The Beacon: Delirious? is in the middle of your History Makers Farewell Tour, performing final concerts all across Europe and bringing a 17?year career to an end. Back in 1995, you were involved in a serious automobile accident, and you once were quoted as saying that “I believe God was saying we should go for it as a band.” So, 15 years later, did you hear him right?
Martin Smith: [laughs] Yes, I think so. I believe so, yes. What an amazing journey it’s been, and to have
The Beacon: Delirious? is in the middle of your History Makers Farewell Tour, performing final concerts all across Europe and bringing a 17?year career to an end. Back in 1995, you were involved in a serious automobile accident, and you once were quoted as saying that “I believe God was saying we should go for it as a band.” So, 15 years later, did you hear him right?
Martin Smith: [laughs] Yes, I think so. I believe so, yes. What an amazing journey it’s been, and to have
been a part of that team, and some great guys, and to have just been to so many countries and seeing so many people touched by this music.
The Beacon: Looking back over the last17 years what stands out as being a particularly wonderful moment for you and the guys?
Martin: Yeah. As you say, it’s just been extraordinary, really, all the amazing places we’ve been to, the experiences we’ve had. I mean, a couple of highlights for me would be playing in India, a couple of years ago, and there were 400,000 people in the crowd. Another highlight would be playing in a stadium in Holland with thousands of people waving white flags, and opening a medical center in Mumbai with the profits from our last record. So there’s just been some amazing experiences. I’d probably need to write a book just to sort of get my head around what’s happened.
The Beacon: You just released your “History Makers: Greatest Hits” CD. How did you narrow it down?
Martin: [laughs] It’s been very, very difficult to nail it down. And in fact, I took one look at the list of 120 songs and I sort of thought, “Oh, I just don’t know whether I’m the right person to do this.” So I did hand it off to people that I knew would enjoy that process, so the list that you see is pretty much their choice. [laughs]