Caledonian Cowboy

Name: Caledonian Cowboy
Address: Glasgow, G784AA, GB
Telephone: +447920804171
Price range: ££
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Caledonian Cowboy promotes the various written, performance and craftsman works of Johnny Gauld. He's part Huckleberry Finn, part Oor Wullie.
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Johnny 'Caledonian Cowboy' Gauld is the enthusiastically humorous and engaging piper/poet, writer, adventurer and all round Scottish raconteur, whose tales songs, stories and poems are the perfect antidote to whatever ails you! A cross between Bill Bryson and Indiana Jones. A modern day Burns with a hint of McGinn...H. Rider Haggard meets Moses! As well as as being a well seasoned performer of the

works of Robert Burns, Caledonian Cowboy has a massive repertoire of his own hilariously honest poems, songs and tales to entertain every size of audience. Whether it be his one man show or with his army of performers with 'Wee Jock's Big Braw Scottish Nite', Caledonian Cowboy is more than able to bring laughter and entertainment to every type of event. He also regularly hosts whisky and rum tasting events at numerous venues, and has also hosted steak tasting dinners. With an ever-growing roster of ceilidh and folk performers, Caledonian Cowboy regularly performs with a vast array of qualified and professional musicians capable of entertaining any corporate or private party. Caledonian Cowboy Collective is a full time 15 piece professional pipes & drums band who have performed at many of the finest venues in the country. The Collective can tailor it's numbers to suit, from a solo piper to a full 30 piece Collective. Speaking and performing are only a small part of Caledonian Cowboy's career and he is also a successfully published author of original poems and songs, as well as works in both fiction and non-fiction.

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As a piper, he has performed at all of Scotland's major music festivals such as T in the Park, Rockness, The Wickerman, Live at Loch Lomond and Belladrum. He has also performed on many of Glasgow's famous stages i.e. The Barrowland Ballroom, the 02 Academy, The S.E.C.C., The Hydro, The A.B.C., Glasgow Green, Hampden and The Tallship. Other venues in Scotland include The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Picture House, Corn Exchange and Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh, the Caird Hall, Motherwell, The A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, amongst many more. Some of the well known singers and bands that Caledonian Cowboy has performed with are - Ian Brown, Madness, The Alabama 3, The Aliens, Steve Mason, The Enemy, Deacon Blue, The Horne Section, The Stone Roses, Bill Drummond, The Amphetameanies, The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra, Ruts D.C., Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, and The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. Caledonian Cowboy was also the solo piper to launch the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth relay/Glasgow 2014.

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16/11/2024

Seems Caledonian Cowboy is no more, as here’s the legendary Boggy Creek Monster of Fouke, Arkansas, clutching his bagpipes and wearing his beloved hat.

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

15/11/2024

Out and about all day posting books, signing books, selling books, trading books, explaining books…and people snapping up Caledonian Cowboy’s EXPLOSIVE brand new book -

IF YOU MEET DEATH…TELL HIM FROM ME…ADIOS!

What better way to finish up, than being with his pals from the Barassie Chippy…braw!

£10 in total (which includes U.K. postage & package).

https://caledoniancowboy.com/shop

15/11/2024

THANK YOU!

The first week of posting out copies of Caledonian Cowboy’s EXPLOSIVE new book -

IF YOU MEET DEATH…TELL HIM FROM ME…ADIOS!

£10 in total (which includes U.K. postage & package).

https://caledoniancowboy.com/shop

14/11/2024

Shootin’ from the hip an’ takin’ no lip!

Caledonian Cowboy’s latest book - IF YOU MEET DEATH…TELL HIM FROM ME…ADIOS! - is available NOW!

£10 in total (which includes U.K. postage & package).

https://caledoniancowboy.com/shop

14/11/2024

IF YOU MEET DEATH…TELL HIM FROM ME…ADIOS!

Caledonian Cowboy delivering and posting copies of his EXPLOSIVE collection of western short stories to eager readers across the country.

£10 in total (which includes U.K. postage & package).

https://caledoniancowboy.com/shop

14/11/2024

Director Sam Peckinpah reworked the original novel - The Siege of Trencher’s Farm by Paisley’s very own Gordon M. Williams - to create his classic ‘70’s film - Straw Dogs.

