British singer, songwriter, and bass player who was musically active from the early-1960s to his death in 2017.
At 14 he was in his first band 'The Warriors'. They split-up in 1967 in Frankfurt, and Foster joined a band called 'The Big Sound', touring Scandinavia. Returning to London in '68 he formed 'Sleepy' with Rod Hill. In 1969, Foster teamed up once again with Jon Anderson (also ex-Warriors) who was then with '
Yes' and together they wrote 'Sweet Dreams', and 'Yours Is No Disgrace'. In 1970, he formed his next band 'Accrington Stanley', before going on to form '
Badger' with Tony Kaye, in 1972. They only recorded one album, 'One Live Badger'.
Born: 6th September 1946, in Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
Died: 2nd November 2017, in Scotland