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Gary Foster

About Me

Just a few of the great musicians and bands I have had the pleasure to play with: Preston Love; Luigi Waites; The Black and White Stripes; The Firm; The Arkestra; Shabaka Mwandishi (Bobby Griffo); Adisa Charles Gamble; David Baker; Larry Ridley; Steve LaSpina; Clark Terry; James Higgins; The Dereck Higgins Band; Patrick Higgins Trio; Bill Eustice; John Foley; Joe Budenholzer; Backworld; Jonathan Friedman; James Cuato; Nik Fackler: Jon-Erik Kellso; Kenny Davern; Vince Giordano; Todd Fink; Charlie Burton; The Confidentials; Janet Staley; Richetta Wilson; Billy Rogers; Calvin Keys; Buddy Miles; George Miles; Wayne Rollins; Hoshal Wright; Everette Yates; Lyle Yates; Bill Erickson; Cliff Shoemaker; Joe Wheeler; Claire Horning; Brad Baker; Mark Shane; Randy Sandke; The New Creatures; Howard Alden; Anat Cohen; Evan Christopher; Orange Kellin; Scott Robinson; Luke Polipnik; John Kotchain; Matt Munisteri; Jeremy Carter; Frank Basile; "Basie" Givens; Stemsy Hunter; Norman Love; Richie Love; Ellen Kaye; Jon Novak; Mark Haar; Bobby Layne Big Band; Neil Johnson; Guitar George Laughery; Sam "Sonny" Firmature; Mitch Towne; and many others.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/04/2008
Influences: Aretha Franklin; Hans Werner Henze; Levon Helm; Wild Bill Davison; Han Bennink; Lonnie Johnson; Ghazal; Jo Jones; Preston Love; Leonard Bernstein; My Bloody Valentine; P.J. Harvey; Chick Webb; George Wettling; Jimi Hendrix; Fred Astaire; Glenn Gould; Vladimir Horowitz; Josef Hofmann; Jeff Beck; Led Zeppelin; Anne Briggs; J.S. Bach; Bela Bartok; Igor Stravinsky; Allan Holdsworth; Jon-Erik Kellso; Brian Eno; Kate Bush; Bessie Smith; Stuff Smith; Cathy Berberian; Barney Bigard; Mel Powell; Mildred Bailey; Roy Eldridge; Earl Hines; Louis Armstrong; J.C. Higginbotham; Charlie Parker; Rahssan Roland Kirk; John Cage; Al Bowlly; Ray Noble; Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan; Milton Nascimento; Sandy Williams; David Sylvian; Lester Young; Bix Beiderbecke; Astor Piazzolla; Sheila Chandra; Keith Moon; Earl Wild; Rachel Barton; Pierre Boulez; Walter Page; Mitch Mitchell; Eugene Chadbourne; Sviatoslav Richter; Eric Dolphy; Fats Waller; Ryuichi Sakamoto; Haruomi Hosono; Yukihiro Takahashi; Georgy Cziffra; Martha Argerich; Iannis Xenakis; Dereck Higgins; Alvin Burroughs; Budd Johnson; Don Byas; Dizzy Gillespie; Terry Bozzio; Sheila Jordan; Lee Wiley; Harry "Sweets" Edison; Billie Holiday; Helen Humes; Elis Regina; Steve Jordan; Bill Bruford; Pee Wee Russell; Gil Evans; Grady Tate; John McLaughlin; The Faces; Fairport Convention; Bubber Miley; Duke Ellington; Tricky Sam Nanton; Django Reinhardt; Denzil Best; Zutty Singleton; Shadow Wilson; Harry Edison; Wire; Johnny Griffin; Elmo Hope; The Kinks; Patrick Higgins; Luigi Waites; Radiohead; Scott Walker; YMO; The Meters; Ray Anderson; Bob Stewart; Hoshal Wright; Joe Sullivan; Dexter Gordon; Sonny Stitt; Gene Ammons; Blind Willie McTell; Duke Ellington; Allen Toussaint; Bill Basie; Demetrio Stratos; Benny Goodman; Booker T. &; the MGs; Baby Dodds; Steve Lacy; Art Tatum; Lou Harrison; Oscar Peterson; Kenny Davern; Bjork; Dusty Springfield; Albert Nicholas; Bobby Stark; Dock Boggs; P.I.L.; King Crimson; Sandy Denny; Backworld; Univers Zero; Talvin Singh; Sonny Sharrock; Misha Mengelberg; The Beatles; The Rolling Stones; John Cale; Gentle Giant; Genesis; Jack Teagarden; Big Sid Catlett; Jake Hanna; John Carter; Horace Tapscott; Chaka Khan; Dickie Wells; Sidney Bechet; and anyone else with an exquisite voice all their own.
Sounds Like: Me.
Record Label: Mexie L (Preston Love)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

APRIL SHOWERS - The Movie opening April 24

April Showers - The Movie Opening:  April, 24 2009 - 7:00P Rave Motion Pictures Westroads 14 10000 Calif...
Posted by on Sat, 18 Apr 2009 14:04:00 GMT

R.I.P. Louis Bellson

The great drummer/composer/arranger/percussionist/humanitarian LOUIS BELLSON passed from our midst on Feb. 14, 2009.  I had the great privilege & honor to attend 5 master classes given by Mr. Bellson ...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:04:00 GMT

Record review by the inimitable Eugene Chadborne

PRESTON LOVE - PRESTON LOVE. Omaha, Nebraska drummer Gary Fosterproduced this CD -- for which he should receive, if there was justicein the recording industry, a Grammy award, several dozen bottles of...
Posted by on Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:02:00 GMT

For Musicians Only!

Drummer Fines - Updated List-Setup / Equipment Offenses-Brings a 26' bass drum - $25Has more than one bass drum - $100.Brings an 8' deep snare (for a solid back beat) - $50.Brings more than 2 moun...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:51:00 GMT

April Showers

From May 15 to June 4 I will be participating as an extra and a featured player in the Andrew Robinson film APRIL SHOWERS.  The film will star  Kelly Blatz, Daryl Sabara, Janel Parrish, Elle...
Posted by on Sun, 11 May 2008 12:30:00 GMT