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Record Shopping | Billy from Indigo Velvet

712 views · Published 17 February 2017 · 1:57 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: BBC The Social · 2017 · Entertainment

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This is Billy McMahon, drummer in Indigo Velvet. He catches up with the Record Shopping crew in Vox Box in Edinburgh to talk about one of his favourite records, Paul Simon- Graceland. 
This record has been very influential for the whole band – Billy remembers his mum listening to it when he was young, in particular ‘Graceland’ and ‘Call Me Al’. 
It’s been a soundtrack to the band – it was on when they came off stage at T in the Park, they listen to it in the studio and in the car driving down to festivals. 
Billy reckons if he hadn’t heard the record, they would still be writing heavy rock, Nirvana type tunes. The band are known for their bongos now – and they have Paul Simon – Graceland to thank for that!

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