Finally wore my Ramsay blue out--plus...

[GDub]

Wore it to a gig on Sunday. Unfortunately, no pics have surfaced yet so I don't have an "action" shot, but here's the kilt:



It's a 5 yard, 16oz woolie from USAK. It was VERY comfortable to be in all day, and it hangs great and has a lovely swish. (Excellent work Rocky and Kelly!)

Anyway, we played three sets and also accompanied some of the festivities at a Bay Area German restaurant's Spring Fest. (Fun gig!) Throughout the day I got LOTS of positive comments about the kilt, but it was at the end when were packing up that the I got the comment of the day...

I'd just finished carrying a load of gear out to my car when a very feisty middle aged woman who had been there all day approached me and stated, "I LOVE your kilt! I mean, you look great! It REALLY suits you and I have to tell you that every time you bent down while packing up your gear I kept hoping for a little gust of wind (chuckles). You know like now I wish I had little mirrors on my shoes (points her foot in my direction and chuckles again)..."

Obviously, she was very "forward," but it cracked me up! I thanked her and went back to hauling gear.

Kilt on!!

[dfmacliam]

I am glad you like your kilt so much! Rocky and Kelley do very good work!

[Phogfan86]

Our band kilts are Ramsay Blue. Highly underrated tartan.

[Highlander31]

Nice tartan. Great story, as well.

[Bugbear]

Congratulations

[McClef]

Gosh, my 5000th post to say what a lovely looking kilt and we want to see action pictures of it in due course!

[JolyStNicholas]

First Grand looking kilt, do love the BLUE Tartan!

Great story, brought a big smile to this early morning!

Second a BIG Congratulations to McCelf for the 5000th post. Job Well Done!

[NewPiperinNY]

That is a sharp looking tartan. Love to see gig pics..

I have been wrestiling with the kilted gigs idea. Maybe not with my band but rather when I do my solo stuff. Come next March/April I will be part of a Celtic folk/rock trio and we are going to do it kilted. But as my regular gigs go... I am thisclose to doing it that way.

[Phogfan86]

I have been wrestiling with the kilted gigs idea. Maybe not with my band but rather when I do my solo stuff. Come next March/April I will be part of a Celtic folk/rock trio and we are going to do it kilted. But as my regular gigs go... I am thisclose to doing it that way.

Sorry, but this caught me off guard -- you're playing piping gigs and you're not doing them in kilts?

That's an idea that just never, ever occurred to me: a pipe gig in pants, solo or otherwise.

[IrishGodfather]

Gorgeous kilt mate! And that lady's comment further proves the power of the kilt!