Just noticed Dan Fogelberg died of prostate cancer this morning.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gyNoN5XkF4CqxzkxBByBK1e3DjgAD8TITRHG0

I enjoyed listening to his music.

Can you remember:

Same Old Lang Syne, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIGiX-vc6M8

Longer, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxEUn6ozJNA

The Leader of the Band, a song he wrote about his father, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3GHCy49Dw


I'm 39 years old, and his music sort of brackets my late elementary school days through early high school. Very nostalgic to me.

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I like his work. I have a couple of his albums.

Sorry to see him pass.

I thought of him the other day and wondered why I hadn't heard anything from him for a long time.

Tom W

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Here's a nice story from USA Today:

Singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg dies

Dan Fogelberg, one of the most popular singer/songwriters of the '70s and '80s, died Sunday at home in Maine at age 56. He had battled advanced prostate cancer since being diagnosed in 2004.

Fogelberg was a key component of the golden age of the confessional singer/songwriter, joining the likes of James Taylor, Carole King, Jackson Browne and more in turning pop music's focus inward after the '60s' explosion of social commentary. He had started as a rocker in bands around his hometown of Peoria, Ill., but began performing solo while attending the University of Illinois.

There he met a local booking agent, Irving Azoff. He and local band REO Speedwagon became Azoff's first managerial projects (prior to managing the Eagles). Azoff secured Fogelberg a contract with Columbia, but first album Home Free made little impact. 1974's Joe Walsh-produced Souvenirs, however, hit the top 20, thanks largely to hit single Part of the Plan, and Fogelberg embarked on a two-decade run that would include nine top-30 albums (including three that hit the top 10).

His best-remembered songs include his biggest hit, the affecting ballad Longer; The Power of Gold, a collaboration with flautist Tim Weisberg; Leader of the Band, a tribute to his bandleader father, Lawrence; and the evergreen seasonal standard Same Old Lang Syne, which originally hit the top 10 in 1980.

In later years, he ventured into new musical territory, recording a successful pure-bluegrass album, High Country Snows, in 1985, and tackling broader political, spiritual and environmental issues in his songs. His last album, Full Circle, was released in 2003.
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The most apt summation of his life's work likely comes from Fogelberg himself, when he said, as quoted in his online biography, "You've got to just follow your heart and do your best work … There is no doubt in my mind or heart that everything I've done is exactly what I intended to do."

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

Here's an interesting tidbit from his website on how he got his first record deal:

Arriving in L.A., a few days later, Dan headed directly to Sunset Boulevard to meet Azoff in front of the famous Whiskey-A-Go-Go, where his idols from Buffalo Springfield first met. Azoff drove him to a little San Fernando Valley apartment dubbed "The Alley in the Valley" because of its alley entrance. They lived there together for months as Azoff shopped his tape around town. As Dan recalled, "Irving would come home one day and say 'Okay, the deal's done -- we're signing with Asylum!' Then three days later he'd come back and say, 'It's A & M. I got a better deal.' This went on for months. Then he'd come home and say, 'No, it's Capitol!" They eventually signed with Columbia Records, persuaded by Clive Davis in a Hollywood ritual held at a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel: "Clive had everything laid out --caviar, canapés, the whole deal. He played me Paul Simon's first solo record, which had yet to come out, and kept talking about a kid named Springsteen and a guy named Billy Joel who he had signed. Clive said, 'I'm signing singer-songwriters, and I think you belong here too.' He talked us into it, gave us a nice check and we signed with Columbia." It was 1971.

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Paul S.

2001 E430, Bourdeaux Red, Oyster interior.
79,200 miles.

1973 280SE 4.5, 170,000 miles. 568 Signal Red, Black MB Tex. "The Red Baron".

That sucks ... here is the link:

http://www.danfogelberg.com/

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Not to change the subject, I just saw that Fogelberg was also working with Henry Diltz, one of the initial and first album photographers on the scence:

Watch some amazing Rock Photography on:

http://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/

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I was not familiar with anything but the name.

What did he do besides sing?

He also was/is known for his artwork and as an environmentalist.

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I was 12 when I discovered Dan in 1972 with what I believe was his first album. Brings back memories.
That album inspired me to buy my first guitar. Still have the album but the guitar is long gone.

I have to admit I'm tearing up a bit to hear of this.

They once asked Billy Gibbons how many guitars he owns. He replied about this way:

"I once had a nice guitar. It got stolen. Since then I don't know how many I have."

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Good songs all.

Whoa, makes me think -- I'm one year younger than him.

I used to sing his song "A Place In The World For A Gambler" around campfires when I was doing the hippie troubador thing. Good song. It has a refrain on each verse that people can really join in on and get all soulful and stuff.

Oh hey, found it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBQAFMuOGS8

And he sees, oh yes he seeeeessss . . . . .

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This makes me sad, also old-feeling. When celebrities you grew up seeing/hearing die, it feels like you've lost a little bit of yourself.

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Heck, I didn't just enjoy "Same Old Lang Syne," I lived it.

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That song has always reminded me of the holidays - one of my traditionals.

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Too damn young to die. We never really listened to Dan Fogelberg, too soft. But later on when I hit 30+ I began to appreciate his music a lot more.

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