I was born in Jacksonville, Florida and I grew up between there and Atlanta, Georgia. I went to high school in Atlanta, Georgia, and I went to elementary school in Greenville, South Carolina. I moved up to New York when I was 20 and got signed by Columbia Records. I started out as a hard rock 'n roller. First I was in a band called "Rex" then I was touring with Ted Nugent for two years, opening up for Ted Nugent. At Columbia I had two albums. And then I did a TV movie, Sooner or Later, became a teen idol, and then all that hard rock 'n roll went out the window and at the same time I discovered Broadway. It was probably the smartest move I ever made. I felt that I found a place where I could grow up and mature and have worth, and portray characters, and fill a need for myself and others throughout my life, and every year of my life, no matter how old I became. I think theater's going to be that, and so far it has. It's been a great place to be.
I really believe that singers and great tennis players are born, not made. You're just born to do it. You can take lessons and you can learn, and you can enjoy a certain level, but to really be world class singers, and a great many athletes and that sort of thing...it's like an athletic endeavor. I think 90% of them have got to be born to do it and the other 10% is really honing your skills.
I don't think that it's something for myself that I really approach. I think it sort of organically renews itself. It's just like nature. You do something this long in this same kind of pattern, it really has almost a Zen quality to it. You almost are meditating at the same time every night. You're getting prepared. Your body is like a flower that blooms at night, you know, you begin to bloom at 8:07. My voice is going to start working in just a matter of an hour or so. I'll be hitting notes and doing things. The vocal memory comes into play. I think it's an endless fascination to me.
My work past and present:
Pope Dreams(Independent Film), Richie Rich, A Christmas Wish(Saban), Ballerina And The Blues(Lorimar), Pirates Of Penzance(Universal), Heading For Broadway(20th Century Fox), Just Cause(PAX TV), Malibu, CA(NBC), Baywatch(Syndicated), Pacific Blue(USA Network), Caroline In The City(CBS), JAG(CBS), The Sentinel(UPN), Daredevil(NBC (Movie of the Week), Street Hawk(ABC Series), The Dick Clark Collection/Gold & Platinum/The Disco Years/Hits of the 70's
hello Rex Readers!
of course we all know and love Rex as teenIdol and stage star but let's not forget his first two fine albums with hard-rockin' oufit REX. along with The Runaways and Angel, they were two of the best bands of the time and one of the best-looking too.
who could forget such hard driving songs such as '7 come 11', 'Burn Your Bridges', 'Trouble', 'Violent Playground' and the ballad-ish 'Where do we Go from Here?'
THANKS FOR THE ADD!! HAVE FOLLOWED YOUR MUSIC SINCE "SOONER OR LATER" EVEN HAVE THAT MOVIE AND ENJOYED WATCHING YOU ON "AS THE WORLD TURNS" AS DARYL CRAWFORD.....MISS YOU ON THERE....GOOD LUCK TO YOU!
Wow! Rex thanks for adding me to your little world here....I met you way back when I was 14 years old at an autograph signing in San Francisco, you were MY IDOL! I still think you have the most amazing voice, and what you wrote above about singing, is very profound...I keep thinking about it. :)
