Anthony Thistlethwaite

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thistlethwaite's 1997 solo album, Crawfish and Caviar, on which he provides vocals as well as his trademark saxophone and mandolin.
Thistlethwaite's 1997 solo album, Crawfish and Caviar, on which he provides vocals as well as his trademark saxophone and mandolin.

Anthony Thistlethwaite, sometimes Anto Thistlethwaite, born 31 August 1955 in the town of Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England, was a member of the folk-rock group The Waterboys. He and leader Mike Scott remained the nucleus of the band for many years until Thistlethwaite's departure in 1992. Thistlethwaite joined the Saw Doctors and produced solo albums until re-joining The Waterboys between 1999 and 2000. Thistlethwaite has also played on albums by, or on tours with, The Psychedelic Furs, Fairground Attraction, Robyn Hitchcock and The Mission UK.

Thistlethwaite was invited by Scott to join The Waterboys after Scott heard Thistlethwaite performing a saxophone solo on the song "Johnny Smiled Slowly"[1], a track for the 1982 Nikki Sudden album Waiting on Egypt. Thistlethwaite had joined the band as a saxophonist, but is a talented multi-instrumentalist, and has performed other instruments, especially the mandolin, while touring with The Waterboys.

Sharon Shannon, also a member of The Waterboys, recorded a song that she named "Anto's Cajun Cousins" on her best-selling 1991 album Sharon Shannon.

[edit] Discography

Thistlethwaite has released three solo albums:

  • Aesop Wrote a Fable
  • Cartwheels (1995)
  • Crawfish and Caviar (1997)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^  Archive 1978-85. mikescottwaterboys.com. Retrieved on October 28, 2005.
 This article about a British musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../a/n/t/Anthony_Thistlethwaite_0780.html"