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Phil was born in Geraldton and raised in the Perth Hills. He was indoctrinated with classical music from an early age and was taught classical piano. At the age of 16 he started playing an old classical guitar that was in the shed that had one string and became quite a proficient one string lead player. He then got a job on the wheat bins and bought an electric guitar and amp to while away the hours. This led to playing in a cabaret band called wizard in the early 80's. Back in Perth in the mid 80's Phil played lead guitar in a couple of local hills bands before joining a heavy rock band called junta as bass player, at one stage supporting the Masters Appentices tour. In the 90's Phil played very little and it was only in the 2000's that he started playing again in earnest with a workplace based band. Following his 2nd divorce Phil had more time to play and started playing regularly at open mic nights in the hills and teaming up with his ex brother in law Brendon "dog" Thomson on