Whether blowing the blues with Eric Clapton, adding lustre to the latest pop hit, or helping a young band on a budget give life to the sound in their heads, Simon, Roddy and Tim bring a unique passion and commitment to every project they take on.

Attention was first attracted by Roddy's work on Wham!'s Club Tropicana and his glorious solos for the Waterboys (Whole of the Moon, Don't Bang the Drum).

Telephones rang, and by 1984 Kick Horns had already built up a reputation with producers as the hippest horns in town.
They worked with Walter Becker on the China Crisis album Flaunt the Imperfection and with Bob Ezrin on David Gilmour's About Face.
In 1985 they supplied the driving riffs on Pete Townshend's Face the Face, later appearing in Townshend's White City film and the legendary Deep End live shows at Brixton Academy.

The next few years brought tours of America and Europe with The Who, The Waterboys and Deacon Blue as well as sessions for The Rolling Stones, Primal Scream, Spiritualized and the influential Stereo MC's album Connected.

In 1993, they joined Eric Clapton's band for his blues-only concerts at London's Royal Albert Hall, the start of an exhilarating ride that took in From the Cradle and three and a half years of touring and recording in the company of heroes like Steve Gadd, Richie Hayward, Jim Keltner, Duck Dunn, Nathan East, Chris Stainton and Andy Fairweather Low.

In the same period Kick Horns played sessions for Blur (Parklife), Supergrass and Suede, for Finley Quaye, Gabrielle and Baaba Maal.
There were two number ones with the Spice Girls, while German star Westernhagen called them in for three albums and tours.

By the turn of the century, Roddy, Simon and Tim had achieved a wide-ranging body of work including the funk of Jamiroquai, the Algerian Rai of Khaled and Faudel, the New Orleans grooves of Dr John (Anutha Zone) and the cool club beats of Groove Armada.

Recently, they have played more concerts with Baaba Maal, Westernhagen, Deep Purple and Rufus Wainwright, while studio highlights have included Rufus Wainwright’s Want One, David Gray’s Life in Slow Motion and new albums for the Stereo MCs, Ben Taylor and Lulu.

In 2005 Eric Clapton called them in again to play and arrange on eight songs on Back Home. And now another adventure begins: touring Britain and Europe with Eric’s new all-star band.

More than two decades of dedicated teamwork have created a European horn section of world class.

The first Kick Horns album The Other Foot is now available, featuring trombonist Annie Whitehead and a blistering rhythm section, is now available from
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www.cdvine.co.uk.