Jim Kilpatrick
| Jim Kilpatrick | |
|---|---|
| Born |
August 11, 1956 Whitburn, West Lothian |
| Instruments | snare drum |
| Website |
www |
Jim Kilpatrick is a Scottish pipe band drummer, and former leading drummer of the Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band.
Life
Kilpatrick was born in Whitburn, West Lothian on 11 August 1956, and started playing the snare drum at the age of 9 or 10.[1][2]
His partner Fiona Cruickshank was pipe major of the Deeside Ladies Pipe Band.[3][4] His uncle Tom Brown is also a pipe band drummer, and was leading drummer of Boghall and Bathgate Caledonia Pipe Band until he was succeeded by his son Gordon, who is Kilpatrick's cousin.[2][5]
He was awarded an MBE in 2003 for "services to music."[3]
Career
At the age of 12 he joined his first band, in Grade 1.[6]
In 1971, at the age of 15, he joined the Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band, which was at the time under the leadership of Alex Duthart.[1] He left to become leading drummer of Polkemmet Pipe Band in 1980, with pipe major Robert Mathieson, who also came from Shotts at the same time.[7]
He became leading drummer of Shotts in 1986.[8]
Kilpatrick was suspended in 2012 for comments made on Facebook about the result the band received at the British Championships.[9] This led to the resignation of pipe major Gavin Walker and the band withdrawing from all competition for the rest of the season, including the World Championships.[10]
With Shotts, he was won the drumming title at the World Pipe Band Championships nineteen times, fifteen of those as leading drummer.[11] This includes a run of eleven consecutive times between 1988 and 1988, a record which still stands.[11] In 1991, Shotts won the drumming title in all five major championships, an event which has only occurred once.[11]
Kilpatrick also competes in solo events, and has won the World Solo Drumming Championships a record sixteen times.[8][11]
In October 2015, a statement released by Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band reported that Kilpatrick had agreed to step down, and retire, from his position as leading drummer. It also confirmed that corp member Blair Brown would be his replacement.[12] The statement offered from the band did not include any quotations directly attributed to Kilpatrick. In his own statement, released on October 17, 2015, Kilpatrick stated that his removal from the band was "the final act in a long-running, premeditated and well-planned coup d’état orchestrated by Ryan Canning, Blair Brown, Glenn Brown and perhaps three other members of the Shotts band."[13]
Teaching
He has been involved in teaching at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, as well as giving masterclasses around the world.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Jim Kilpatrick MBE". handsupfortrad.scot. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- 1 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-eOqnKLU4Q
- 1 2 "Jim Kilpatrick awarded MBE". pipesdrums.com. 31 December 2003. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "Kilpatrick realistic about World Solos result". pipesdrums.com. 31 October 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ http://www.boghallandbathgate.com/about
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6PAYKFD0hM
- ↑ Jim Kilpatrick MBE - Part 6. YouTube. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- 1 2 "Roster". shottspipeband.com. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "RSPBA suspends Kilpatrick for three months for Facebook comment". pipesdrums.com. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ Graham Miller (14 August 2012). "House of Edgar Shotts and Dykehead Pipe Band in turmoil after Facebook comment". Daily Record. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Jim Kilpatrick MBE". jimkilpatrick.co.uk. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
- ↑ "Shotts Pipe Band: A saga erupts - PipeBand iMag". PipeBand iMag. Retrieved 2015-10-19.
- ↑ "Jim Kilpatrick Statement 17 October 2015". Google Drive. Retrieved 2015-10-19.