Mo Foster

**Michael Ralph** "**Mo**" **Foster** (22 Disamba 1944 - 3 Yuli 2023) ya kasance ɗan Ingilishi mai kida da yawa, mai tsara rikodin, mawaƙi, mai zane-zane, marubuci, kuma mai magana da jama'a. Ta hanyar aiki Sama 17 rabin karni, Foster ya zagaya, ya yi rikodin, kuma ya yi tare da masu fasaha da yawa, ciki har da Jeff Beck, Gil Evans, Gary Moore, Phil Collins, Ringo Starr, Joan Armatrading, Gerry Rafferty, Brian Mayu, Scott Walker, Firiida na ABBA, Cliff Richard, George Martin, Van Morrison, Dr John, Hank Marvin, Heaven 17, Véronique Sanson da London Symphony Orchestra. Ya fitar da kundi da yawa a ƙarƙashin sunansa, ya rubuta littafi mai ban dariya game da tarihin guitar na Burtaniya, ya rubuta labarai da yawa don wallafe-wallafen kiɗa, ya ci gaba da tsara kiɗa na samarwa, kuma ya kafa kansa a matsayin mai magana da jama'a. Foster ya kasance mai tantancewa ga JAMES, ƙungiyar masana'antu da ke ba da izini ga kwalejojin kiɗa a duk faɗin Ƙasar Ingila. A cikin shekara ta 2014, Foster ya sami lambar yabo ta BASCA Gold Badge don girmama gudummawar rayuwarsa ga rubuce-rubuce da kuma rubuce-aikacen waƙoƙin Burtaniya.

## Shekaru na farko
Mo Foster ya girma ne a cikin yanayin bayan yakin Wolverhampton, babban gari a cikin masana'antar Ingila ta Yammacin Midlands . Kodayake ba shi da wani kiɗa a gida, ya ɗauki mai rikodin a makaranta lokacin da yake kimanin shekaru tara kuma ya koya wa kansa.

Lokacin da ya kammala karatu daga makarantar firamare a Wolverhampton zuwa makarantar sakandare a ƙauyen Brewood, Staffordshire, inda babu sashen kiɗa. Zai iya nazarin Latin, fasaha, kimiyya, Turanci, lissafi, da noma - amma ba kiɗa ba. : 2 

A shekara ta 1959, Foster da ƙungiyar abokai na makaranta sun kafa ƙungiyar da ake kira The Tradewinds .  Da farko sun hada da kayan aikin guitar na Amurka, skiffle, da kuma sassan daga The *Goon Show* .

Kungiyar tana buƙatar mai kunna bass, don haka Foster ya tashi don canza guitar mai arha zuwa guitar bass. Kamfanin ya kunshi belun kunne biyu na tsohon soja da aka matse a cikin sabulu na filastik mai haske, wanda aka haɗa shi da kebul na talabijin zuwa socket da aka yi alama "gram" a bayan babban rediyo na Murphy na mahaifinsa. : 67 Ya yi aiki, amma ya kasa burge abokansa.

A watan Yunin 1959, an ɗaga haramcin shigo da kayan kida na Amurka Inuwa Burtaniya, wanda Hukumar Ciniki ta Burtaniya ta gabatar a 1951, kuma irin waɗannan kayan kida (musamman guitar Fender da Gibson) sun kasance ba da daɗewa ba. Foster ya zama mai sha'awar wasan bass na Jet Harris na The Shadows, amma bai ga ainihin kayan aiki ba har Inuwa 1961, lokacin da aka bayyana Jet yana kula da alamar Fender Precision Bass a kan murfin The Shadoys LP. Foster yana son ɗaya, amma dole ne ya zauna don Dallas Tuxedo Bass,  guitar bass mai zaman kansa rataye a taga na shagon kiɗa na gida, Band Box.  : 112 

Bayan Affinity ta buga wasan karshe a shekarar 1970 Foster ta yanke shawarar cewa maimakon zama mai kiɗa mai ilimi amma mara aikin yi yana buƙatar shiga wata ƙungiya. Ya sanya tallace-tallace a cikin mujallar Melody Maker yana mai cewa "Bass Guitarist: tsohon sunan rukuni, yana so ya shiga ƙungiyar Family / Colosseum / Traffic". Ba ya tsammanin amsa, amma mai gabatar da kiɗa mai suna Christos Demetriou (watau Chris Demetriou) ba zato ba tsammani ya kira shi kuma ya ba shi aiki tare da tsohon mawaƙin Manfred Mann Mike d'Abo. Bayan yawon shakatawa tare da ƙungiyar a Amurka da Burtaniya, sunan Foster ya fara yawo. A shekara ta 1971 an hayar shi don yin zaman studio don waƙar Russ Ballard, "Ba za a iya barin ku tafi" a Lansdowne Studios. "Ban san komai ba kuma ban juya tare da flask da sandwiches saboda ban san tsawon lokacin da zan kasance a can ba. Akwai Clem Cattini a kan drum, Ray Cooper a kan percussion, Mike Moran a kan maɓallan, Ray Fenwick a kan guitar, duk 'yan wasa masu kyau da kyawawan mutane waɗanda suka yi tunanin rashin fahimta na ban dariya ne! Wannan shine farkon yanayin kalmar baki wanda sannu a hankali ya karu kuma aikin zaman yana ƙaruwa kuma an hayar da Foster don yin wasa a kan yawancin sanannun abubuwan da suka faru na lokacin suka hada da suka hada da Jimmy' Yanayin Allah.

A farkon kwanakinsa a matsayin mai kunnawa Foster, tun da yake ya koyar da kansa, bai iya karanta kiɗa ba kuma ya yarda da cewa ya yi amfani da hanyarsa ta hanyar zaman da yawa. A ƙarshe a wani zaman a Abbey Road Studios, yana wasa tare da Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, ya zama da wahala a bi kiɗa ta hanyar sauraron mai bugawa da guitarist wanda ya yi rantsuwa ya koya wa kansa. Wannan ya yi.