Longtime Member Of The Beach Boys Jeffrey Foskett Dead At 67

Started by Solar, December 14, 2023, 12:15:21 PM

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The Beach Boys co-founder Brian Wilson confirmed his death in a post on Instagram on Monday, giving a tribute to the late member.

"I'm so heartbroken that my dear friend Jeff Foskett has passed. Jeff was always there for me when we toured and we couldn't have done it without him. Jeff was one of the most talented guys I ever knew. He was a great musical leader and guitarist and he could sing like an angel," the singer-songwriter penned. "I first met Jeff in 1976 when he knocked on my door in Bel Air and I invited him in, and we were friends ever since. I don't know what else to say. Love and Mercy to Jeff's family and friends, we will remember him forever."

Foskett posted in March this year, showing a video of himself ringing a bell at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after spending four years in treatment there.

"These people have given me what no one else on earth could have... LIFE.... Some of the past four years has been trying (I guess that's why it's called a clinical trial). It tries your body, mind and spirit but it has left me THRIVING and most importantly able to meet my grandson Domenic," Foskett wrote.

Foskett talked to the Los Angeles Times in 2012 about meeting Wilson for the first time, saying, "Brian opened the door and said 'Hey, come on in' — like he'd been expecting us! I said, 'Great!' We hung around and went to the music room ... He said, 'Stay in touch.' And I did — and I'm glad that I did."

After a few years passed from the time of the meeting, Foskett was recruited by Mike Love, another co-founder of the Beach Boys, to join the band. At the same time, Carl Wilson decided to step away from the Beach Boys in favor of a solo career, and Love suggested that Foskett replace him.

Foskett told Rolling Stone in 2019, "Two months later Carl came back and I assumed that I would be gone. We had a big rehearsal at the Beach Boys' building on Lincoln Boulevard. We got out four songs and Carl stopped it. I remember this very clearly. He said, 'First of all. I'm not responsible for anyone's personal financial situation. I'm responsible to make this band sound as good as it can sound. So there will be some changes made.' And everybody left with their tails between their legs, thinking that no one was coming back. So fortunately, Dennis [Wilson] pulled me aside and said, 'You're good, man, you're in the band, don't worry.' I felt really good about that."

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