Andrew Deevey

It all started when I bought Les Paul copy guitar from a friend for £35. I’d heard ‘Pictures On My Wall’ by Echo and the Bunnymen and wanted to play guitar after hearing it. 

My first real band was THE DECEMBERISTS based in LIVERPOOL. They did really well for a first band. Gigs in LONDON, NME Interviews and a song on a compilation album sandwiched between THE COCTEAU TWINS and NEW ORDER. 

THE DECEMBERISTS morphed into HELLFIRE SERMONS and a debut single was released which became NME SINGLE OF THE WEEK, but it was time to move on.  I moved to LONDON and became lead guitarist with THE CARETAKER RACE. 

STEPHEN STREET producer of The Smiths/Blur/The Cranberries produced the debut CARETAKER RACE album ‘HANGOVER SQUARE’ which got into the Indie Charts but disappeared due to the collapse of Rough Trade Records. THE CARETAKER RACE toured all over the UK with THE DARLING BUDS and there were tours of Europe with THE HOUSE OF LOVE. 

During 2013 I released ‘While My (Acoustic) Guitar Gently Weeps an album of Beatles covers performed as acoustic instrumentals. It’s still available via iTunes and CD and continues to sell in Europe/USA/Japan. 

I’ve played guitar for many influential indie bands, more recently THE BITTER SPRINGS travelling to such places as Barcelona and Madrid and VIC GODARD AND THE SUBWAY SECT and performing on a recent Marc Riley BBC6 RADIO SESSION ( a live one as well!!). 

After being a guitarist for so long I decided to venture to the middle of the stage. I’ve spent the last couple of years writing and recording what is the album ‘NORTHERN SOUL’. I played some festivals to test out the songs and received a great reception. The audiences really liked the songs. They’re not heavy and aggressive, just pop songs that you can’t stop singing! There’s been a positive reaction from local radio stations gaining lots of airplay and live acoustic sessions. The album NORTHERN SOUL has already been "Album of The Week" on Target Radio and had an hour long programme dedicated to it! 

During the early part of 2021 “I Get The Feeling” received a lot of airplay on internet radio stations and was playlisted by stations such as Smile Radio, Good Music Radio, Catorweb Radio and Amazing Radio. 

September 2021 sees the release of “I Found A Girl” a stand alone single with a newer synthpop sound reminiscent of Blossoms and Echo and the Bunnymen.