Caledonian Cowboy first read it nearly 30 years ago…and just read it again tonight.

13/11/2024

IF YOU MEET DEATH…TELL HIM FROM ME…ADIOS!

Caledonian Cowboy’s EXPLOSIVE collection of western short stories has now saddled up and rollin’ out across the nation!

£10 in total (which includes U.K. postage & package).

https://caledoniancowboy.com/shop

12/11/2024

IF YOU MEET DEATH…TELL HIM FROM ME…ADIOS!

Caledonian Cowboy’s EXPLOSIVE collection of western short stories is available to BUY NOW!

£10 in total (which includes U.K. postage & package).

https://caledoniancowboy.com/shop

11/11/2024

So much for Caledonian Cowboy not usually resharing his posts…

‘We’ve all been given a pencil to sketch the life we’d like to live, but it’s up to you, the artist, whether, and how, you choose to colour it in.’

- Caledonian Cowboy

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We wrote those words above, for a different post, on the 26th November of this year. They ring as loudly one month later, than they ever did.

(*A massive thanks to sharpshooter Jimmy Park for this great shot of Caledonian Cowboy playing in the heart of New York City.*)

11/11/2024

IF YOU MEET DEATH…TELL HIM FROM ME…ADIOS!

After a year of shootouts and shootin’s…FINALLY…Caledonian Cowboy’s latest collection of western short stories is available to BUY NOW!

£10 in total (which includes U.K. postage & package).

https://caledoniancowboy.com/shop

10/11/2024

And it shall never end or be forgotten.

The first time in nearly 40 years where Caledonian Cowboy hasn’t been home piping for Remembrance Day, but the thoughts and respect and memories never change.

For the Red Robin (forever shall sing)

Hear a red robin, chirping awa’,
So far from the bloodshed,
And all that’s been saw,
Yet the red robin...
..she beautifully sings,

See a red robin, chirping awa’,
In the peace o’ this day,
Far from the horrors o’ war,
Still the red robin...
..he happily sings,

Aye, a red robin, who’s chirping awa’,
Hear the piper’s lament,
When the guns they withdraw,
For the red robin...
..forever shall sing.

(C) Johnny Gauld/Caledonian Cowboy - 10th November, 2019

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The Piper's Thought

At the death o' thunderin guns,
When silence comes wi' sorrow,
We'll 'member those wha'll ne'r hae the chance,
Tae see the sunrise in the morrow,

© Johnny Gauld/Caledonian Cowboy - 8th November, 2015.

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The Seed of every Poppy

Silence, sweet silence,
As serenity, she returns,
The birds, so gently singing,
‘til the setting of the sun,
Beauty goes the distance,
To horizons, far away,
Yet those moments, of sheer madness,
Cut deeply, ‘til this day,

(refrain) -

Whilst the poppies grow an’ prosper,
Marking names both known and lost,
To brave lads, and our daughters,
Will we fully ever know the cost?
In silence, we give Remembrance,
To those, who gave their all, in every fight,
So that Freedom reigns forever,
By souls, who gave the greatest sacrifice,

Thousands, they were slaughtered,
One afternoon of blood,
Far from homelands, and their loved ones,
Scattered strewn on foreign mud,
Lead and shell and bayonet,
Charging by a whistle blown,
The hell faced, by all those poor souls,
Be grateful it remains unknown,

(refrain) -

Whilst the poppies grow an’ prosper,
Marking names both known and lost,
To brave lads, and our daughters,
Will we fully ever know the cost?
In silence, we give Remembrance,
To those, who gave their all, in every fight,
So that Freedom reigns forever,
By souls, who gave the greatest sacrifice,

Years have separated,
Horrors, we cannot dare imagine,
And books or verse or song,
Can only hint of fears, they felt within,
Yet the ghosts, of long gone heroes,
Shall remain, forever more,
In the seed of every poppy,
For every soul who went to war.

