In 1928, he formed a band with brothers Gilbert Ray ("Speck"), Perry Hilburn ("Dusty") and sister Helen Beatrice ("Bea").
The Rhodes family toured from Missouri to California and back, playing in theaters.
From 1938–41, the group was heard on KWOC-AM in Poplar Bluff, Missouri[1] and often performed at the Mid-South Fair.
Rhodes acquired an Elvis Presley sound-alike vocalist, Sandy Brooks; releasing the rockabilly "Do What I Do" and "Take and Give".
In 1966, he released the album, The Rhodes Show on the Road on the Cotton Town Jubilee label.