Dan Fogelberg, dead at 56

[Quixote1818]

One of the most talented singer songwriters to ever walk the planet.



Tribute Page with some of his music: http://www.danfogelberg.com/

Singer-Songwriter Dan Fogelberg Dies

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY – 50 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.

His death was announced Sunday in a statement by Anna Loynes of the Solters & Digney public relations agency, and was also posted on the singer's Web site.

"Dan left us this morning at 6:00 a.m. He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side," it read. "His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him."

Fogelberg discovered he had advanced prostate cancer in 2004. In a statement then, he thanked fans for their support: "It is truly overwhelming and humbling to realize how many lives my music has touched so deeply all these years. ... I thank you from the very depths of my heart."

More at: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyNoN5XkF4CqxzkxBByBK1e3DjgAD8TISRC80

[tnlefty]

1. Jeeze, I'm shocked. I would consider myself a fan and I didn't

even know that he was ill. No, Dan, I thank you from the depths of my heart. RIP.

Thanks for posting this albeit very sad news.

[ralbertson]

2. Requiescat in pace, Dan

Dan was a huge influence on my own songwriting back when I was learning how to do that. I always wanted to learn how to fingerpick a guitar as deftly as he did, but try as I might I could never hope to be in his league.


From http://www.danfogelberg.com/news.html ....

Sunday, December 16

Dear friends,

Dan left us this morning at 6:00 am. He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side. His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him.


Blessed be, Dan. If anyone ever earned a ticket home to heaven on the wings of song, you did.

And I surely do hope your dad was waiting for you when you got there, too:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3GHCy49Dw


An only child alone and wild
A cabinet maker's son
His hands were meant for different work
And his heart was known to none
He left his home and went his lone and solitary way
And he gave to me a gift
I know I never can repay

A quiet man of music
Denied a simpler fate
He tried to be a soldier once
But his music wouldn't wait
He earned his love thru' discipline
A thundering velvet hand
His gentle means of sculpting souls
Took me years to understand

The leader of the band
Is tired and his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs thru' my instrument
And his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
I'm just a living legacy
To the leader of the band

My brother's lives were different
For they heard another call
One went to Chicago and the other to St. Paul
And I'm in Colorado
When I'm not in some hotel
Living out this life I've chose
And come to know so well

I thank you for the music
And your stories of the road
I thank you for the freedom
When it came my time to go
I thank you for the kindness
And the times when you got tough
And papa I don't think I said
"I love you" near enough

The leader of the band
Is tired and his eyes are growing old
But his blood runs thru' my instrument
And his song is in my soul
My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man
I'm just a living legacy
To the leader of the band
I am the living legacy
To the leader of the band

[Quixote1818]

9. Thanks for the top link. I didn't see that! nt

[proud2BlibKansan]

3. For the fans:

(and anyone else who appreciates good music)

Run for the Roses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdDwm3QIwfg

Leader of the Band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3GHCy49Dw

And a holiday favorite of mine
Another Auld Lang Syne
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhjYbfK9vrk&feature=related

[Quixote1818]

6. Thanks for posting those!

:cry:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

7. Thanks for the links.

:hug:

[hippywife]

11. Here's another song.

Not a video of him but a recording of Make Love Stay:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=oqEBLhAlK5E

[EFerrari]

13. Part of the Plan here:

http://video.search.yahoo.com/video/play?vid=1083135347&vw=g&b=0&pos=1&p=Dan+Fogelberg+Part+of+the+Plan

[hippywife]

19. I saw this PBS special

a couple of years ago now, I think? I almost didn't recognize him. Took me by such surprise! If I hadn't know then songs and the voice...

[Quixote1818]

14. Scarecrows Dream has always moved me in a very powerful way.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Yc-kDJUw3k

[hippywife]

18. Just beautiful

but then that was always to be expected. Thanx for posting this.

[hippywife]

23. The Power of Gold

to someone's football video. Don't look, just listen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6BuOy_b7E8

[EFerrari]

4. Love when you can, cry when you have to.

Man, where did the last 30 years go. And still, he was very young.

[bmbmd]

8. Three years older than I.

I still feel like a kid. Can't believe he's gone.

[EFerrari]

16. I can't either. Just yesterday I was lying about my age

to get into the club on Saturday night with my husband who was playing Dan Fogelberg!

[proud2BlibKansan]

12. I was just remembering when we were in college

DH is a musician and he and his friends didn't even have a TV. It was music 24/7. We would sit there and listen to Hendrix and Zappa and some other hard core hard rock and then every once in awhile one of the boys would play Fogelberg. And the girls would be happy.

Today, DH admits Fogelberg was a genius. We have nearly everything he ever recorded and were just converting some of our LPs to CDs a month ago. I am sitting here listening now. And I have a tear in my eye.

