Dave Cass Music
Dave Cass DPLM GCLCM
Session Work
Dave has been a gigging session musician experienced in Dance Band, Pop, Jazz, Country and modern experimental music, having also provided the musical backing whilst working with Cilla Black, Kiki Dee, Jane McDonald, Rod Argent
( The Zombies ), Bob Monkhouse, Ted Rogers ( TV Show 3-2-1 ), Joanna Lumley ( The Avengers & Absolutely Fabulous )
and many other well known personalities
Jane McDonald & Dave Cass
Dave Charles 60th Birthday
recalling memories
10th September 2017
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Dave has played & been the
Musical Director (MD) for
Linda Nolan, The Barton Brothers, Paddy Green, Jimmy Crickett, Bernard Manning plus many of the Coronation Street stars
Other TV Appearances/Sessions
A Touch of Frost
"The Woofits" Series
RAC Rallysport Yorkshire TV
( Dave also wrote the music for this )
Rose Marie Country Show
( Tyne Tees TV )
TV JINGLES
Dave has written over 150 TV jingles for YTV, Tyne Tees, Granada, Border & Central TV with Local and National firms including.....
The Prudential Assurance Co., Y.E.B., Grandstand BMX Bikes,
British Gas with Bobby Charlton, Civil Service, Car Care Plan,
Silent Night Beds, Telegraph & Argus, Fletchers Bread,
North of England Building Society (2), Crockatt Cleaners,
Wigfalls (2), Foto Processing, Oxford Mail Newspaper,
Shock Stoppers, Pennine Radio Breakfast Show, Pine Lake Resort, Stinky Stickers, Radiant Superglaze, John Taylor Garages, Pif-Paf Arabian Fly Spray, Comet Ball, Unit Plus Paint,
Creative Marketing Services(CMS),
Ian Skelley Motors, Canon Typewriters, Lees Chocolate,
Harris Cleaners, Scot Bloc, A.T.S., Housing Units, Pinball Wizard
Lancastrian Building Society, Hinari-Connect, Clydesdale Bank, British Telecom, Leeds University, Garden Street, Yellow Pages, Shipley Riverside Amusement Park, Yorkshire Tea, Wades Sale
and many Building Societies and Banks
Dave has also written music for Corporate Firms
including MGB Dustbins ( but it's not rubbish! )
TV shows - written Theme Music & Incidental Music for International Rallysport, Me & My Camera
TV Sessions - Touch of Frost, 3-2-1, The Woofits
JIVE BUNNY & THE MASTERMIXERS
Dave was awarded a Gold Disk for his work with the
chart-topping band "Jive Bunny & The Mastermixers"
who had 3 consecutive No.1 hits in the British Charts in 1989
"Swing The Mood" - "That's What I Like" - "Let's Party"
Also, in 1990.....
"That Sounds Good To Me" reached No. 4
"Can Can You Party" " reached No. 8
"The Crazy Party Mixes" reached No. 13
"Rock & Roll Beethoven" ( Dave's tribute to Beethovens 5th & Fur Elise ) reached No.12 in the Netherlands in 1994
5 UK Top 10's - 8 UK Top 40's - 10 UK Top 75's - 9 weeks at No.1
Through The Music Factory, he has also released over 150 CDs in the Easy Listening market and was a major contributor to the
Sony Music Library
Lance Gambit
Dave Cass as "Lance Gambit" reached No.3 in the
Easy Listening charts with the release of "Cocktail 2000"
- Today's music played in a cocktail "Lounge Lizard" style
5-star Amazon Customer Reviews
G.S Wall "Chunder" ( Funky Camden town )
My copy arrived this morning. I am only half way
through and immediately compelled to write this,
my first Amazon review. This album, will restore your
faith in music. It will re-align all your stuff that needs
re-aligning. It's a bit like musical Feng Shui solution -
when you listen to it, all the random furniture in your
mind will suddenly relocate itself to the right part of
the lounge - Peace...
Loungecore Heaven!
Inspired! Lance's version of "There's nothing I won't
do" and "Macarena" simply have to be heard.
Guaranteed to make you kick back, relax and get in
the mood. EVERYBODY should have a copy of
this superb album.
A Clever and inspiring album - better than the originals
The CD is brilliant! You can play name the tune with
the tracks. There is a lot of thought and skill, not to
say hype gone into this. Lance is a very competent
player and seems to joke with the listener. I would
ask if he really exists. I cannot believe he is really as
he seems but one clever guy.
Track Listing
Children - You're Gorgeous
Angels - Say You'll Be There
You Got The Love - The Drugs Don't Work - Parklife
Good Enough - Missing - Encore Une Fois
Truly, Madly, Deeply - Where Do You Go?
