The Del Amitri Concert, July 18, 1996
Date: Tue, 19 Jul 1996 23:29:06 +0500
Subject: del amitri - groovey tubes
by David Wilson

Alison,

Last night I saw Del Amitri playing under the name Groovey Tubes in a tent on Glasgow Green. It was an odd night - pretty surreal in places. The Dels came on first and played three new songs called "Medicine", "Cruel Light of Day" and "Mother Nature's Writing" plus "Always The Last To Know", "Just Like A Man" and "Driving With The Brakes On". Then they went off for half an hour and came back on as a backing band for various Scottish singers who all did 2 or 3 songs each. They were Kevin McDermott (Kevin McDermott Orchestra/The Orphans), James Grant (Friends Again/Love and Money), Chris Thomson (Friends Again/Bathers) and Midge Ure (Ultravox). Then came the surreal moment - they played 'Love Train' by the O'Jays with Chris Thomson singing and James Grant and Kevin McDermott on backing vocals. That was supposed to be the end, but after much cheering the Dels came back on and did "When we were young", "Kiss this thing goodbye" and "This side of the morning". And after that, everyone else came back on and they did "Love Train" again. Bizarre or what? It was a great night. Justins' hair was almost down to his eyes, and his sideburns are even bigger. Iain has shaved all his facial hair off, which made him quite difficult to recognise!

Anyway, sorry if I've bored you but thought you'd be interested.

Cheers,
David