Who's Who

THIGHPAULSANDRA

Thishgpaulsandra is a keyboard wizard from Wales. He has played for

several years with Julian Cope and is currently with Spiritualized. He has

his own group Coil and has done string arrangements including Kevin Rowland's

"My Beauty" album. You can hear Thighpaulsandra on much of "A Rock In The

Weary Land" and on Julian Cope albums including "Interpreter" and "Twenty

Mothers" as well as the forthcoming Spiritualized album.

JEREMY STACEY

Jeremy is an English drummer who first played with Mike Scott in 1997's

"Still Burning" band and on Mike's recording of Kate Bush's "Why Should I

Love You?" (on EMI's 'Come Again' compilation album). Jeremy also toured

throughout 1998 with Echo And The Bunnymen. He has played and performed

with dozen of bands and artists including The Lemon Trees, Tori Amos, Sheryl

Crow, World Party and Robbie Williams. He plays on half of "A Rock In The Weary Land".

LIVINGSTONE BROWN

Livingstone is a bass player originally from Nottingham, now based in London.

He plays on half of "A Rock In The Weary Land" and toured with The Waterboys

in June 2000, including their Glastonbury Festival appearance. "Livvy" played and

recorded with blues guitarist Robin Trower and is currently producing records at

his own studio in London.

KEVIN WILKINSON

Kevin, from Swindon, was the original Waterboys drummer, playing with

Mike and Anto on and off from 1982 to 1987, and contributing heavily to

the "A Pagan Place" album. He played on "Crown" on "A Rock In The Weary Land".

Over the years he recorded and toured with Squeeze, China Crisis, Fish, Howard Jones

and many other artists. Kevin took his own life in July 1999. Said Mike Scott : "I'm

grateful I got to play and work with Kevin again".

ANTHONY THISTLETHWAITE

Anthony comes from Lutterworth, near Leicester in England and worked

constantly with Mike Scott from 1982 to 1991. He plays on the first 5

Waterboys albums and all the compilations. He has recorded with

numerous artists including Psychedelic Furs, Sharon Shannon, Johnny Thunders,

Fairground Attraction, Robyn Hitchcock, The Mission, TV Smith, The Sawdoctors

and Mungojerry. He has released 3 solo albums : "Aesop Wrote A Fable",

"Cartwheels" and "Crawfish And Caviar". Anthony plays on "We Are Jonah" and

"Crown" on "A Rock In The Weary Land", guested with Mike at some 1998

concerts and is expected to return to The Waterboys live line up in the future.

RICHARD NAIFF

Richard is from north London and met Mike when Mike overheard his piano playing

spilling from a neighbouring studio during sessions for "A Rock In The Weary Land".

They have worked together ever since, Richard playing piano on "We Are Jonah" and

"The Wind In The Wires" and backing Mike at several acoustic shows before joining

The Waterboys as keyboard player in time for the June 2000 dates. Richard also

plays in The Faith Band and with his girlfriend Catrin in Catacoustics. He is a big fan

of The Damned and was nicknamed "Titch" by an exuberant Waterboys fan during a

show in Greenock, Scotland.

DAVE RUFFY

Dave was a member of famous punk group The Ruts and later worked with

Aztec Camera, The Waterboys (1985-6 : Dave appears on "Live Adventures"

and "Fisherman's Blues"), Sinead O' Connor and World Party.

He played some shows with Mike Scott in summer 1998 and contributes

percussion to "My Love Is My Rock In The Weary Land" and hip-hop

drum programming to "Night Falls On London". Most recently he co-produced

and played on Kirsty MacColl's "Tropical Brainstorm" album.

GILAD ATZMON

Gilad is a jazz saxman from Palestine living in London. He plays with the Gilad

Atzmon Trio, who have released an album called "Take It Or Leave It". Gilad

also played with the late Ian Dury and The Blockheads. He contributed multiple

saxes and a middle eastern horn (the sol) to "Crown" on "A Rock In The Weary Land".

STEVE ORCHARD

Steve Orchard is a recording engineer, a member of the Air Studios organisation.

He worked with Mike on "A Rock In The Weary Land" from August 1999 to

May 2000, including the mixing of the album, and introduced Mike to the "Culture

Vulture" fuzzbox and several other effects units.

NICK WOLLAGE

Nick is another Air Studios engineer and he worked on the first half of the

"Weary Land" sessions, from February to July 2000. He spends most of his time

working on film soundtrack recordings. He first worked with Mike during final

sessions for "Still Burning" in 1996.