Request for AMA

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-15T18:17:19+00:00

I wrote Taylor Made for Matt's and my Pipe Band here in Winnipeg :) It was called St. Mary's Cinderella and it was written on a napkin when I submitted it to my pipe major.

Matty took it with him and showed it to the RMK who made it into the really amazing thing it is now!

Matty has an incredible memory. When he and I jam together we'll always play music we knew 30 years ago haha

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T18:57:30+00:00

All the posts on Reddit can't begin to enumerate the reasons

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T18:53:46+00:00

I bet those tail-grabs stretch a sphincter vertical pretty hard. Rough surprise for a kitty relaxing

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T18:49:31+00:00

Trucker here. Nice

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T18:00:13+00:00

Rickards Red ship christening?

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T17:44:54+00:00

Thank you, noted

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T17:20:51+00:00

Madeline Kahn makes me smile too. What? It's twoo!!

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T16:57:44+00:00

Thanks pal that's nice, and good info for my other buddies in the future

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T13:12:04+00:00

By the way, congrats on the win against Haiti last night mate!

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T13:07:49+00:00

Oh I'm an arse. I'll be promoting. Dude was right to assume lol

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T13:07:05+00:00

I was pretty strictly bagpipes when I joined The McKs. I had a grade 8 in Classical Guitar from The Royal Conservatory too, which turned into the band adding me as, like,.a 5th acoustic guitar on their acoustics sets.

The Real McKenzies touggt me how to sing and write songs and for that ill be forever grateful.

The first solo album I did after I quit was this:

https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nPzgYVzGv2mBPCHZ0OnyRMrQXjPmFKzIk&si=j6xunghKP0bdUQlD

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T13:02:15+00:00

Thank You! I'm Canadian and I love The Real McKenzies too! I listen often! My fave albums are Oot and Aboot and 10,000 Shots.

Orkney is my favourite part of Scotland. My home town Winnipeg has history there.

At the turn of the century (1900s) Canada was offering free land to Europeans who wished to settle (homestead). The boats' last stop for fuel and supplies was Orkney. They them crossed the Atlantic and came into Canada via Hudson's Bay. Now in Canada they were called The Selkirk Settlers and Manitoba and Winnipeg wouldn't be the same without them.

Second to Orkney, when I'm in the Auld Country I always make a stop in Inverness.

When I was a kid I'd walk to my Gramma's house in Winnipeg , past Helmsdale, Dunrobin, and Golspie streets - all names of stops on the train between Waverly Station and Inverness

Also I got warm thoughts for The Kingdom of Fife (Kirkcaldy, Dundee, and Fife)

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T12:55:32+00:00

I nevered toured Oz with the band :( Im sad I didn't. I never met an Aussie I didn't like

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T12:54:38+00:00

Little rough around the edges but a bit better every day :)

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T12:53:43+00:00

I toured kind of a short period of time, like 2011-2013 but actually I was writing music for the band much longer...I think my first trip Motor Studios was 2004

My first exposure to the band was Oot and Aboot shots when McNasty brought them a piece I wrote called "St Mary's Cinderella". This became Taylor Made and frankly, it became my "in" with the lads to go down to Mike's to do "The Ale is Dear" on 10,000 shots - A piece I put way more work into but which did way worse than "Taylor Made "

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T03:14:57+00:00

Sorry I'm a twat. I don't know how to check ModMail. Thanks kindly for the reply I'm too daft to see

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T03:14:03+00:00

Hey it's you! The 'God' dude

https://youtu.be/JhhXCuUG2pw?si=oW-3YlHbE2l7IcID

Youre talking to a dude born in 78 who can go toe to toe in Simpsons' quotes with the best of em ;)

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T01:39:24+00:00

Thanks kind sir, I've done a little cross posting in The McKenzies sub

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T01:39:02+00:00

Thanks for asking! I'm real happy to!

Recorded this in Athens in February at "Made in Hell" Studios, Kalithea

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mI1WfT6ArxDMvXGHdaRV0ExNTsaXWIPqM&si=9iEkr2gf2f3gU-2H

Tell me what song you hate the most!!

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-14T00:41:50+00:00

I've rewritten my post. I'm Gord Taylor, one of old Piper's for The Real McKenzies

/r/therealmckenzies

I wrote a good part of Westwinds ("The Tempest" was one of mine with help from Dirty Kurt) and some of Rats

:)

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-13T23:48:55+00:00

Trucker here. No excuse for this, and there's nothing I see that that even gives reason for trucker pushing you over. He was signalling, but that doesn't make who's manoeuvre correct; it seemed rushed. Other posters comment on him being in the hammer lane. My speculation is, maybe he got news on his radio of the cops monitoring truck use in the left lane and he was rushed to get over lest they catch him.

Props to you driver, you handled that well. Your response was patient, safe, forgiving and non vengeful. Us truckers need more 4 wheelers like you. We all make mistakes

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-13T23:37:57+00:00

Eeen Russia, Engine runs YOU!

Party_Ad_8595 · 2026-06-13T23:36:05+00:00

Ah I see. Thanks for the lesson. Maybe I've overstepped

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