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. He toured through the 1980s and early 1990s with
the Waterboys. Currently 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. ==Select discography==