Rick Foster
Rick Foster is a guitarist and arranger who lives in the Days Creek, Oregon area, who plays classical and popular music, but who is most closely associated with Christian music.Baker, Paul, “Gospel Music - Bridging the Secular Waters: Contemporary Beat” Billboard, September 27, 1980 page G-29.
Biography
Foster began playing Hawaiian guitar when he was 10 years old. By age 12, he was playing electric guitar in a surf-rock band. At eighteen years of age, he was teaching guitar. When he was unable to find arrangements for guitar of his favorite hymns, he decided to create a repertoire.Davie, Margaret News Journal (Daytona Beach, FL), [https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=sGUfAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ztQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2646,424203&dq "Innovator interprets sacred music for guitar"], Mar 16, 1996, page 51.
Playing in classical style, but with country flavoring,{{cite journal |year= 1982|title= Guitar & Lute|journal=Guitar & Lute|issue=20 |pages=27 |publisher= Galliard Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5h49AQAAIAAJ&dq=Rick%20Foster%20guitar|access-date=June 4, 2013}} he has recorded several albums, appearing on Bread & Honey Records, Chapel Records and Edensong Records. He has been nominated for a Dove Award by the Gospel Music Association.,Orlando Sentinel, February 2, 1996, page 4.
His arrangements have been featured by Chet Atkins{{cite news |title=Guitarist Rick Foster to play April 11 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=2y8OAAAAIBAJ&sjid=kH0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5008,815776&dq=rick+foster+guitar&hl=en |newspaper=(Yavapai County, AZ) Daily Courier |date= April 7, 1995|page=5B|access-date=June 3, 2013}} and Christopher Parkening.{{cite journal |year=1989 |title=Rick Foster Sacred Classic Guitar|journal=Frets|volume=11 |issue=1–8 |pages=70 |publisher=GPI Publications |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fn7aAAAAMAAJ&q=Rick+Foster+guitar&dq=Rick+Foster+guitar|access-date=June 4, 2013}}
His guitar arrangements of hymns are published by Rick Foster Edensong, Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine and Mel Bay Publications.
Discography
- Favorite Hymns for Classic Guitar (Bread & Honey 102)(Also "Hymns for Classic Guitar")(Edensong 602)
- More Hymns for Classic Guitar (Bread & Honey 118)(Edensong 618)
- Inspirational Guitar at Its Best (Chapel/Bridge 2327)(Bread & Honey 325)(Also 2 in 1 "Inspirational Guitar at Its Best" and "Sacred Classic Guitar")(Edensong 616)
- Sacred Classic Guitar (Edensong 609)(Also 2 in 1 "Inspirational Guitar at Its Best" and "Sacred Classic Guitar")(Edensong 616)
- Season of Joy (Edensong 600) (Moody Monthly Instrumental Album of the Year)
- Sacred Duos for Guitar and Violin (Edensong ESCD 605)
- "Eternal Guitar" (Edensong ESCD 612)
- "Best of Rick Foster—Close to Heaven" (Edensong ESCD 614)
- "Rick Foster's Remembrance of Chet Atkins and his guitars" (Edensong ESCD 624)
- "Faith is the Reason" (Edensong ESCD 620)
References
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External links
- [http://www.rickfosterguitar.com Official site of Rick Foster]
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Category:American classical guitarists
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Category:Guitarists from Oregon
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