Dicky Moore (born 2 October 1978) is an English, musician and composer, who plays guitar with Scritti Politti[1][2][3] and leads the Bristol-based music collective Bearcraft.
[4][5][6] Moore joined Scritti Politti on guitar in 2005 after meeting Green Gartside in a Hackney pub opposite where he worked.,[7][8] and played in their first comeback gig after 26 years, under the moniker Double G and the traitorous 3[9][10] and in the following year joined them on their first American tour[1] and for the performance of the Mercury Music Prize-nominated White Bread Black Beer.
[11][12] Alongside Green Gartside, Rhodri Marsden and Robert Smoughton,[13] they have toured worldwide, including across the UK, Europe, America and Japan, and playing with artists such as Brian Wilson, Saint Etienne, Heaven 17, Manic Street Preachers, Jeffrey Lewis, and Hot Chip's Alexis Taylor.
[21] Moore's theme to Thamesmeerd was "a celebration of classic soaps, from the dramatic drum fill of EastEnders to Brookside's sweeping synthesizers.".
[23] From 2006, Moore played guitar for Dream Themes, the London branch of Frank Sidebottom's Oh Blimey Big Band, alongside Scritti Politti bandmate Rhodri Marsden.