[EFerrari]

15. It sounds like we were married to the same person.

lol

:hug:

[proud2BlibKansan]

Oh I wouldn't be surprised if we partied together

:hug:

[hippywife]

21. Just the sound of his voice

really takes you back doesn't it? :cry:

[Berry Cool]

5. He will definitely be missed.

And I hope that every man who misses him will visit his Web site and pay heed to what it says about the necessity for being tested regularly for prostate cancer. It just might make a difference in their lives and those of others.

[Swede]

10. RIP Mr. Fogelberg.

Thank you for your music.

[Subdivisions]

17. Just for a moment I was back at school,

And felt that old familiar pain .........
And as I turned to make my way back home,
The snow turned into rain ..............

Rest well, Mr. Fogelberg, and thanks for the memories.

[KoKo]

20. You Tube....of one of Dan's Greatest...."Met my Old Lover at the Grocery Store" LIsten!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QExQCwn6kwg&feature=related

For those who don't know who Dan was...and what he was about...

More You Tubes....:

Sand and the Foam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4tKnRK0YVQ&feature=related


Dan Fogelberg - Sketches - False Faces

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUwVqorFIz0&feature=related

[EFerrari]

22. I can't even listen to that. n/t

[KoKo]

31. "Sand and the Foam" is my favorite...and I have tears streaming down face...

from listening to that one along with "met my old lover at the grocery store." :cry:

[bonito]

26. That was beautiful n/t

[Sydnie]

24. I had no knowledge that he was sick but I have attempted to buy

his music on CD's for months now. I just had a hankering to have his music in my car recently.

I am saddened at his passing.

Thanks Dan, you made many cold nights warm for me with your music and your words. I will miss you and promise never to forget.

The higher you climb,
The more that you see.
The more that you see,
The less that you know.
The less that you know,
The more that you yearn.
The more that you yearn,
The higher you climb.

The farther you reach,
The more that you touch.
The more that you touch,
The fuller you feel.
The fuller you feel,
The less that you need.
The less that you need,
The farther you reach.

[Quixote1818]

28. Have you listined to many of his older albums?

Netherlands, Souvenirs, Captured Angel, Home Free, The Innocent Age etc. are all incredible.

My favorite song he ever did was a remake of a Judy Collins song. "Since you Asked". Go to track 9 to listen:

http://www.amazon.com/Twin-Sons-Different-Mothers-Fogelberg/dp/B0000025D3/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1197862038&sr=8-1

[Sydnie]

35. Yeah, I remember listening to Captured Angel so many times

that one copy wasn't enough. I had to have a second after I wore out the first album! I started converting my favorites of that era to cassette 20 years ago and just recently had a hankering for his High Country Snow album on CD. No one ever had it in stock.

Will visit the link tomorrow morning when I have a quiet house and time to reflect with the reverence that his music commands. Thanks for sharing it with me.

[KoKo]

32. and ..."Sand and the Foam"....listen, if you can bear it...You Tube

Sand and the Foam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4tKnRK0YVQ&feature=rela...

[FlyingSquirrel]

25. I will sing a Dan Fogelberg song tonight in his honor.

I sing karaoke... don't worry, I won't mangle the song. :-)

[NanceGreggs]

27. Just came across this one recently ...

http://www.noolmusic.com/youtube_music_videos/dan_fogelberg_-_rhythm_of_the_rain_-_rock_pop_music_video.shtml

Have been playing it as background music while I'm here on DU of late, not knowing he would be lost to us all so soon ...

[MzNov]

29. How very sad. RIP Dan Fogelberg.

:-(

[Orwellian_Ghost]

30. RIP Dan

K&R

[Blue_In_AK]

33. This is so sad...

I used to have every one of his albums (well, I still do stashed away somewhere). Much too young to die.

[TwilightGardener]

34. The music of my childhood...RIP, Dan.

[earth mom]

36. Saw this & immediately burst into tears-I am absolutely heartbroken. Dan was my ALL time favorite.

RIP Dan...if there is a heaven you are no doubt an angel.

:cry: :cry: :cry:

[earth mom]

37. Missing YOU Dan...

Missing You:

Hard days I’m travelling
Alone for too long
Ooh, I’m missing you
I’m always somewhere
Where I never belong
Ooh, I’m missing you
I’m moving so fast now
It doesn’t seem true
Ooh, I’m missing you
I’m getting closer
But I don’t know what to
Ooh, I’m missing you.

Oho, if I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
Your love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life.

This life I’m living’s
Getting so hard to feel
Ooh, I’m missing you
The days are empty
And the nights are unreal
Ooh, I’m missing you

Oho, if I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
Your love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life
All of the days of my life.

Hard days I’m travelling
Alone for too long
Ooh, I’m missing you
I’m always somewhere
Where I never belong
Ooh, I’m missing you.

Oho, if I had you beside me
Then I just might sleep through the night
Your love is the promise that guides me
All of the days of my life
All of the days of my life.

:cry:


http://www.danfogelberg.com/missingyou.html

http://www.danfogelberg.com/maine.html