Album of The Week – ‘Light My Byre’ by Pete and Diesel 29 Feb 2020
Boydie MacLeod / Innes Scott / Uily Macleod
Listen in at 12pm on Sat 29 Feb when you will hear Sand Weir in conversation with Pete and Diesel about our Album of the Week ‘Light My Byre’
The story began when three Stornoway Cove’s (Innes, Uilly and Boydie) met up in the house to have the craic on a Saturday nights playing music with just the Dog and the Cat watching. After a few tunes getting thrown across the room Boydie stated muttering a few sentences. As he is a man of few words not attention was really given to him until he shouted ‘Quick, line me out!’ Not a second to spare a set of old broken headphones were cable tied to a guitar amp and out came a few cobwebs followed shortly after with a sound nobody had ever heard before. What came next was five gallons of lyrics, Verse after verse, Song after song – PEAT & DIESEL WAS BORN! The songs won’t make much sense to the average person, but the person behind the lyrics isn’t your average man so if you have a listen and you can relate to it you are a special breed! Peat & Diesel – Light my Byre takes you on a journey to the heart of the Western Isles, where #peatlemania was born. You might have time for a brandy in the ‘Airidh’ but don’t miss your ride in Calum Dan’s Transit Van, we ain’t stopping till we lose the water!
They had a sell out concert at Celtic Connections and the album was launched on 24 Jan 2020
Tracks
1 Horo Gheallaidh
2 Brandy in the Airidh
3 Dirty Old Town
4 Co Leig A-mach Thu
5 Pirates of the Hebrides
6 Calum Dan’s Transit Van
7 Kishorn Commandos
8 Watchakapheep
9 Co-Dhiu Dot Com
10 Spancil Hill
11 IslandUpcoming gigs
March
19 Speakeasy Belfast
20 Whelans Dublin
21 Roisin Dubh Galway
22 Crane Lane Cork
June 27 A Beautiful Day out Bristol
July
3 Tain Gala Tain
4 Bught Park Inverness
16 Larmer Tree Festival Salsbury
19 Doune The Rabbit Hole Doune
24 Eilan Dorcha Festival Uist
Aug
7 Wickham Festival
8 Party at The Palace
Nov 27 Barrowlands Glasgow
