Rex Goh
| Rex Goh | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Tee Haut Rex Goh |
| Born |
5 May 1951 Singapore |
| Genres | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1971–present |
| Associated acts |
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| Website | rexgoh |
| Notable instruments | |
| 1969 Gibson Les Paul | |
Rex Goh (born Tee Haut Rex Goh 5 May 1951, Singapore) is a rock guitarist. In 1972 Goh moved to Australia. He has been a band member of various groups including Air Supply (1977, 1981–83), QED (1983–85), and Eurogliders (1988–89, 2005).
Goh has also toured and recorded as a session guitarist with Savage Garden, Randy Crawford, Tom Jones, Guy Sebastian and Daryl Braithwaite. As a producer Goh has worked on albums for Tania Bowra, The Robertson Brothers and Rene Diaz.
Rex Goh was born as Tee Haut Rex Goh on 5 May 1951 in Singapore and grew up in Aljunied. At ten he learned the ukulele with guidance from a neighbouring musician, Benny Chan, who was a guitarist for a local group, The Checkmates. After three or four years he started on guitar, and was inspired by early 1960s bands, The Shadows and The Ventures, and then by Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Terry Kath. He joined Tani's Titans on bass guitar, which appeared on a children's TV show, performing country music. After finishing secondary school he was a member of Group 123, initially on bass guitar but soon switching to lead guitar. He acquired his 1969 Gibson Les Paul guitar; the group performed at British RAF bases.
He relocated to Australia in 1972, initially living in Adelaide where he played in a covers band, playing Yes material. Subsequently, he relocated to Melbourne, and by 1976 he had moved to Sydney. Goh, on guitar, was a member of Leon Berger Band before joining Air Supply early in 1977. Other members of Air Supply were Russell Hitchcock on vocals and percussion; Nigel Macara on drums; Jeremy Paul on bass guitar; Graham Russell on vocals and guitar; and Adrian Scott on keyboards. Together this line-up recorded the band's second album, The Whole Thing's Started (July 1977). He toured with the group later that year as they supported Rod Stewart both in Australia and North America. By early 1978 Goh was replaced by Ken Francis on guitar.
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