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Jim Foster

Gotta do somethin' crazy to keep myself sane

About Me

Been playing and writing music my whole life.My early influences were Beatles, Byrds,Stones,Who,Yardbirds, Buffalo Springfield,The Band,Bob Dylan,Neil Young,Ry Cooder,John Hammond,John Mayall,Eric Clapton,Duane Allman. Dug back further to find Tampa Red, Lightnin' Hopkins, Muddy Waters,Buddy Guy,Charlie Christian,Mose Allison, Django Reinhart and the list goes on. Worked for a year when I was 22 to buy a Martin D-28(still have it) and never looked back. Had a few hits in Canada and one top 30 in the USA before they sold the Record Company and that was the end of that. I've opened for a lot of great acts but the highlight has to be The Byrds when I was just out of school. I got to sit in their dressing room next to Clarence White for an hour while they warmed up acoustically and they didn't boot me out. Thanks Roger. I love writing, recording and performing and have had a few people record my songs including the lovely Patricia Conroy. I got a co-write on Murray MacLaughlin's Gulliver's Taxi CD (I Put Away My Gun) and played the solo on it which was cool as I'd always been a fan. Also produced a cd for my friend Mark Browning (Ox) a couple years back.I played some lead guitar for One Horse Blue , Jann Arden, and the Cruzeros but lately I've been hangin' close to home and studio. I love Canada and my shack in the woods by the beach up the coast. I'm working on a couple cds ... one solo acoustic and one with my friends in the bands Shirttail Relatives and The Rockin' Hoodoos to be released under God knows what name. Stay tuned. Oh, and by the way...I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4

My Interests

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Member Since: 1/9/2007
Band Website: jimfoster.ca
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Influences: Beatles, Byrds,Stones,Who,Yardbirds, Buffalo Springfield,The Band,Bob Dylan,Neil Young,C,S,N,Y,Joni Mitchell,Ry Cooder,David Lindley,John Fahey,Van Morrison,Jimi Hendrix,Tom Waits,Elvis Costello,John Hammond,John Mayall,Eric Clapton,Duane Allman.Taj Majal, Bruce Cockburn, Tampa Red,John Prine, Greg Brown, Beck, Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Colin Linden,Long John Baldry, Roy Orbison,Lindsey Buckingham Everly Brothers and on and on ad infinitum ... as well as Hermann Hesse, Carlos Castenada, John D. MacDonald, Michael Connelly, Carl Hiassen,Tim Dorsey, Lee Child,Ken Bruen, Lawrence Block, Harlen Coben, Randy Wayne White, Tom Corchoran, Carl Jung, Timothy Galway, Philip Roth, Humphrey Bogart, Clint Eastwood, Orson Welles. Martin Scorscese, Ayn Rand, Deepak Chopra, Kahlil Gibran, Gordie Howe, Wayne Gretsky, guy La Fleur,Johnny Bright, Jacques Plante,Spencer Tracy, Jeremy irons,
Sounds Like: Myself with bits of Tom Petty,Neil Young,Ry Cooder,Mark Knopfler,Van Morrison so they tell me.
Record Label: none at the moment . All songs © 2006 On The Prowl
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New song: Smugglers Coast

I finally got this one done and up here. It features Brent Shindel on guitar (right side), me on guitar( left side), Linda Kidder on bass and bgs and Don Mekilok on drums. You might have to scroll dow...
Posted by Jim Foster on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:21:00 PST

Sapere Productions Graphic

Just wanted to thank Gary at Sapere Productions for creating a cool graphic for my profile pic. He has some amazing images at his site...check it out. He's in my top friends
Posted by Jim Foster on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 02:52:00 PST

Amazing supportive friends on Myspace

I just wanted to say how great it is that some people out there are so supportive of the artists here on myspace. I've discovered a number of wonderful artists by finding them on someone else's page a...
Posted by Jim Foster on Tue, 26 Jun 2007 01:53:00 PST

New Song

Due partly to everyone kicking my but to get another song up, I've put "My Honeypie" up for awhile. Just finished tracking it and it's a quick mix but should be on the "in progress" cd. My Honeypie fe...
Posted by Jim Foster on Wed, 30 May 2007 07:53:00 PST

New old videos (X-Ray Eyes)

Ok so enough people have asked me and I put up the video for X-Ray Eyes from 1986. How time flies. Also found an old One Horse Blue vid on YouTube ( thanks Shawn ) that we did live on TV ( Rita McNeil...
Posted by Jim Foster on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:59:00 PST

Welcome

Since you've made it this far, I just wanted to say welcome to my space. I hope you enjoy the songs, pics,and/or videos. I've truly enjoyed my time so far at Myspace ,which kinda surprised me because ...
Posted by Jim Foster on Wed, 28 Feb 2007 03:35:00 PST