Rob Castles

Rob Castles blends explosive southern rock with a heavy dose of blues rock in the vein of Lynard Skynard, Deep Purple and Marshall Tucker Band. Extensive touring with Resurrection Band on the Between Heaven and Hell tour earned Rob Cassels the right to sit along side of the greats.
Rob Castles started out in 1979 as The Rob Cassels Band eventually changed the spelling of their name to Rob Castles at the urging of the record label in time for their 1988 release of Straight Shot.
Rob Castles has released albums under the names Rob Castles, Rob Cassels and the Rob Cassels Band. Rob and company, known for their Southern Rock infection blues, have toured the world and opened for amazing acts such as Resurrection Band and Steve Taylor. Rob Cassels has played along side some of the best musicians in the world, such as Steve Morse and is often compared to Leon Russell.
Known for his Piano led music Rob has mastered the Hammond B3 Organ and has played along side some of the best Blues artist in the world.
The South Carolina musician says that he became a Christian in 1971 at the age of nineteen when he read one of the Campus Crusade for Christ tracts given to him by a classmate. Prior to his conversion he had been heavily involved with drugs, and as a Christian performer he would sometimes haul a large ball and chain out on stage to testify about the shackles from which Christ had set him free. Cassels frequently played in clubs on the East Coast where he would sing down-home tunes in a broad southern accent.