What is your full (real) name: Jonathan Shawn Foster

Nickname: Killer Kane Foster, Fat Man

Birthplace: Salt Lake City, Utah

Plays: Fiddle, Mandolin and Guitar

Education: Olympus High School - Holladay, Utah (1983), Brooklyn College, University of Utah Law School

What I do for my real job: Immigration Attorney

Hobbies: Sleeping

Favorite Type of Music: Blues, Bluegrass, Ska, Reggae, Punk

Who are your favorite (3) singers: Lightnin’ Sam Hopkins, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, Ani DiFranco

Favorite musicians/bands: The Specials, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Old and in the Way, Dead Kennedys

Favorite Actor/Actress: Johnny Depp

All-time Favorite Movie: Kaos

Favorite TV Show: World at War

Dislikes Most: Screwing up on a gig

Favorite Foods: Middle Eastern cuisine and Italian

If I could learn to play another instrument well, it would be: Steel Guitar

Musical Influences: Tenpenny, Cordelia’s Uncle, Bill Monroe, Doc Watson, Vassar Clements, Joe Venuti, Old and in the Way, Lightnin’ Hopkins, Booker White, Robert Johnson, Charley Patton, Muddy Waters, Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, David Peterson

My musical gear: fiddle, mandolin and guitar