Roddy Lorimer
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Roddy Lorimer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 19 May 1953 |
| Origin | Glasgow, Scotland |
| Genres | |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Instrument | Trumpet |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Member of | Kick Horns |
| Formerly of | Deep End |
Roddy Lorimer (born 19 May 1953) is a Scottish musician who plays trumpet and flugelhorn. He has performed with Blur, Gene, the Rolling Stones, Draco Rosa, the Who, the Style Council, Eric Clapton, Suede, Supergrass, Beyoncé, Jamiroquai, Dr John, the Waterboys, Nik Kershaw, Bruce Foxton, Fish (of Marillion). He is a founding member of the horn section Kick Horns.[citation needed]
Lorimer studied the trumpet at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow.
Lorimer, as part of the Kick Horns, toured North America and the UK with the Who in 1989. World tours with Eric Clapton in 1993–96 and later a European tour for six months with the Clapton Band in 2006. He was a member of Pete Townshend's 'Deep End' (1985), a short-lived supergroup founded by Townshend featuring Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour.[1][2]
He toured through the 1980s and early 1990s with the Waterboys. Currently[when?] he is playing with Cotton Mouth, one of Bangkok, Thailand's best blues rock bands, and Rolling Stones tribute band Midnight Ramblers, also based in Bangkok.
