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.[1]
Biography
[edit]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.[2]
Playing in classical style, but with country flavoring,[3] he has recorded several albums, appearing on Bread & Honey Records,[1] Chapel Records and Edensong Records. He has been nominated for a Dove Award by the Gospel Music Association.,[4]
His arrangements have been featured by Chet Atkins[5] and Christopher Parkening.[6]
His guitar arrangements of hymns are published by Rick Foster Edensong, Fingerstyle Guitar Magazine and Mel Bay Publications.[5]
Discography
[edit]- 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)[5]
- 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
[edit]- ^ a b Baker, Paul, “Gospel Music - Bridging the Secular Waters: Contemporary Beat” Billboard, September 27, 1980 page G-29.
- ^ Davie, Margaret News Journal (Daytona Beach, FL), "Innovator interprets sacred music for guitar", Mar 16, 1996, page 51.
- ^ "Guitar & Lute". Guitar & Lute (20). Galliard Press: 27. 1982. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
- ^ Orlando Sentinel, February 2, 1996, page 4.
- ^ a b c "Guitarist Rick Foster to play April 11". (Yavapai County, AZ) Daily Courier. April 7, 1995. p. 5B. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
- ^ "Rick Foster Sacred Classic Guitar". Frets. 11 (1–8). GPI Publications: 70. 1989. Retrieved June 4, 2013.
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