Granpiper plays at a friend's funeral

[Grantrus71]

wow

[InstantKarma85]

This is beautiful, thanks for sharing.

[dacyboy]

you can feel the pain and sorrow in his music. The bagpipe is an amazing instrument and an awesome way to express feelings, by the way Amazing Grace played at bagpipes always gives me goosebumps :)

[HHHdahman]

I want bagpipes played at mine.

[gramps2matt]

man that wind sounded real fierce!!  It's actually blowing away the sound of the piper.

[bernhardtsen74]

My late uncle Ole had Amazing Grace as his favorite melody!

I have missed him since 2004, but it feels more like 20040 years!

His face and soul was always kind to me and my littlebrother ,..had we rain, had we snow, he always gave us a lollipop!

[Brian18021962]

@jagfan84084

i dont know about you brothers. but i hurt real bad inside.

for all the ones who are in the service. thank you.

brothers in arms.

[Trish3128]

R.I.P to all of our service men/women our Countries have lost. You did a brilliant job as being a 3 generation Australian born Walsh the good-old bag pipes is a part of my heritage.. Again job welldone

[bosnmate820]

Playing the pipes has to be emotionally draining. I have been at several funerals with pipes playing but they were professionals. This is from the heart. I hope to have a piper for my funeral.

Chewy, God bless and protect you. Thanks for your service and the sacrifices of your brothers.

[duxberry1958]

@chewjlloc i do wish you all the luck and safe being and i do hope you do come home safely with all the other lads and lasses

[mr0000leo]

rest in peace brotha

[elvenwishes]

This is awesome so haunting but the pipes are like that...Bless you all....and stay safe

[Thundergee]

to chewylloc, just be besides ur scottish soldiers in iraq, know ur an american, our country will be with you all the way..take care my american cousin..john scotland

[nurseguy7581]

thanks for your service chewy. God bless you an keep you safe

[bofts]

RIP

[hfranke07]

Great job you did. Not only the piping,- but in special the tribut to your friend.

No other instrument can tell the same feelings and emotions as the bagpipe. And you play it with you heart.

I know your friend will be proud of you.

[Piper12056]

I liked the way you took your time with AG..and your grips generally were spot on throughout. How come no second part in Flowers? I think the contrast between an 'A' modal and C major makes for a nice contrast. In any event, good job. I know the family will remember it forever.

[csaindahouse]

i have irish blood...maybe that's why i love the bagpipes so much...beautiful song

[relmmih6]

@csaindahouse scottish not irish

[GunCops]

Rest in Peace brother

[swonetchko]

Well played. IMO unlike, say, a guitar, you actually hear emotion in a wind instrument like the Pipes. So when there are off-key moments, it's only a projection of an emotional moment the Piper experiences, so that was not a mistake on FOTF, but rather a piped bit of sentiment. Well done, I JUST ordered a chanter to start training (I'm a Salvadoran-American, but my former Au-Pair host family in Germany was half-British).

[Gillmeister2465]

Very well played... I Played Flowers of the forest on my pipes at my mother in laws funeral 21st December 09..as she was been lowered down.. it was a freezing cold day,i have a synthetic bag with a zip so i had to put a couple of heat pads inside the bag to try and stop my drones from seizing,i also had deep heat cream rubbed onto my fingers just so i could feel the chant. i played well but its hard to play at a loved ones funeral with tears streaming. 5***** jagfan well played

[lorddragoono]

usmc dont got many people that would come to my funaral but i do have one man that is going to play for me if i dont come home alive, i hope

[MsKamioo]

I'm not Scottish nor Irish but I want bagpipes when I die. Beautiful. RIP to the departed...

[cradledoug]

i agree

[stupidshitsucks]

It was all wonderful and people who don't play the pipes would never know there was a mistake. I've played at friends' and relatives' funerals and it's not easy to maintain the necessary concentration to play this very difficult instrument; and to ArizonaDesertPiper..You are going to come back alive, God told me so! thanks for serving, and God bless you and all of the others serving our great nation.

Ross,

An Army veteran and Piper

[McConnellough]

Sorry for your loss. Great pipes.

[PyrOTeEchNik]

is this funeral in australia cos i think ive seen this graveyard b4

[jagfan84084]

It's in the USA - Utah.

[chewylloc]

is that you that played the bag pipes cause if it is i would like you to play at my funeral........ Im going to iraq soon and i dont think i will make it back. all 5 of my brothers have died in the marine corps. I may be lucky and godd bless your friend i dont like death and i cryed just watching this..... GOD be with you.

