aerosmith were the pioneers.... and the rest followed.

Subsequent albums helped to consolidate Nazareth's hold on Canada where the group became one of the biggest British acts ever, notching up no less than fifty gold and platinum albums during the 1970s.

All photos by Paul Gowdie.