- Darrell Sweet (musician)
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Darrell Antony Sweet (16 May 1947, Bournemouth, England - 30 April 1999, New Albany, Indiana, United States) was a drummer for the Scottish hard rock band, Nazareth. He was a co-founder of Nazareth, which was formed in 1968. His early years were spent playing with The Burntisland Pipe band, also a member of the Shadettes!!
Sweet died of a heart attack in 1999, as the band prepared to set out on the second leg of its U.S. tour in support of their latest album, Boogaloo. The band had arrived at Indiana's New Albany Amphitheater when the 51-year-old Sweet began to feel ill. Within minutes he had gone into cardiac arrest. He was taken to Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, where doctors pronounced him dead.
Sweet is survived by his wife, Marion, and their son and daughter. He was replaced in the band by Pete Agnew's son, Lee Agnew.
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Dan McCafferty • Jimmy Murrison • Pete Agnew • Lee Agnew
Manny Charlton • Darrell Sweet • Zal Cleminson • Billy Rankin • John Locke • Ronnie LeahyStudio albums Nazareth • Exercises • Razamanaz • Loud 'n' Proud • Rampant • Hair of the Dog • Close Enough for Rock 'n' Roll • Play 'n' the Game • Expect No Mercy • No Mean City • Malice in Wonderland • The Fool Circle • 2XS • Sound Elixir • The Catch • Cinema • Snakes 'n' Ladders • No Jive • Move Me • Boogaloo • The Newz • Big DogzLive albums BBC Radio 1 Live in Concert • Snaz • Live at the Beeb • Homecoming • Back to the Trenches • Alive and Kicking • Live in BrazilCompilations Songs "My White Bicycle" • "Morning Dew" • The Ballad of Hollis Brown" • "Hair of the Dog" • "Love Hurts" • "This Flight Tonight"Other _ 
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