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Rob Rhodes is an artist who grew up in the working class suburbs of South-Western Sydney and like many performers, cut his teeth playing in local bars. Thanks to his parents, Rob was exposed to music from a young age and his earliest memories are of Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and Status Quo. Finally at the age of 13 Rob picked up the guitar, a black dreadnaught his Mum purchased using the weeks rent money. "Sorry Dad". Many afternoon's were spent practising (to the detriment of his studies). His teachers? Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Van Halen and an Aussie known at the time as Johnny Diesel. By age 15 Rob was penning is own songs and performing them in front of hundreds of his fellow students. That spelled the end of his school life as he quit to chase greener pastures "The stage!". By age 18 Rob and his brother Rodney formed a group called "Brother Louie" and recorded 13 original songs. Though this never saw the light of day, they were playing regular gigs and held a