Welcome
to the official David Foster website
It is with
such great sadness that we have to announce that David passed away on
the 2nd November 2017
His celebration of life will be held at Inverness Crematorium on
Friday 10th of November at 1pm and all are invited
and also to Ardross Village Hall from 2.30pm
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Dress code for David's Funeral:
A favourite band t-shirt!
Not essential but he would have appreciated it I'm sure ?
He didnt like to 'conform'
Spread the word!!
Kelly
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David Foster was born September 6, 1946, in Liverpool, England. His family moved to Accrington, Lancashire where he attended Accrington Grammar School. At the age of 12 he heard rock&roll music and was immediately afflicted. Two years later he was in his first band The Warriors.
The
Warriors went through different line up's until the most
Successful was achieved, this being David Foster, Bass and Vocals, Ian Wallace Drums Rod Hill, Guitar, Mike Brereton,
GuitarJon Anderson, Vocal and Tony Anderson, Vocals.
The Warriors split up in 1967 in Frankfurt and Foster and
Wallace joined a band called The Big Sound touring
Scandinavia returning to London in '68 forming Sleepy with Rod Hill. In '69 David teamed up
again with Jon
Andersonwho
was then with Yes
and
together they wrote Sweet Dreams, and Yours Is No Disgrace, which were recorded by Yes, on the Time And A Wordalbum and The
Yes Album.In 1970 David
formed his next band Accrington Stanley. In 1972 David got
together with Tony
Kayeand
formedBadger recording the album One Live Badger. David
Foster
now lives in the Highlands of Scotland. His account of
these early years are now featured in his new book
"Yours
is no Disgrace"......The Editor
Review
from Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
England's David
Foster--
not to be confused with the Canadian-born producer-songwriter
-- was a member of the late '60s group the Warriors, whose members included Jon
Anderson of Yes on backing vocals and future King
Crimson/Bob Dylan alumnus Ian Wallace. Foster and
Anderson were longtime friends from Accrington, where
they both grew up, and continued to work together writing
music after the Warriors disbanded. The two composed
"Sweet Dreams" and "Time and A Word"
together, and Foster also sang on the
former and played the acoustic rhythm guitar on
the opening of the latter, on Yes's Time And A Word album.
Foster also claims that he and Anderson also composed the
song at the core of "Yours Is No Disgrace" from The Yes Album
together, although he never received credit. Foster
emerged from the shadows of his former bandmate in 1973
when he organized Badger, a progressive rock outfit whose
line-up included ex-Yes member Tony Kaye on
keyboards, who did very well with their first album and
did a tour opening for Black Sabbath, before their sound changed and
they lost their audience in the mid-1970's. Foster next
turned up in the mid-1990's, producing modern Celtic
music for several British bands locally, and wrote an unpublished
autobiography.
Bruce Eder, All Music Guide
"Yours Is No Disgrace"is written by David, in his own words, and this is Davids account of what happened
If you have a look through the picture links you will see just how much David has contributed to Musical history all of his life...
The Warriors Accrington Stanley Badger Yours is no Disgrace biograpy soon available, Yes, Warriors, Badger, Jon Anderson memories
http://yesmuseum.org/YesLinks.html
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