Roddy Lorimer

Roddy Lorimer

Roddy Lorimer (born May 19, 1953 in Glasgow) is a Scottish musician who has performed with a number of bands, including Blur, Gene, The Rolling Stones, Suede and The Waterboys. He is currently a member of the band Kick Horns.

Lorimer studied the trumpet at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama in Glasgow. His classical music background can be heard in his work on The Waterboys' single "The Whole of the Moon", the band's greatest commercial success. Lorimer includes another Waterboys recording, an arrangement of W.B. Yeats' poem "The Stolen Child", amongst his top ten favourite recordings of all timeref|KHbio.

Amongst his influences in popular music, Lorimer cites Miles Davis and Chuck Mangione. Roddy Lorimer recently played his harmonicaless harmonica on the [Part-Hero] demo for the song the long way round. Something that has never been caught on a recording until now.ref|xm.

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# cite web | title=Roddy Lorimer| work=Kick Horns Line Up | url=http://www.kickhorns.com/biog-roddylorimer.html | accessdate=October 31 | accessyear=2005
# cite web | title=Roddy Lorimer| work=Extreme Musicians | url=http://www.xtrememusician.com/info/artists/profiles/2265.html | accessdate=October 31 | accessyear=2005


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