John Foster

The Lost Nashville Chronicles

Genres: Country

Price: $13.99

Songs and Samples

Ready For The Sun
After Hours
Leave My Dreams Alone
Hearts After Dark
Come Back When You Can Stay Forever
Blue Ridge Burn
Lost Cause
One More Moment
She's Not Afraid
You and Me
I'd Come Runnin'
Words
Island
If I Keep My Eyes Closed
She Needs To Know
I Ain't Backin' Down
Where Does Starting Over Begin
Makin' Time

Some Nice Things People Have Said

John is an exceptional songwriter, as well as performer.
-Charlie Daniels

John's voice was a wonderful addition to our live act.
-Bruce Johnson
Longtime member of The Beach Boys

John Foster is truly a musician's musician.
-John "J.R." Robinson
Session Drummer

About John Foster

John Foster must have worn out a few radios in his early years. From his intimate familiarity with so many diverse styles of music, he couldn't have let the dial rest for long on any one station.

This is not to slight his authenticity in any one genre; it's more a measure of his sincere fascination with all the great music of the last five decades. Some artists claim to have been influenced by a broad band of benchmark artists, past to present, but every time John picks up a guitar or opens his mouth to sing, the proof comes out.

John hails from Oklahoma City, the heart of a state steeped in a rich musical tradition, a place immortalized in song by musical greats as diverse as Woody Guthrie, Bruce Springsteen, and Rogers and Hammerstein. While Oklahoma seems to have put the "W" in C&W, it also must have an isolated mineral in the groundwater that might explain the mass appeal of modern greats Vince Gill, Reba McEntire, and Garth Brooks, as well as legends like Leon Russell, David Gates, and jazz guitarist Barney Kessel.

"I guess I was something of a wallflower as a kid", admits John, which explains why he had plenty of uninterrupted time to spend internalizing the classic songs of his youth. He took up guitar to give voice to those things that words couldn't seem to express, and maybe improve his chances of finding a place in his community. Just listed to the CD and you'll agree he's found his place.

This versatile artist has always expressed his gratitude for the continuous broadcast of music he has had the blessing of receiving all his life.

John always seems to have a fresh energy and an endless supply of ideas; in hundreds, no thousands of gigs, recording sessions and writing sessions he has never turned in a routine performance.

His gifts have attracted the attention of country singer Sammy Kershaw, who saw him performing on stage at a theme park and soon invited him to join the band.

And the legendary Beach Boys, who on the recommendation of a mutual friend, had him sing a few number over the phone and were sufficiently impressed to send him a plane ticket in order to have take over the high falsetto vocals written and originally performed by Brian Wilson.

And the great Charley Daniels, who not only appreciates John's performing talents, but signed him as a writer in 2000, a time when other publishers were shrinking their staff numbers.

His composition I'm Not Breakin, co-written with Marc Christian, was recently a top-30 single for Curb recording artist Steve Holy.