At the show
Thank you.
Thank you to Richard Katz for opening the day with his bagpipe playing and helping set the atmosphere for a memorable Saturday at the ranch. He donated his fee to school lunches for local kids.
About Richard Katz
Richard Katz is a bagpiper in Franklin, Tennessee. He played “Amazing Grace” at the Franklin Police Department’s 9/11 ceremony in 2025, and piped the dedication of two Civil War markers in Franklin in 2023.
Besides the Highland pipes, he plays the uilleann pipes, whistles, drums and percussion, the banjo and the ukulele.
In California he was the official piper for the Town of Los Gatos and its police department, and in 2009 he played the uilleann pipes with The Chieftains in San Francisco.
From Richard Katz
At The Piston Powered RanchPhoto: The Piston Powered Ranch
On the show fieldPhoto: The Piston Powered Ranch
At Franklin Police headquartersPhoto: Richard Katz
In FranklinPhoto: the City of Franklin
At a car eventPhoto: Richard Katz
Watch Richard Katz
At Prestonfield House in Edinburgh, built in 1687
Scotland the Brave and Murdo’s Wedding
- Watch on YouTubeWith The Chieftains at Davies Symphony Hall, 2009Watch on YouTubeThat Bagpipe Guy, on KCAT TV in Los Gatos
Details from the City of Franklin, the Williamson Herald (2025), the Williamson Herald (2023), his Facebook, KCAT TV and his YouTube channel, read October 18, 2026. The films are theirs. The photographs from the show are the ranch's.