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Rex Goh

Guitar with Air Supply.

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Goh Tee Huat, known professionally as Rex Goh, (born 5 May 1951) is a Singaporean-born Australian rock guitarist. In 1972 Goh moved to Australia. He has been a band member of various groups including Air Supply (1977, 1981–1983), QED (1983–1985), and Eurogliders (1988–1989, 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 Goh Tee Huat on 5 May 1951 in Singapore and grew up in Aljunied and Toa Payoh. Before emigrating to Australia, he attended Saint Andrew's School 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; the band 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. In the late 1970s, Air Supply relocated to the United States; however, Goh chose to remain in Australia.

In 1980 Goh completed a Diploma of Jazz Studies course at Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He returned to Air Supply by early 1981 and with Russell he co-wrote three tracks, "I Want to Give It All" (B-side of "The One That You Love", July 1981), "She Never Heard Me Call" and "What Kind of Girl" (B-side of Australian single, "I'm Late Again", October 1982). He also provided electric and rhythm guitar for their sixth studio album The One That You Love (August 1981) and its follow up Now and Forever (July 1982). By the end of the next year he had left Air Supply to form QED.

Biography summary from English Wikipedia.

Career Timeline
1951 Born May 5, 1951 in Australia BIRTH
1977 Together this line-up recorded the band's second album, The Whole Thing's Started (July 1977). MILESTONE
1981 He returned to Air Supply by early 1981 and with Russell he co-wrote three tracks, "I Want to Give It All" (B-side of "The One That You Love", July 1981), "She Never Heard Me… MILESTONE
1981 He also provided electric and rhythm guitar for their sixth studio album The One That You Love (August 1981) and its follow up Now and Forever (July 1982). MILESTONE
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