Manny Charlton
| Manny Charlton | |
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Charlton in 1976.
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Manuel Charlton |
| Born |
25 July 1941 La Línea, Andalusia, Spain |
| Genres | Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock, pop rock |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, banjo |
| Years active | 1958–present |
| Website | www.mannycharltonband.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson Les Paul | |
Manuel "Manny" Charlton (born 25 July 1941 in La Línea de la Concepción, Spain) is a founding member of the Scottish hard rock band Nazareth and was their lead guitarist from 1968 to 1990.
Charlton's family had emigrated from Spain to Dunfermline, Scotland in the 1960s. Prior to joining Nazareth, Charlton played in a few bands, most notably the Mark 5 and later the Red Hawks, until joining the local semi-pro Dunfermline band The Shadettes. In 1968, the band changed their name to Nazareth, inspired by the opening lyric from "The Weight", a song by The Band.
Charlton played a huge part in Nazareth's worldwide success. His bluesy style of playing, combined with Dan McCafferty's vocals, first came to the attention of wider rock audiences when Nazareth toured in 1971 as the opening act for Deep Purple. But by 1973, they were headlining their own shows. Charlton also became the band's producer for many years, succeeding Deep Purple's Roger Glover, after the band decided they wanted to move in a new direction for the Hair of the Dog album. Hair of the Dog attained platinum in the United States and has to date sold in excess of two million copies. It is the band's most well known album, and contains their biggest ever hit "Love Hurts" which reached No. 8 in the U.S., and also holds the record for the number of weeks spent on the Norwegian chart. Charlton also produced the self-titled Dan McCafferty debut LP around this time.
Axl Rose of Guns N Roses initially wanted "the producer of Nazareth's Hair of the Dog" to produce what would become the band's breakthrough album. Manny Charlton subsequently got the request from Geffen Records and did produce several yet unreleased performances recorded at Sound City (LA) on 4 June 1986. The songs include "Paradise City", two versions of "Move to the City", "November Rain", "Shadow of your Love" (takes one and two), and "Reckless Life". However, after the initial work, Nazareth duties were pressing for Charlton to return to Europe, and Guns N Roses eventually hired Mike Clink to produce the album.
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