There's Nothing I Won't Do - Disco 2000
Ooh Aah ( Just A Little Bit ) - Barbie Girl
Breakfast At Tiffanys - Mysterious Girl
Return Of The Mac - D'you Know What I Mean?
Macarena - Left Bank 2
Middle 8
In 1982, Dave recorded an album with his 5-piece Jazz Rock band Middle 8 entitled "Migration" recorded at
Ric Rac Studios, Leeds
Engineer - Mick Robson
Band Members
Dave Cass - Keyboards
Yamaha Grand CP80 Piano
Prophet V
Oberheim OBX
2 Minimoogs
2 Poly Moog Keyboards
Moog Source
ARP String Ensemble
Moog Vocoder
Fender Rhodes Suitcase 73
Moog Taurus Bass Pedals
Steve Pollard - Guitars
Adamus Ovation Guitar
Ibanez Pro 6-string
Antoria Twin Neck 6+12
Dave Charles - Vocals
Lead & Backing Vocals
Paul Smith - Bass Guitar
Schecter Bass
( Middle 8's former Bass Player
was Michael Collins )
Neil Roper - Drums/Percussion
Premier & Ludwig Drums
Rototoms
Paiste & Zildjan Cymbals
Additional Percusions
Migration - Track Listing
Side 1
1 Carry On Nigel ( Cass )
2 See Her Again
( Cass, Pollard, Charles )
3 Migration ( Cass )
Side 2
4 Question Of Time ( Cass )
5 Prelude ( Cass )
6 Piano Solo ( Cass )
7 In The Dawn ( Cass )
Available on CD and vinyl
email davecassmusic@icloud.com
for details
Click Below to hear The Oxford Mail Newspaper Jingle
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G.P.O.
Keyboards - Dave Cass
Guitars - Jim
Drums - Dave Edge ( aka Andrew )
Bass - Michael Collins
(aka "The Quiet Man of Rock" )
Band formed around 1978
The Middle 8 Album artwork sleeve design was brilliantly created by Edward Holt
The International Brotherhood Of Magicians
British Ring No.25
Dave Cass - IBM Musical Director
for 18 years ( 1995 - 2013 ) and Dave's wife,
Shirley, is a former president of the
IBM British Ring No.25
( Shirley Ray 2009-2010 )
John Pickles ( Music Factory Ltd )
Dave Cass collaborated with talented songwriter John Pickles and together, wrote and produced an album of original songs entitled "Just a Simple Yorkshire Boy"
Janet Kay - Silly Games
( Music Factory Music Remix )
Dave Cass - Keyboards
Hit in 1990
John Verity Band
Interrupted Journey (1983 )
Truth Of The Matter (1985)
Dave Cass - Keyboards
Easy Listening CDs - Music Factory Ltd
Midnight Sax - Vol.1 to Vol.5
Piano Moods - Vol.1 to Vol.4
Keyboard Moods
Oboe Moods
Clarinet Moods
Sax Moods
Guitar Moods
Cello Moods
Pan Pipe Moods
Harp Moods
Latin Moods
Flute Moods
Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection Vol.1 to Vol.4
Music Of The Knight - Vol.1 to Vol.4
Trilogy Of Life
Sentimental Guitars ( Hill/Wiltchinsky )
Dave has many years experience
working in sound studios
The Music Factory (Rotherham)
Box Tree Studios (N.Yorkshire)
Ric-Rac Studios (Leeds)
Chocolate Factory (London)
Strawberry Studios (Stockport)
September Sound Studios (Golcar)
Yorkshire TV, Tyne Tees TV, Granada TV
The Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band
"In A Classical Mood"
with Dave Cass on Synthesisers
1981
Sonata Pathetique; In the Hall of the Mountain King; Melody in F; Waltz in Ab (Brahms); Farandolle; Easter Hymn; Moonlight Sonata and more
Dave Checks out the
forest sound system
with his new "headcones"
at Center Parcs 2012
Willie Schneider Rhineland Band
Lead Vocals/Trumpet - Nigel "Rocky" Rochford
Sousaphone/Band Leader - Willie Schneider
Keyboards - Dave Cass
( aka Wolfgang Happlebanger Ov Hulm )
Drums/Percussion/Vocals - Paul Myers
Simon Foley - To Strive With Princes
The Life of Sir Thomas Moore
Dave Cass - Keyboards
Very Rare Album - sells for around £700 to £1,000
Education
St. Michael's Grammar School, Leeds
8 x O-levels including Maths, Pure Maths, English, Music & French
A-level in Pure Maths & Statistics
D.P.L.M. - Diploma of Proficiency in Jazz & Light Music - 1st Class
G.C.L.C.M. - Graduate of The City of Leeds College Of Music