Rob Hooper was born in Dallas, TX and started playing drums when he was 11 years old. Rob played in the drumline, orchestra, and jazz programs all through school and college, and started playing professionally at age 18. Rob has played drums for Jimmie Dale Gilmore, the Resentments, Seth Walker, Guy Forsyth, Monte Montgomery, ATASH, The Band of Heathens, Mary Cutrufello, Jon Dee Graham, Barbara K, The Tempi Orchestra, Colin Gilmore, Drew Smith, Wendy Colonna, The Panic Choir, Bruce Hughes, Trish Murphy, Sister 7, and many more. He has been living in Austin since 1993 and is married with two dogs and a cat.