Early Life and Education
Radney Foster was born July 20, 1959, in Del Rio, Texas, as the second of four children. His father was a lawyer who sang and played guitar and by age 12, Foster began playing the guitar as well.
After graduating high school, Foster attended University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, where he became a member of the Gamma Sigma chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. He dropped out in 1979 and at the advice of veteran songwriter Randy Goodrum, moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue a music career. Foster later returned to college and completed his degree, while performing at local venues in his spare time.
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