Peat & Diesel -Trying to find a way to make a living

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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: Trying to find a way to make a living

Peat and Diesel

Trying to find a way to make a living

Series 2

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Being on the road all the time brings challenges for Peat & Diesel. 

While a tour zig zagging the UK and Ireland pulls in the fans, the toll of being constantly on the road brings challenges for the Peat & Diesel boys. 

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. 

Ged a tha cuairt a tha dol timcheall na Rìoghachd Aonaichte a’ tàladh luchd-leantainn, tha dùbhlain a’ tighinn an lùib a bhith air an rathad fad na h-ùine agus balaich Peat & Diesel, “trying to find a way to make a living” mar a tha briathran aon de na h-òrain aca a’ toirt iomradh. Ann an Èirinn, feumaidh iad gluasad gu tallaichean nas motha is luchd-èisteachd èasgaidh a’ cur fàilte orra ann am Beal Feirste, Baile Ath Cliath, Gaillimh agus Cork. Ann an Sasainn, tha e follaiseach gu bheil luchd-leantainn a’ siubhal fad ’s farsaing airson èisteachd ris a’ chòmhlan agus ged nach eil iad a’ tuigsinn mòran de na briathran Gàidhlig a tha am measg nan òran aca, tha talla làn ann am Birmingham fhathast a’ seinn aig àrd an cinn. Chan fhaigh na balaich seachad gu bheil iad am measg nan còmhlan a bhios aig Glastonbury am bliadhna seo agus abair cothrom air leth a bhith dol air àrd-ùrlar aig aon de na fèisean as motha anns an t-saoghal. 

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.

While a tour zig-zagging the UK and Ireland pulls in the fans, the toll of being constantly on the road brings its challenges as the Peat & Diesel boys, in the words of one their songs find themselves “trying to find a way to make a living”.  In Ireland they need to move to bigger venues as they are greeted with enthusiastic audiences in Belfast, Dublin, Galway and Cork. In England it becomes evident that fans are travelling far and wide to hear the band and, despite not understanding much of the Gaelic lyrics that weave through their songs, a sell-out crowd in Birmingham sing their hearts out.

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