What is Steve Foster?
[[File:Steve Foster, Australia Day Ambassador.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Steve Foster singing at Australia Day, 2014]] '''Stephen Edward Foster''' (30 September 1946 &ndash; 25 January 2018), better known as '''Steve Foster''', was an [[Australian]] [[singer-songwriter]], [[guitarist]] and [[banjo]] and [[harmonica]] player. He was born in [[Murray Bridge]], [[South Australia]]. Foster's career had mostly been as a solo artist, but he has led some very successful bands as well including Inkase, Alcheringa, Head First and Limited Edition. He was the opening act on the [[Brian Cadd]] & the Bootleg Family Australian tour 1972-1973. He performed in The Mount Lofty Rangers. In September 1972, was the release of Foster's award-winning debut solo album ''Coming Home In A Jar'' on the [[Bootleg (label)|Bootleg]] Label. In 1995 ''Forever Blue'', a co-write with [[Graham Goble]], first recorded by [[Little River Band]] in 1986 on the album ''No Reins'', the last album recorded with [[John Farnham]] became a huge hit in Europe, rising into the Top 10. Foster was an [[Australia Day]] Ambassador. He traveled each year to visit councils across [[South Australia]] to perform and explain what it means to be a proud Australian. Foster died on 25 January 2018, in [[Adelaide]], Australia of [[lung cancer]] at the age of 71.<ref>{{cite web|title=Steve Foster Info|url=https://www.stevefoster.info/|website=stevefoster.info|access-date=February 1, 2018|archive-date=May 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190517045510/https://www.stevefoster.info/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=A TRIBUTE TO STEVE FOSTER|url=https://thegov.oztix.com.au/Default.aspx?Event=83726|website=thegov.oztix.com.au|access-date=February 1, 2018}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.stevefostermusic.com.au stevefostermusic.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203959/http://www.stevefostermusic.com.au/ |date=2016-03-03 }} *[http://www.stevefoster.info stevefoster.info] {{Webarchive|url=h