17 Facts About Radney Foster

Radney Muckleroy Foster was born on July 20,1959 and is an American country music singer-songwriter, musician and music producer.

Radney Foster began his solo career in 1992 and his album Del Rio, TX 1959 produced four consecutive Top 40 hits.

Radney Foster's songs have been recorded by Gary Allan, Sara Evans, Keith Urban, Hootie and the Blowfish, and Jack Ingram.

Radney Foster was born in Del Rio, Texas, as the second of four children.

Radney Foster's father was a lawyer who sang and played guitar and by age 12, Foster began playing the guitar as well, and by 14, he began writing songs.

Radney Foster dropped out in 1979 and at the advice of veteran songwriter Randy Goodrum, moved to Nashville to pursue a music career.

Radney Foster later returned to college at Sewanee and completed his degree, while performing at local venues in his spare time.

Radney Foster moved to Nashville in 1985 and found work at MTM Publishing Company as a songwriter.

Two years later Radney Foster signed with Arista Nashville and released the album Del Rio, TX 1959.

In 1994, Radney Foster began work on his second album, which was originally to be titled Never Say Die.

Later that year, Radney Foster contributed the song "Close Up the Honky Tonks" to the AIDS benefit album Red Hot + Country produced by the Red Hot Organization.

The latter was a single for The Kinleys, whose version Radney Foster produced, in 2000.

Radney Foster's released This World We Live In in 2006 but none of the songs made the country charts.

In 2005, Radney Foster released a website-only album titled And Then There's Me: The Back Porch Sessions containing 11 acoustic tracks.

Radney Foster produced two albums for the Randy Rogers Band: their 2006 album Just a Matter of Time and 2008's Randy Rogers Band.

Radney Foster is the host of the music anthology series "Crossroads" on CMT.

In early 2017, Radney Foster starred in Troubadour, a country musical by Sugarland member Kristian Bush and playwright Janece Shaffer.