- Radney Foster
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Radney Foster
Img_capt = Radney Foster atSouth by Southwest 2006.
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Background = solo_singer
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Born = birth date and age|1959|7|20
Origin =Del Rio, Texas ,USA
Instrument = VocalsGuitar
Genre = Country
Occupation =Singer-songwriter
Years_active = 1986-present
Label = Arista
Dualtone [Foster's solo works were on the Arista and Dualtone labels; his work in Foster & Lloyd was onRCA Records Nashville.]
Associated_acts =Sara Evans Foster & Lloyd Jack Ingram Keith Urban
URL = http://www.radneyfoster.com/Foster began his solo career in 1992 when he signed to
Arista Records , Although his first release for the label (1992's "Del Rio, TX 1959 ") produced four consecutive Top 40 hits, Foster saw his commercial success waning with the release of his second and third albums (1995's "Labor of Love" and 1999's "See What You Want to See", respectively), and by 1999 he had exited Arista's roster. He then signed to the independentDualtone Records label, for which he has recorded three more albums to date: 2001's "Are You Ready for the Big Show?", 2002's "Another Way to Go" and 2006's "This World We Live In".Overall, Foster has charted thirteen singles on the "Billboard"
Hot Country Songs charts, including the Top Ten hits "Just Call Me Lonesome" (#10, 1992) and "Nobody Wins" (#2, 1993). In addition, he has written singles for other country artists, includingSara Evans ,Keith Urban andJack Ingram .Biography
Radney Foster was born
July 20 ,1959 inDel Rio, Texas , as the second of four children. His father was alawyer who also sang and played guitar;cite web |url=http://www.oldies.com/artist-biography/Radney-Foster.html |title=Radney Foster biography |accessdate=2008-05-12 |work=Oldies.com] by age twelve, Foster himself began playing guitar as well.After graduating
high school , Foster attendedUniversity of the South inSewanee, Tennessee . He dropped out in 1979 and moved toNashville, Tennessee in pursuit of a country music career. However, after finding no success in Nashville, he returned to college to finish his degree, while playing at various local venues in his spare time.Musical career
Foster & Lloyd
Foster then moved back to Nashville after graduating college. By 1985, he had found work at MTM Publishing Company as a session songwriter. There, he befriended Bill Lloyd, with whom he wrote a song entitled "Since I Found You"; this song would become a Top Ten hit when it was recorded by
Sweethearts of the Rodeo . In 1986, Foster and Lloyd decided to perform as a duo. This duo,Foster & Lloyd , received a recording contract withRCA Records Nashville that year; between 1986 and 1990, they would record three studio albums and charted nine singles on the country charts. The two parted ways amicably in 1990, as Foster felt that their songs were not suitable for being recorded by a duo.olo career
1992-2000: Arista Records
Two years after the disestablishment of Foster & Lloyd, Foster signed to
Arista Records ' Nashville division as a solo artist. His first album for the label, "Del Rio, TX 1959" (named for Foster's birthplace and year of birth), produced two consecutive Top Ten hits in its first two singles: "Just Call Me Lonesome" and "Nobody Wins", which respectively reached #10 and #2 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (nowHot Country Songs ) charts. Two more singles, "Easier Said Than Done" and "Hammer and Nails", also reached Top 40, peaking at #20 and #34, respectively.In 1994, Foster began work on his second album for Arista. Tentatively titled "Never Say Die", cite journal |last=Mansfield |first=Brian |year=1995 |month=April |title=Willing to Walk: Radney Foster's Soul Searching Labor of Love |journal=New Country |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages= |issn=1074-356x |accessdate= |quote= ] the album was re-titled "Labor of Love", a title under which it would ultimately be released. After the first single (which was the title track) failed to make Top 40, Arista delayed the album's release twice so that it would not compete with a compilation album entitled "Mama's Hungry Eyes: A Tribute to Merle Haggard", to which Foster (along with
Pam Tillis ) had contributed the track "The Running Kind".Steve Ripley , lead guitarist and vocalist for the country bandThe Tractors , was then brought in to remix "Willin' to Walk" — the second single from "Labor of Love" — for radio, before the album was finally released in April 1995. Ultimately, neither "The Running Kind" nor any of the three singles from "Labor of Love" reached the Top 40 on the country charts. Shortly before the release of "Labor of Love", Foster and his wife of twelve years separated, ultimately filing for divorce.Foster's third and final album for Arista, 1999's "See What You Want to See", featured a more pop-oriented sound than his first two albums did. This album produced one minor single on the country charts in the #74-peaking "Godspeed (Sweet Dreams)" (which would later be recorded by the
Dixie Chicks in 2003). Also included on this album was "Raining on Sunday ", a song whichKeith Urban recorded for his 2002 album "Golden Road" and released as a single in 2003. Foster's rendition featured backing vocals fromDarius Rucker ofHootie & the Blowfish .2001-present: Dualtone Records
Discography
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References
External links
* [http://www.radneyfoster.com/ Official site]
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