Editing Ruby Blue (band)

{{Short description|Scottish folk pop band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject Musicians -->
| name               = Ruby Blue
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| background      = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Edinburgh]], Scotland
| genre              = [[Folk pop]], [[folk rock]]
| years_active     = 1986–1993
| label                = Red Flame, Universal, Aris
| associated_acts = 
| current_members =
| past_members =
* [[Rebecca Pidgeon]]
* [[Roger Fife]]
* [[Anthony Coote]]
* [[Erika Spotswood]]
* [[Chris Buck]]
* [[Karlos Edwards]]
}}

'''Ruby Blue''' was a Scottish [[folk pop]] band formed by singer [[Rebecca Pidgeon]] and guitarist Roger Fife in the 1980s.

Pidgeon was a student at the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts]]. In 1986, her friend Roger Fife, a guitarist, asked her to sing on a demo tape which was then sent to Red Flame Records in London. After hearing the demo, the label signed Pidgeon and Fife and released their first album, ''Glances Askances''.<ref name="Pidgeon bio">{{cite web|last1=Ankeny|first1=Jason|title=Rebecca Pidgeon {{!}} Biography & History|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/rebecca-pidgeon-mn0000348381/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=29 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="Ruby bio">{{cite web|title=Ruby Blue {{!}} Biography & History|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ruby-blue-mn0000854168/biography|website=AllMusic|accessdate=29 November 2016}}</ref>

Pidgeon became the lead singer of Ruby Blue, which included [[Anthony Coote]] on bass guitar, Erika Spotswood on backing vocals, and Chris Buck on drums. Buck was later replaced on drums by Karlos Edwards. Coote and Pidgeon left in 1990. Pidgeon went to the U.S. and pursued an acting career. Erika Spotswood (now Woods) took her place on lead vocals.<ref name="Ruby bio" />

Woods and Fife kept the band's name, releasing the album ''Almost Naked'' in 1993. The album was unsuccessful, and Ruby Blue disbanded. Woods moved to Los Angeles and married Tony Philips, the producer of Ruby Blue's ''Down from Above'' album. Fife  became a producer and worked with [[Cyndi Lauper]], [[Antony and the Johnsons]], and [[Tricky (musician)|Tricky]].

==Discography==
* ''Glances Askances'' (Red Flame, 1987)
* ''Down from Above'' (Fontana, 1990)
* ''Broken Water'' (Red Flame 1992)
* ''Paradise'' (Red Flame 1993)
* ''Almost Naked'' (Aris, 1993)<ref name="AM discog">{{cite web|title=Ruby Blue {{!}} Album Discography|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/ruby-blue-mn0002300120|website=AllMusic|accessdate=29 November 2016}}</ref>
* ''Remasters'' (Universal 2011)

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[[Category:Scottish folk music groups]]
[[Category:British folk rock groups]]