Anthony Thistlethwaite

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Anthony Thistlethwaite
Thistlethwaite playing harmonica in 2014
Background information
Born	(1955-08-31) 31 August 1955 (age 69) Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England
Genres	Folk rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, mandolin, harmonica, keyboards, bass, guitar
Member of	The Saw Doctors
Formerly of	The Waterboys

Anthony "Anto" Thistlethwaite (born 31 August 1955, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, England) is an English-born Irish multi-instrumentalist best known as a founding member (with guitarist Mike Scott) of the folk rock group, The Waterboys^[1] and later as a long-standing member of Irish rock band The Saw Doctors.