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Richie Robinson

Born in Alice Springs, a small town in outback Australia, to violent and abusive parents, Richie's first years as a guitar student were far from simple. His parents were against him playing guitar at all, and labeled his efforts "a waste of time".

His formative years were on a diet of Slim Dusty, Johnny Cash and the like. Country music was just about all there was for about the first eight years of his life, and he became a fan of a well-told story, and some good guitar pickin' - which he loves to this day.

Richie's family didn't have television until he was 9 or 10 years old, so the radio was everything - until Richie was given a guitar. Richie's neighbour moved to another town and gave Richie his old guitar. It only had two strings on it, and Richie made the most each of them, - as he has done ever since!!

Richie took every moment possible to get away from his parents so he could play and learn. As time went on Richie found the old Rock n Roll stations on the radio, and typically began to work out those Deep Purple and Doors songs.

By his teens, he had moved to the city, and was working as a live musician. He also had studio gigs with local label Caliber Music, writing and playing guitar parts for local artists to shop overseas. Richie worked consistently to learn to play rhythmn and supporting roles as well as lead guitar. At the age of 16, his dedication to the instrument led him to write a modal harmony course for guitar which he taught during the day at various centres around the city.

As curiosity gets the better of many of us, Richie's curiosity led him to dabble with acting and the film industry. For a time he worked as an extra on the legendary ANZAC movie Gallipoli with Mel Gibson and Mark Lee. By the age of 18 however, Richie chose his path as full-time player and has not looked back since. Despite his humble beginnings, and his on-going humble attitude, Richie soon became one of the most employed guitar players in the country.

Working with a select few professionals, Richie has spent as much as 40 hours a week onstage on a regular basis, and has remained a professional guitarist all his adult life. Richie has toured Australia, played overseas. Along the way, has picked up songwriting awards, and become a published artist, writer, & producer.

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