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About Me

With influences such as Jimi Hendrix and Cream, it's no wonder Foster McGinty and his funk/rock vision earn the title of "power trio." The music is a raw combination of colorfull riffs draped over funky grooves that entices a closet dancer to the floor. Lyrically, Foster has been described as Jimi Hendrix meets Woody Guthrie. He draws on everyday emotions and presents them through thought-provoking stories, told with illustrative words.
Live shows are as compelling visually as they are musically--the energy shared on stage with drummer David Butler and bassist Seth Myers seems to project with the same intensity as the music. All three musicians share, smiles, laughs, and admiration as they take things to higher levels. Their jams display chemistry, musical capacity and diversity.
"For those who like Cream, Jimi Hendrix and the Experience and other bands under the "power trio" label, "State of Mind Music Box" is exactly what you're looking for. For those who enjoy blues and its great guitarists, Foster McGinty burns up the guitar in a style favorable to that of a Robert Johnson or a T. Bone Walker."
James Samons-The Southeast Missourian
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/11/2006
Band Website: fostermcginty.com
Band Members: FOSTER MCGINTY: GUITAR AND VOCALS

DAVID BUTLER: DRUMS

SETH MYERS: BASS

FOSTER McGINTY EPK
Booking: Email Jen Sellers

Influences: Eric Clapton, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, Band of Gypsies, Buddy Guy, Bob Dylan, James Brown, Elmore James, Howlin Wolf, The Beatles, J.J Cale, B.B King, Sonny Boy Williamson, Allman Brothers Band, Lynyrd Skynyrd, The Doors, Traffic, an the ghost of the late sixties!
Sounds Like: River side funk, booze blues, and 1967

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Type of Label: None

My Blog

Hello August

The Kenny's Castaway's residency is over as of the 29th--it was a great way to end the month of July. August is going to have a lot of behind the scenes work going on. The only show for this mon...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:52:00 PST

Foster McGinty-Evolve Music Festival ’08

Foster McGinty is playing at a festival called EVOLVE. It is a consciousness-raising party and 3-day celebration of the creative human spirit. This non-profit- EVOLVING TOGETHER Inc.-which hosts the t...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:33:00 PST

Foster McGinty News

A while ago I wrote a blog entry talking about my official webpage and its renovation. I recall blogging to you all about that with excitement and energy, but the process has drawn on a little l...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:56:00 PST

July Update

I feeling rather articulate this morning--the source is probably too much coffee. I've been enjoying this months residency at Kenny's Castaway's. I'm two shows in and I've already met some...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:23:00 PST

Foster McGinty to be Red Banana’s featured artist

Tonight I am playing a show in Philadelphia, PA at Dr. Watson's. I'm excited to play my new material in Philly, visit philly for the first time, and for my post show interview with Red Banana.&n...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:11:00 PST

Kenny’s Castaway’s residency for July

Good news! I have been offered a residency position for the month of July at Kenny's Castaways! KC is located on historic Bleecker St. in the heart of the legendary Greenwich Village. You can find me,...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Thu, 05 Jun 2008 07:18:00 PST

Southeast Missourian interview May 22nd

The Southeast Missourian recently interviewed me about my e.p State of Mind Music Box, future album, and this summers midwest tour. Have a looksy by copy and pasting the link below!http://www.semisso...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 07:50:00 PST

Foster talks about next album

State of Mind Music Box demonstrated my power trio vison and payed homage to some of the cats that made me feel good. I focused for the first time on writing a solid tune that gets the vibe acro...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Fri, 30 May 2008 09:14:00 PST

Foster McGinty on ilike

For those of you that are hip to www.ilike.com, please check out my artist profile by simply clicking the orange "ilike this artist" tab located on the left hand side of my myspace profile. For those...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Thu, 15 May 2008 11:15:00 PST

New material update

This years colder months brought some of my greatest material to date. In fact, I think Ive got more than I know what to do with. We played a new tune called "On a Silver Night" Thursday n...
Posted by Foster McGinty on Sun, 11 May 2008 04:34:00 PST