(refrain) -

Whilst the poppies grow an’ prosper,
Marking names both known and lost,
To brave lads, and our daughters,
Will we fully ever know the cost?
In silence, we give Remembrance,
To those, who gave their all, in every fight,
So that Freedom reigns forever,
By souls, who gave the greatest sacrifice,

(C) Johnny Gauld/Caledonian Cowboy - 11th November, 2018

09/11/2024

Long been a favourite of Caledonian Cowboy…don’t know what’s more incredible, how good a song it is or that it was left off the album it was planned for!

"Red River Shore" by Bob Dylan (Outtake from 'Time Out Of Mind' sessions)Listen to Bob Dylan: https://bobdylan.lnk.to/listenYDSubscribe to the Bob Dylan YouT...

09/11/2024

Caledonian Cowboy is currently going through bits and pieces presented to him during his recent adventures in the U.S., and would like to say a massive thanks to Stacy, Mike, Seth, Pat and all the great staff at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma, for not only the incredible tour and welcome, but for also allowing him to pipe at their wonderful institution.

The ‘Code of the West’ shown is a big part of why Caledonian Cowboy is known as…Caledonian Cowboy!

So now you know!

07/11/2024

Another new song. Borne from a short burst of writing by Caledonian Cowboy in Liverpool recently.

Beyond the Darkness

Far beyond the fevered hours,
Rusting chains still hang in power,
Language, long devoured,
By some ancient undiscovered tongue,

Surrounded, but no surrender,
Like Shylock, agreed as vendor,
A pound of flesh promised to lender,
It’s never over, up until, it’s done,

Fulcrum of midnight, pivots balance,
Like MacBeth pondering the chalice,
‘fore his actions, wrought with malice,
What’s been, what is, what’s hexed?

Take the case and take the platform,
Hear a train whistle, lonely - forlorn,
To return me whence, to where I’m from,
Whether in this life - or to the next,

From out of mist and smoke appears,
Step aboard, see passengers, who’d jeered,
Long rotted in their own fears,
Emptiness is all they’d ever know,

Whilst songbirds perch the top bough,
Painted minstrels take their low bow,
As ‘slingers set for showdown,
So, beyond the darkness, we do go.

(C) Johnny Gauld/Caledonian Cowboy - 4th November, 2024

06/11/2024

Although some choose to take a little longer to fully spin out, stories, poems or songs often arrive fully formed. Occasionally tales might appear as broken bits and pieces, waiting to be put together, which was the case with this one.

On the surface this verse may seem inspired by Caledonian Cowboy’s favourite season, which it initially was, but it’s very probably about much more that…

Autumn’s Halls

Robins shooting truths,
Some don’t want to hear,
‘twixt fatal flesh and confidence,
Every step is trod in fear,
Skies of blue, in silver lustre,
Shackling feint hearts to the ground,
If only they could muster -
the boldest, song and sound,

Chorus -

For leaves falling,
Within the mind,
Stand atop the cliff, hear sirens call,
Know nothing shall ruin the memory,
Of Autumn’s ancient leafless halls,

Simple truth untwines,
Good from poisoned bad,
As honesty lays bare,
In doubt? See, Judas. Go and ask!
Out the foggy mists of time,
Howling from the moors,
A black phantom hound,
Haunts old England’s shores,

Candles burning brightly,
Lighting up faces from the fields,
Dug up, hollowed out,
Just whatever the earth will yield,
Crescent moon a slash of silver,
October night blanketed in dreams,
Seas rise, then fall in memory,
As stars cast golden beams,

Chorus -

For leaves falling,
Within the mind,
Stand atop the cliff, hear sirens call,
Know nothing shall ruin the memory,
Of Autumn’s ancient leafless halls,

‘Spin again!’ - exclaims the sailor,
As a priest looked on unsure,
‘Put to take, then take, what’s put!’
Sings a choir in overture,
A parrot gaoled in bars a-rusting,
Recites scripture dull and rote,
Then stands tall a wee gunslinger,
Addressing the company, he plainly spoke -

‘Don’t go reach for shootin’ irons.
Aim for goals beyond your grasp.
Don’t fear the reaper or false prophets,
nor sip just cos you are asked.
Forget, moments squandered,
don’t lose those dreams you have.
Squeeze every single moment -
and sort the wheat, fast, from the chaff.’

