Background
Sweet was born in Bournemouth, England.
Sweet was born in Bournemouth, England.
He played on Nazareth"s first 20 albums. Sweet died of a heart attack in 1999, as the band prepared to set out on the second leg of its United States. 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 illinois
Within minutes he had gone into cardiac arrest.
He was taken to Floyd Memorial Hospital in New Albany, where doctors pronounced him dead. He was replaced in the band by Pete Agnew"s son, Lee Agnew.
His early years were spent playing with the Burntisland pipe band. He was also a member of the Shadettes. Sweet was a founding member of Nazareth, playing drums from 1969 until his death in 1999.
