Singer-guitarist Jeffrey Foskett has died at age 67 after an extended battle with thyroid most cancers. He was instrumental within the Seashore Boys revival within the ‘90s with Brian Wilson.
Wilson confirmed the information on Fb, telling buddies and followers, “I’m so heartbroken that my pricey pal Jeff Foskett has handed. Jeff was all the time there for me once we toured and we couldn’t have completed it with out him.”
“Jeff was some of the gifted guys I ever knew. He was an awesome musical chief and guitarist and will sing like an angel. I first met Jeff in 1976 when he knocked on my door in Bel Air and I invted him in, and we had been buddies ever since. Love and mercy to Jeff’s household and buddies, we’ll bear in mind him perpetually.”
Jeff Foskett was a self-admitted fan of the Seashore Boys from the second he heard their hit, “I Get Round.” He started his profession in music together with his first band within the Seventies often known as Cherry. Within the late ‘70s, he helped type The Reverie Rhythm Rockers and The Pranks whereas attending UCSB in Santa Barbara. In 1976, he tracked down Brian Wilson’s home in Bel Air to satisfy him, with the 2 changing into buddies.
In 1979, Foskett was approached by Mike Love after listening to him play, the place he was invited to exchange Wilson’s brother Carl Wilson in 1981.
When Wilson returned to touring within the late ‘90s, he requested Foskett to assist him assemble the touring band. Foskett served because the musical director, showing at each solo present Wilson carried out. He offered lead vocals on a number of songs together with “Don’t Fear Child,” “The Heat of the Solar,” and “Wouldn’t It Be Good.”
Foskett joined the Seashore Boys’ stay band on their fiftieth anniversary reunion tour, serving to to report the studio album That’s Why God Made the Radio. “Jeffery is invaluable to maintain the continuinty between the assorted elements,” acknowledged Al Jardine. “He helps Brian in each potential means. He has Brian’s confidence, and mainly sort of makes it potential to have Brian Wilson on the street with us.”