A Round of Drinks with Paul Tyagi (Part 1)

Tom and Gav get together with the former Del Amitri sticksman for three pints of heavy and Part 1 of a chat about the first decade of the dels.

May 05, 2023

Join us next episode for the second and final part of the interview.

Paul Tyagi portrait. — Paul Tyagi, Del Amitri’s woolen menswear model during their formative years.

Paul had a look through his Photo archive for this podcast. Don’t they all look so young!

Who says they were a Sweater Band? [I did —Tom]

Del Amitri group portrait — No wonder they chose Paul for the solo modelling.

Photo of Del Amitri in a street — Here they are making a little money on the side working as extras in a film that needed American soldiers in 1946 on 24-hout weekend pass.

The Road To del Amitri

This is a track from the earliest demo available. The photo is deceiving as the tape was made with the earlier line-up

The first single (if you discount that flexi disc). Interesting because it shows some locations that played a part in the band’s early life, like the old Janitor’s flat at the Washington Street Arts Centre.

The Peel Session

The first single off the album

…then a more adventurous video for the second single

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Here’s a live show from Radio Scotland which shows what some of the tracks from the album sounded like on the hoof.

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