The Deputies Band members
Rick Cassman
Guitars, Vocals
Songwriter and Producer. Composer for Film and TV Music. Signed to Pete Townshend of The Who in the 70’s with his band Straight Eight. Toured with Queen, Robert Palmer and Slade.
Richard Lightman
Lead guitar, slide guitar
Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Richard is a professional session guitarist and record producer with a career in music spanning over 40 years.
Belinda Campbell
An accomplished vocalist whose style is reminiscent of Janis Joplin. Belinda gives 100% energy and commitment on every performance.
Pete Charlton
Bass Guitar and Vocals
Pete has knocked up a cool 30 years experience as a bass player.
He’s played with Trevor Morrell (Wham) and Clune (David Gray) and believes one of the highlights in his career was when he supported The Bay City Rollers!
Lee Cook
Drums
Lee played with the legendary Twickenham rock band Saint Jude. He is a regular player on the S W London scene.
Honorary Deputies
Depending on circumstances we are often privileged to have guest musicians play with the band. These include
Geoff Swettenham - Drums
David Avigdor - Drums
Les ‘Cozy’ Cole - Drums
Andrew Heart - Bass guitar
Honorary Deputies
Geoff Swettenham
Geoff has played in some classic sixties rock bands including the legendary band 'Grapefruit' who were signed to The Beatles label Apple Records in the mid sixties
Andrew Heart
Andrew is a professional gigging sideman and has played with Billy Idol, Generation X and loads more