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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Remembering A Great Guitar Maker & A Great Man ...

Written By: Dan O'Donnell
With Mardi Gras rapidly approaching many from the Crescent City will remember Jimmy Foster fondly this holiday. While he wont be appearing at the clubs he played last year, his music and his guitars will live on for musicians New Orleans and around the world.Foster, who gigged regularly around his home in Covington, LA, was not just the man who made seven string guitars popular among jazz freestylers; he also produced exquisite guitars for clientele such as Paul Simon until his death in April of 2011. Now, there is only one of his signature