Anthony Coote is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 musician (guitar/bass guitar/keyboards/vocal) who has worked with a number of groups/individuals.

He was recruited to Ruby Blue

Ruby Blue

Ruby Blue were a UK folk rock/pop band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. Fronted by Rebecca Pidgeon, they released a total of four albums, beginning with Glances Askances in 1987 and Down From Above in 1990. The original members of the band were Rebecca and Roger Fife...

 in 1988 following an advertisement in the Melody Maker

Melody Maker

Melody Maker, published in the United Kingdom, was, according to its publisher IPC Media, the world's oldest weekly music newspaper. It was founded in 1926 as a magazine targeted at musicians; in 2000 it was merged into "long-standing rival" New Musical Express.-1950s–1960s:Originally the Melody...

 magazine and was present on their best known album recording "Down from Above" (1989). Anthony co-wrote the music to 'Primitive Man', the opening track with Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon

Rebecca Pidgeon is a British actress and singer-songwriter. She has maintained a recording career while also acting on stage and in feature films. She is married to the American writer and director David Mamet.-Early life:...

.He provided the lead guitar solo for the remix of the John Martyn single "Deny This Love" (Permanent Records,Perm S12) from the album The Apprentice (1990). Because of personal differences Ruby Blue split in the early 1990s with Rebecca Pidgeon marrying the playwright David Mamet

David Mamet

David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter and film director.Best known as a playwright, Mamet won a Pulitzer Prize and received a Tony nomination for Glengarry Glen Ross . He also received a Tony nomination for Speed-the-Plow . As a screenwriter, he received Oscar...

 in 1991 before moving to America.

Rebecca signed to the Chesky label and Anthony collaborated in her first two CDs "The Raven" (1994) and "The New York Girls' Club" (1996) which were recorded in New York. Anthony was featured guitarist on both.

Following the dissolution of Ruby Blue Anthony joined the group Animals That Swim

Animals That Swim

Animals That Swim are a musical group who formed in London, England, 1989, with a line-up of stand-up drums, piano, trumpet and "a nifty line in clever narrative lyrics"...

 replacing Lenie Mets as bass guitar player in 1993. Anthony left the group in 1996. In 1997 he featured as bassist on the David Gedge

David Gedge

David Gedge is an English musician and songwriter. He is the main songwriter and vocalist in the bands The Wedding Present and Cinerama...

 led group Cinerama

Cinerama (band)

Cinerama were a UK indie pop band, headed up by David Gedge, the frontman for The Wedding Present.-Career:Originally formed in 1998 while on a break from The Wedding Present, Cinerama started as a duo of Gedge and his then-girlfriend Sally Murrell...

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Anthony's latest appearance is with the South Africa

South Africa

The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...

n pianist Richard Wilson as guitarist on the album "Archipelago" (2006) which was recorded on the cruise ship The World.

Anthony is currently working in London as one half of the La Dolce Vita violin/guitar duo.http://www.anthonycoote.co.uk/index.htm