Reb Foster
James Dennis Bruton, known as Reb Foster and earlier in his career as Dennis James, was an American radio DJ and band manager.
He was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and after his parents split up was raised by his mother in Amarillo. From the mid-1950s, he worked on radio stations in Dallas, Houston, Cleveland, Denver and Portland, where he was known as Dennis James. After working at KYA in San Francisco, he moved to KRLA in Los Angeles in 1962, and was involved in the Beatles' arrival in the city in August 1964. He had a regular afternoon show, featuring character voices including "Maude Skidmore", and owned the Revelaire Club in Redondo Beach. He worked at KRLA between 1962 and 1969, and again for spells in the 1970s and 1980s. In the 1970s, he also managed bands including The Turtles, Three Dog Night, Everpresent Fullness, and Steppenwolf.
He left Los Angeles in 1987 and returned to live in Amarillo. He died on August 25, 2019, aged 83.
