Sands Of Kuwait

[ArrowSmith95]

im part of the RWR's cadet corp . love hearing the pipes . .

[tammyboy6657]

Short and sweet but nevertheless fantastic,it would bring a tear "to a gless ee! absolutely brilliant,i would love to get the music for it to play on accordion, long may we have classics like this.///////////

[175bpm]

Gordon Mackenzie is a legend in Oman

[sidfishing]

Well corrected Suds,still brings a tear to my eye when i hear it. Tosh37 macdelta

[CanadiaNecro1]

The first time I heard this tune was on pipes and brass at the Longs Peak Tattoo in Colorado. It moved my heart! The sound of pipes and brass can be so amazing!

To date this is one of my favorite slow aires to play. My pipe instructor gave me an album of his that has a beautiful version of it.

[suds2844]

This is the only tune that will silence a room of anyone that knows and served along side the men ,friends that it was dedicated too that gave there lives during the 1st gulf war , and the few that survived the attack by the americians apache helicopter on the 2 warriors with both serving members of the queens own highlanders and 3 rrf always in our hearts and never forgotten

[escmacs]

My husband and I saw this performed live in the early 1990's. The men had just returned from the first Iraq war. 25% of the Pipers were lost in that war and the song was written in their memory. I get chills every time I here it.

[2122scotty]

i was a serving member of the queens own during the 1st gulf war i dont know where u got the information that a quarter of the pipers were lost we lost none the queens own lost 3 men to an apache attack they werent pipers the song was called sands of kuwait because thats where we were at before we moved in to iraq

[ghostpiper1]

My grandfather was severely wounded in the last world war while playing his pipes. Turned out it was one of the drummers that shot him : ).

[canqpiper]

@2122scotty

Thank you Scotty, and thank you to all your bothers and sisters who served.

[riflebone]

@canqpiper

I second that!

[westkie]

@2122scotty Gone but not forgotten

[pocketninja04]

Beautiful tune. I remember this. I was on the 2nd balcony. didn't make it onto the pde sq

[pipeskittles]

yo why did it stop:P

[riflebone]

My wife ran out of space on our little camera.

[VictoryInABox]

oh ya i think i remember this being played now i just came out of the basement and was about to leave

[darrengsmith77]

it was writen by corpral graham mackenzine of the queens own highlander while on operations in the gulf war in 1991 it is called sands of kuwait because thats where the regiment was before they moved over the boarder into iraq itself and where the tune was wrote graham makenzine is now the sulton of jordans own personall piper apointed after he left the army

[bravoXtwoXzero]

a better version of this

i also found sumone playin this on accordion

[offd71]

They played this at my friends funeral. He was a serviceman who was killed while on patrol in Iraq. It is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have heard. Thank you for posting this.

[stewerts]

It seems that all the sad tunes are the best. This rates 5 starts on my Ipod. My other favourite is bells of dunblane. I have 6 versions of it. My favourite is by the Invercargill pipe band. from the album pipin hot

[crazyknife1]

RIFLES RULE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bomecheel]

Hello :)

I would like to know why was it named Sands of Kuwait ?

Thanks

[McAndy89]

I think it was written by a Scots Guardsman who was a veteren of the first gulf war, and I think it was meant to commemerate the dead from that war.

[bomecheel]

Thank You :)

[HiMacL]

A great tune,It was composed by Graham

Mackenzie,from the Isle of Lewis, who served with the Queens own Highlanders in Kuwait during the gulf war, he is now Pipe major of the Sultan of Oman's Band,

[alvindurochermtl]

Are you sure it isn't Gordon Mackenzie? Met him in Canada when Bruce Hitchings was the P/M of the Queen's Own Hlrds.

[HiMacL]

I Stand corrected, it was Gordon Mackenzie

[McAndy89]

Where can I find the sheet music for this tune?

[drerfc]

Support Our Soldiers

[riflebone]

I forgot to mention that it's the Pipes AND Drums of the Cameron Highlanders!

[busdriver04]

Cameron Highlanders of Canada? As the Cameron Highlanders amalgamated on 7th February 1961 with the Seaforth Highlanders to form the Queen's Own Highlanders 72nd, 78 & 79th of Foot. This tune was penned by Gordon Mackenzie of Back, Isle of Lewis who at the time was serving as a piper with the QO Hldrs.

[deramesar]

The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders of Canada, out of Minto Armories, Winnipeg.