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
Guitars
Hailing from Montreal, Canada, Richard is a professional session guitarist and record producer with a career in music spanning over 40 years.
Mandy Bell
Mandy has provided backing vocals with artistes such as Motown stars Marv Johnson and Kim Weston. Booker Newberry, The Moody Blues, Helen Shapiro, Pulp, Mike and the Mechanics, INXS, Curiosity Killed the Cat as well as more recently, Vaneese Thomas and Eddie Floyd. She has appeared on Later with Jools Holland as well as fulfilling her childhood dream of appearing on Top of the Pops.
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.
Their first album , Diary Of A Soul Fiend produced by Chris Kimsey is still regarded as a rock classic.
He is a regular player on the S W London scene.
Musical Friends
Depending on circumstances we are often privileged to have guest musicians play with the band.
These include
Belinda Campbell - Vocals
Geoff Swettenham - Drums
David Avigdor - Drums
Les ‘Cozy’ Cole - Drums
Andrew Heart - Bass guitar
Peter French - Vocals
Alan Darby - Guitar
Steve Salvari - keyboards
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
David Avigdor
David is a class drummer from S W London. He has been playing drums for 43 years (Started at 17) and played in various bands mainly blues rock. Fused ( Rock/Pop covers) The Riftakers (Rock covers with Jon Jagger), Methyl Blue, Laughing Stock, and Big Steam (Tim Staffel+ Paul Steward). He is featured on some of the tracks from our EP ‘Five Live’
About Us
Our Story
The Deputies are a good time rock and roll band formed in 2005 by Rick Cassman and Richard Lightman. Their setlist comprises mostly covers from the sixties, seventies and eighties era as well as their own original songs.
In 2012 they recorded an album with vocalist Brendan Read Jones. Titled 'Difficult To Dust' It is available from all major online stores.
Line Up
Rick Cassman - vocals/guitar
Richard Lightman - guitar
Mandy Bell - vocals/percussion
Pete Charlton - bass guitar/vocals
Lee Cook - drums
Occasional Deputies
Geoff Swettenham - Drums
Les Cole - Drums
David Avigdor - Drums
Andrew Heart - Bass Guitar
Alan Darby - Guitar
First album released in 2012
Our music blends rock, acoustic melodies, country, blues, pop and soul.
We are influenced and inspired by bands ranging from The Rolling Stones, Little Feat, Janis Joplin, The Beatles, The Band, The Eagles and Free.
Check out our first album 'Difficult To Dust'
