Peat & Diesel - Hitch your wagon to a star

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Peat & Diesel

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With behind the scenes access, we follow the band Peat & Diesel.

With exclusive behind the scenes access, we follow the band Peat & Diesel on their journey to stardom.

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Peat & Diesel: Series 2: Hitch your wagon to a star

Peat and Diesel

Hitch your wagon to a star

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Beyond their wildest dreams, the band’s return to the road goes from strength to strength

Beyond their wildest dreams, the band’s return to the road goes from strength to strength.

An dèidh toiseach tòiseachaidh iongantach fhaighinn ann an saoghal a’ chiùil ann an 2018, tha Peat & Diesel air ainm a dhèanamh dhaibh fhèin le na briathran aca agus na tha iad air a bhith ris bhon uairsin. Thòisich an sgeulachd an uair a choinnich trì Coves à Steòrnabhagh (Innes, Uilly agus Boydie) aig an taigh gus craic a dhèanamh air oidhche Shathairne, a’ cluich ceòl le dìreach an cù agus an cat gan coimhead. ’S e seo còmhlan às an sgìre a bha a’ seinn mu dheidhinn am beatha anns an oisean bheag aca fhèin ach aig an robh buaidh mhòr air mòran dhaoine taobh a-muigh na h-Eileanan an Iar. Bha luchd-leantainn à Nis gu Newcastle a’ seinn na h-òrain aca ann an taighean-seinnse ’s aig fèisean agus thòisich sluagh mòr gan leantainn air na meadhanan sòisealta. An uairsin, thàinig am pandemic. 

Chan urrainn dhan chòmhlan creidsinn mar a tha cùisean a’ fàs dhaibh – tha iad a’ dol bho neart gu neart bho thòisich iad a’ dol air chuairt a-rithist is iad a’ gabhail an comhairle fhèin bho loidhe aon na de na h-òrain aca - “hitch your wagon to a star”. Tha Innes, Uilly agus Boydie a’ gabhail ùine dheth bho na h-obraichean aca mar dealanair, neach-glanaidh uinneagan agus iasgair pàirt-ùine gus duais a thogail aig Duaisean Ciùil na h-Alba, a’ gabhail an àite ri taobh Rod Stewart agus taghadh de luchd-ciùil Albannach eile.  San t-samhradh, airson a’ chiad turas a-riamh, tha an còmhlan a’ nochdadh air àrd-ùrlar anns an Roinn Eòrpa aig fèis chiùil sa Ghearmailt. Tha iad cuideachd a’ frithealadh tòrr a bharrachd fèisean mòra is iad a’ cluich air beulaibh 20,000 duine aig leithid Belladrum agus a’ crìochnachadh mar am prìomh luchd-ciùil aig Fèis Cheilteach Innse Gall, is iad a’ chiad chòmhlan a-riamh às an sgìre a bh’ aig bàrr a’ chlàir. 

After a stunning arrival on the Scottish music scene in 2018, the lyrics and antics of Peat & Diesel became the stuff of legend. The story began when three Stornoway ‘Coves’ (Innes, Uilly and Boydie) met up in the house to have the craic on a Saturday night playing music with just the dog and the cat watching.  This was a local band singing about life in their own corner of Scotland that found resonance way beyond the Western Isles. Fans from Ness to Newcastle belted out their songs in pubs and at festivals while their social media following exploded. Then the pandemic came. 

Beyond their wildest dreams, the band’s return to the road goes from strength to strength as they follow their own advice and “hitch their wagon to a star”.  Innes, Uilly and Boydie take a break from their lives as an electrician, window cleaner and part-time fisherman to pick up a gong at the Scottish Music Awards, taking their seats alongside Rod Stewart and a host of Scottish musicians. 

Summertime sees the band perform in Europe for the first time at a music festival in Germany. Their sharp rise up the festival ranks sees them play to 20,000 people at Belladrum and culminates in their first festival headline slot at the Hebridean Celtic Festival.

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