Born and bred in the Golden State of California, Jeffrey Foskett and his angelic voice were destined to be part of the California Sound forever.

An early acolyte of The Beach Boys and the music of Brian Wilson, Foskett was serendipitously “discovered” by Beach Boys lead singer, Mike Love, in a bar in Santa Barbara in the early 1980s. Foskett would later describe this “chance meeting” as “opportunity knocking” and he seized it with every ounce of talent he possessed.

Soon after meeting Love, Foskett joined The Beach Boys on the road. Very quickly, his soaring falsetto and incredible musical talent earned him the title of “Vice-Principal” as he assisted Hawthorne’s favorite sons with their late ’80s resurgence (Live Aid, “Kokomo”). This experience led him to many further “opportunities” and ultimately led him to join Brian Wilson’s touring band in the 1990s.

Along the way, Foskett himself was creating original music and unique collaborations which led to several solo projects, all critically acclaimed.

In the late ’90s, as musical director and confidante, Jeffrey stood by Brian Wilson’s side to attend to some unfinished business… the completion of Wilson’s legendary opus, Brian Wilson Presents SMiLE and its accompanying tour.

In 2012 Foskett was also instrumental in reuniting The Beach Boys for their widely successful 50th Anniversary tour and reunion album That’s Why God Made The Radio.

Sadly, after a lengthy battle with throat cancer, Jeffrey Foskett passed away in December of 2023.

Omnivore Recordings, in association with The Jeffrey Foskett Estate, is very proud to announce the release of Something There – Remembering Jeffrey Foskett. a loving tribute to the voice of an angel.

This 25 song collection contains several key Foskett recordings (“I Live For The Sun,” “Everybody,” “Something There”), rare alliances with Robert Lamm of Chicago, Christopher Cross, and previously unissued collaborations with Brian Wilson, Mike Love, America, and Los Straitjackets. More than half of the recordings included are previously unissued.

1. Tell Me – The Pranks*
2. Barbara Ann – Mike Love’s Endless Summer Beach Band*
3. Splash City (A Cappella) – Jeffrey Foskett*
4. I Live For The Sun – Jeffrey Foskett
5. Something There – Jeffrey Foskett
6. Thru My Window – Jeffrey Foskett
7. Mary Honey – Jeffrey Foskett with Brian Wilson*
8. Summer Love (A Cappella) – Jeffrey Foskett*
9. You Remind Me Of The Sun (Alternate Verison) – Jeffrey Foskett*
10. Remembering (Alternate Verison) – America*
11. Cool And Gone – Jeffrey Foskett
12. Simple – Christopher Cross
13. Sunshine All The Time (A Cappella) – Jeffrey Foskett*
14. The Word Go (Alternate Verison) – Jeff Larson & Jeffrey Foskett*
15. I Wanted You To Know – Gary Griffin with Jeffrey Foskett
16. Feeling Just The Way (Alternate Acoustic Version) – Jeffrey Foskett with Henry Kapono*
17. Everybody – Jeffrey Foskett
18. Little G.T.O. – Los Straitjackets with Jeffrey Foskett*
19. Hurting Each Other (A Cappella) – Jeffrey Foskett*
20. Living Alone – Jeffrey Foskett with Robert Lamm
21. Everything I Need – Jeffrey Foskett with Brian Wilson
22. Crying – Papa Doo Run Run
23. She’s The One I Know – Jeff Larson with Gerry Beckley*
24. I Can Hear Music (Acoustic Version) – Katie Foskett*
25. Love Me Do/From Me To You – David Pack & Jeffrey Foskett*

* previously unissued

With guest appearances from Brian Wilson, Mike Love, America, Robert Lamm (Chicago), Christopher Cross, Los Straightjackets, and more on this first-ever anthology of Jeffrey Foskett, this musically infectious new recording opens on the rambunctious Tell Me, an infectious Barbara Ann and a quick A Cappella version of Splash City, before we get the finger snapping delights of I Live For The Sun, the languishing Something There, the alt-pop focused Thru My Window are brought forth, with the delicious Mary Honey, a short A Cappella moment with Summer Love, a brilliant soft rocker in the form of an alternative cut of You Remind Me Of The Sun and an alternate Version of the dutifully soulful Remembering, before both the melodious Cool And Gone and the simply heavenly Simple featuring Christopher Cross are then brought forth.

Along next is an A Cappella version of the summertastic Sunshine All The Time, a short, but sweet alternative cut of The Word Go and the laid back I Wanted You To Know and they are themselves backed seamlessly by the an alternate acoustic version of the heartwarming Feeling Just The Way, the sing-along Everybody, the propellent Little G.T.O. and a haunting A Cappella version of Hurting Each Other, the set rounding out on the low slung alt-rocker Living Alone, the delightfully tuneful Everything I Need, the atmospherically-charged Crying, closing on a masterful She’s The One I Know, the harmonious I Can Hear Music (Acoustic Version) and a low key, veritably acoustic Love Me Do/From Me To You.

So please sit back, take a load off your feet and find out why Goldmine once described Foskett as “quite simply, the best kept secret in Pop Music!”… there is definitely “something there!”

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