[ethereal51]

@chewylloc  take care..xxx

[scottierockett]

have faith you will make it, be strong

[MECowgo]

@chewylloc Come home safe, Your country is greatful. God bless you

[zeffrey666]

@chewylloc god bless you brother

[tgemmill456]

@chewylloc god be with you

[alexrokz100]

@chewylloc thank you very much for serving our country and may god be with you

[roblet1783]

@chewylloc I'll second the thanks for your service, GOD be with every single one of you.

[kvnturner]

@chewylloc

I hope you made it back. I did two tours and Afghanistan with Canadian and US troops. Am now out of the service due to completion of contract. 12 years. Look after yourself fella.

[Ascaidh]

@chewylloc You will survive and bring the knowledge of all that you have learned home. How you chose to share the information or not is up to you. To honor your brothers........just live a good life an d raise a few sons or daughter in thier name.

God Bless

[cheeriocheerios]

That one next too the motorway in Sydney?

[cathead94]

@PyrOTeEchNik coment on your graveyard yes its similar the one you are thinking of is in tassie tarana on norfolk bay but not to take anything away from this heart felt funeral

[sam3300]

very good! thanks!

[ArizonaDesertPiper]

I am from a military family. I have been asked and played for an uncle and my mother's husband who was an Army buddy of mine(10 years older than I and 10 year younger than mom). Anyway it is very hard and emotional, but proud to have been able to do it. GOOD JOB!

[iliketheairforce]

I wish to have bagpies at my funeral

[diabhal]

good job, buddy. You take pride in your work and it shows

[RawPower7]

Uff funerals are so sad, great playing though, bagpipes have such an emotional sound to it.

[CanadiaNecro1]

I play mosly at funerals and I admit, at first it was so tough to keep it together even though I didn't know the people personally. It's hard to concentrate on the tune and not be affected by the emotion. Playing for a freind or relative would be hard.

[MansonDude1994]

i agree with you JSD3530... when my time comes i want all those around me to hear the sweet sweet sound of my ancestors

[JSD3530]

" And let the last sound he hears be not that of weeping, but the pipes ringing down the hillside."

[MansonDude1994]

i agree with you JSD3530... when my time comes i want all those around me to hear the sweet sweet sound of my ancestors

[turttledude]

hey where is that place

[jagfan84084]

Murray, Utah

[dillonsheps]

i knew it looked like utah. i live in provo. RIP for whoever he played it for.

[jbiz1232324]

wow thats sad that ur friend died but great piper

[majnjord]

I don't know why, but when Amazing Grace starts on the second round (or verse or what you call it in English) I always get goose-bumps and my eyes tear. Every single time.

Beautifully played by that piper, incredible touching. I want a bagpipe on my funeral...

[yamahonkawazuki]

yeah the second verse gets me as well

[mycokerulesyayD]

hey man,I jsut want to say how sorry I feel for you, '^',I played the pipes for my brother when they brought him home from Iraq.

[Seanmurdoch66]

Semper Fi!

[ShinyToySupra]

Very beautiful playing.. You're strong for holding yourself together and playing through. Much respect to that.

[jagfan84084]

It can be tough to hold it together. I posted another video of me piping at my uncle's funeral where I did choke up a bit during Amazing Grace - I couldn't look at my aunt while playing or I wouldn't have made it through.

[thading]

how do these pipers keep it together?

[Piper12056]

@thading..Concentration. And you never look at your audience...sometimes i just close my eyes...

[sparky2k3]

there was a piper at my girlfriends funeral and this tears me up so bad great songs and the pipes are so fitting

[Bigirishcunt]

The Lament, beautifull I'll bet that wind made that reed nice and stiff.

[Jagerstein89]

great song, sorry about your loss

[elward]

flowers of the forest is an absolutely beautiful song

[murdo12011992]

good work mate it is unfortunate that it is always ones so close to die first but this piper can play well as he has just showen with great feeling

[14752147521]

U did a very good fair well. Well done.

[hfranke07]

Great job to the piper. There is just no other instrument, that can do this like the bagpipe. wow

[stanlee567]

during amazing grace the wind is like its blowing away his soul to be in a better place

[andygmo]

Flowers of the Forest = a proper send off.

You did them proud.

[CapeCodPiper]

Nice job. Tough playing in cold weather - my fingers don't work!

[Factnotfictionpeople]

Well done - no second chance and it ain't easy.

[toasty5181]

This is something I have always wanted to do, but do not know how.....very nicely done

[ArizonaDesertPiper]

That was movng. As the only active piper that I am aware of in my area, and as one from a family who has strong Scott hertiage and a tradition of military service. I play a lot send offs. But the most emotional are when I play for departed friends and relatives. Also feel they are the most heartfelt.

[Tschultzy82]

Very nicely done.

[westvirginiawonder]

very good job....that was very moving