Those around, they all nodded,
Whether stranger, friend or foe,
Acknowledged this old cowboy,
Who’d proclaimed things unknown - and know-ed,
Into the turn of Autumn,
He moseyed out an’ through the leaves,
Leaving nothing, but some wisdom,
‘til he too, vanished like a breeze,

Chorus -

For leaves falling,
Within the mind,
Stand atop the cliff, hear sirens call,
Know nothing shall ruin the memory,
Of Autumn’s ancient leafless halls.

(C) Johnny Gauld/Caledonian Cowboy - 4th November, 2024

06/11/2024

In general, we seldom reshare our posts, but Caledonian Cowboy likes this one from earlier this year…

06/11/2024

Pipers from Caledonian Cowboy’s Collective continue to perform on a daily basis at a plethora of engagements across the country.

We’ve been forging ahead at the forefront for over 20 years now…and continue to do so!

Braw!

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Johnny 'Caledonian Cowboy' Gauld is the enthusiastically humorous and engaging piper/poet, writer, adventurer and all round Scottish raconteur, whose tales songs, stories and poems are the perfect antidote to whatever ails you! He's part Huckleberry Finn, part Oor Wullie. A cross between Bill Bryson and Indiana Jones. A modern day Burns with a hint of McGinn...H. Rider Haggard meets Moses! As well as as being a well seasoned performer of the works of Robert Burns, Caledonian Cowboy has a massive repertoire of his own hilariously honest poems, songs and tales to entertain every size of audience. Whether it be his one man show or with his army of performers with 'Wee Jock's Big Braw Scottish Nite', Caledonian Cowboy is more than able to bring laughter and entertainment to every type of event. Annually his one man Caledonian Cowboy/Robert Burns Celebratory Tour, sells out on every occasion to great acclaim. He regularly hosts whisky and rum tasting events at numerous venues, and has also hosted steak tasting dinners. With an ever-growing roster of ceilidh and folk performers, Caledonian Cowboy regularly performs with a vast array of qualified and professional musicians (billed as Caledonian Cowboy Ceilidh Collective) capable of entertaining any corporate or private party. Caledonian Cowboy Collective is a full time 18 piece professional pipes & drums band who have performed at many of the finest venues in the country. The Collective can tailor it's numbers to suit, from a solo piper to a full 36 piece Collective. Speaking and performing are only a small part of Caledonian Cowboy's career and he is also a successfully published author of original poems and songs, as well as works in both fiction and non-fiction. *** As a piper, he has played live at all of Scotland's major music festivals such as T in the Park, Rockness, The Wickerman, Live at Loch Lomond and Belladrum. He has also performed on many of Glasgow's famous stages i.e. The Barrowland Ballroom, the 02 Academy, The S.E.C.C., The Hydro, The A.B.C., Glasgow Green, Hampden, The Clyde Auditorium and The Tallship. Other venues and events in Scotland include The Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Edinburgh Castle, The Picture House, Corn Exchange and Liquid Rooms in Edinburgh, the Caird Hall in Motherwell, The A.E.C.C. in Aberdeen, The Royal Highland Show at Ingliston, amongst many more. Likewise, Caledonian Cowboy has played at a whole of celebrations and events throughout the U.K and the world with New York’s Tartan Day Parade, Sun Studios - Memphis, Checkpoint Charlie - New Orleans, Hank Williams boyhood home - Alabama, the Comedy Theatre and the Festival Hall - Melbourne, Australia, Heralding in the New Year in Fiji, and the Lady Boy Street Performers of Thailand being some of the highlights. On top of that there has been countless other performances throughout Spain, France, Italy, Dominican Republic, Czech Republic and Ireland. Some of the well known singers and bands that Caledonian Cowboy has performed with are - Ian Brown, Madness, The Alabama 3, The Aliens, Steve Mason, The Enemy, Deacon Blue, The Horne Section, The Stone Roses, Bill Drummond, The Amphetameanies, The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra, Ruts D.C., Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott, and The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. Caledonian Cowboy was also the solo piper to launch the Queen's Baton for the Commonwealth relay/Glasgow 2014. ***