Rennie Foster and David Foster.Photo: David Foster/Instagram, Phillip Faraone/Getty
David Foster’s son Rennie has the skills to, maybe one day, pay the bills.
“It was pretty amazing,” Foster says of his son’s first live performance, days after his third birthday. The tothas been at this for a while. “He’s studied our drummer JR Robinson, who’s incredible, for the last year and a half and he’s figured it out on his own.”
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Katharine McPhee and David Foster.Courtesy David Foster
Courtesy David Foster
Though McPhee Foster is a world-class singer and Foster is an expert pianist, he says Rennie’s talent is all his own. “I’m not a drummer. I don’t know how to play the drums. He just sort of figured it out.”
That said, “Every parent’s child is special,” addsthe father of six. “All my children are special, and they all have unique talents, just like every kid does.”
David Foster, Rennie Foster and Katharine McPhee.Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC
Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC
Aside from touring, Foster’s been busy working on Grammy-winningtrumpeter Chris Botti’s new albumVol. 1, which features the “lamenting, beautiful” new single “Danny Boy”, released this week in honor ofSt, Patrick’s Day.
But when it comes to McPhee Foster, his favorite musical collaborator, “She’s amazing,” Foster says. “My wife and I have this great relationship, obviously, but also a great musical relationship, and it’s always fun to make music with her. She’s an incredible singer, and she can do anything I ask, which is fantastic in studio.”
David Foster and Katharine McPhee.Courtesy David Foster
As for how they make music, parenting and marriage work seamlessly, “We don’t have any hard and fast rules,” he says, “but it’s a moving target especially as a parent. Sometimes parents can agree to disagree on most things but it just works itself out and it’s all for the betterment of the child.”
One thing he and McPhee are aligned on is the need to cancel some of Rennie’s upcoming tour dates, “We realize now that school is looming because he’s 3, so there have to be some changes,” says Foster. “Like I said, it’s a moving target.”
source: people.com
