He was the voice and multi-instrumentalist behind songs like "Leader of the Band," "The Power of Gold" and "Same Old Lang Syne." His career in folk and soft rock music, which channeled a likeliness to Jackson Browne and James Taylor, included the classic 1977 album Nether Lands ("Dancing Shoes," "Phoenix," and "Longer".) But on Sunday, singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg lost his battle with prosta...
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It was very sad to lose Dan to cancer. And now here is the last song on his last studio CD, talking about flying away and it being over. Wow. Must have taken a lot of strength to pick and sing that cover as a closing to the posthumous CD he worked on while going through his battle. Enjoy.
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Met my old lover in the grocery storeThe snow was falling christmas eveI stole behind her in the frozen foodsAnd I touched her on the sleeveShe didnt recognize the face at firstBut then her eyes flew open wideShe went to hug me and she spilled her purseAnd we laughed until we cried.We took her groceries to the checkout standThe food was totalled up and baggedWe stood there lost in our embarrass...
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It took me over 20 years to decide how I felt about 1970's soft rock.It was the natural environment for a child born in 1976, and it's forever tied to drives through the fading central New Jersey countryside, sunsets bleeding in to the orange vinyl seats of a 1974 Volvo 164.But it was also tied to the limited, agoraphobic record collection. It was a denial of the true (emotional) violence and p...
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Try,try again." Tucson Arizona " - a dark desert tale, and an eerily haunting song.
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I've never been a big Fogelberg fan. His music, after falling off of the pop charts seemed to wiggle into elevator music and that annoying music you get when you are on hold forever because you need to talk to customer service.... His hits went on to become huge in MUZAK playlists, but not my playlists. Snooze snooze snooze I say.I moved to Peoria a couple of years ago and heard he was from he...
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I was cruising through SongFacts, when I saw a Music News item that stopped me cold. Dan Fogelberg succumbed to Cancer at age 56. He's not a cool Indie sort, or a great musical pioneer, but I'll miss him. It's time to play old Dan's records, so I'll put on this dedication to his father in song. It's going to be hard to celebrate 2008 or sing Auld Lang Syne this year. (And yes, I'll try to get a...
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Others have already posted of the passing of Dan Fogelberg, but I had to add another post reflecting on the impact of one of his songs. Back in the late 70s I left home for college and 4 years later marriage. My parents then were younger than I am now. I wasn't into Dan's music then ..but hubby and his sister played it now and then. Many years later I heard Leader of the Band on the radio and ...
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This is a song for Dan Fogelberg a great artist and person!!! I will forever remember the awesome music masterpieces that Dan created so well as only he could. Love and Many blessings to you and yours,DenRA
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Dan Fogelberg was my earliest and biggest influence, the man I wanted to be when I picked up a guitar and started trying to write songs. Anyone who thinks all he gave us was insipid soft rock only heard the overplayed '70s and '80s hit, but there was more, much more.The first concert I ever paid my own money for was to see him, and I dragged my mom and sister along with me.The news was far from...
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Before he passed away, Dan Fogelberg put the finishing touches on some new tracks and a few that had been lingering on tape for a number of years. The results are Love in Time, his final album of new material which will be released on August 13 via the digital services by Universal Music Group. A CD version of the album will be out at a future date after Universal has a chance to finalize pro...
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