Johnny ‘Caledonian Cowboy’ Gauld

Johnny ‘Caledonian Cowboy’ Gauld is one of Scotland’s leading professional pipers for all types of events.

With over three decades of experience Caledonian Cowboy has performed for British and Italian royalty, The Olympic Football, the Davies Cup, Football internationals as well as all of Scotland’s leading music festivals, such as T in the Park, Live at Loch Lomond, Wicker man, Belladrum and Rockness.

Johnny is the official piper for the Queen’s Baton Launch, The Royal Highland Show, The Horne Section comedy show, The Edinburgh Festival, Camden Crawl, London’s O2 arena, Glasgow’s Tall Ship and world-famous Barrowland Ballroom are just some of the other venues that Caledonian Cowboy has performed at. Some of the well-known artists that Caledonian Cowboy has performed with include Ian Brown, Madness, Alabama 3, The Aliens, Steve Mason, The Enemy, The Stone Roses, The Amphetameanies, Bill Drummond, The Lee Thompson Ska Orchestra, Ruts D.C., Paul Heaton & Jacqui Abbott.

Internationally Caledonian Cowboy  with  his collective has performed in Spain, France, Italy, the Czech Republic, Ireland, Algeria, Fiji, Thailand, Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Australia and throughout the United States. Distance and occasion are no problem for Caledonian Cowboy.

Wedding Piper

In time-honoured tradition, Caledonian Cowboy has long followed the proper practice of piping at weddings. The foremost of these is that the first and only person who should be piped for at any wedding is the lady of the day herself – The Bride.

Piping for the arrival of the bride to the wedding service. This may include leading the bridal car a few metres up to the entrance of the venue if suitable, or if the bride is getting ready at the venue, piping her through the venue to outside the service suite or equivalent.

Piping the bride down the aisle and for the signing of the registry if required. The piping for the signing of the registry may be performed on the gentler-sounding traditional Scottish small pipes if so preferred.

After the service, the piper shall then pipe the exit of the bride and groom, plus all of their guests. At the reception (when it is a different venue from the service) the newly married couple will be piped on arrival to the entrance. If required, the piper can play the traditional Scottish small pipes as background music during the drinks reception.

Johnny Gauld’s Caledonia Collective recently performed at the Ortigueira Celtic Festival in Galicia Spain.