Posted on 12/16/2007 7:23:00 PM PST by ABN 505
Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, famed for the soaring vocals and elegant instrumentation of tunes such as "Longer" and "A Love Like This," died on Sunday, three years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. He was 56.
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I would never have admitted it at the time, but I did enjoy alot of his stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwQRMQrU7sU
Whoops! Should have included the Jo on that one! My mistake.
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The best work Bowie ever did.
Way better actor than singer.
(Have you been borrowing my old videos again?)
Everyone knows that Leo Sayer was the voice of the 70’s. Sheesh!
Proves my point once again. Those goose stepping, talking point
spewing punks who call themselves MSM journalists think that history
began the day they were born.
Actually, I saw Dan in concert in 2003 on the advice of a good friend, and while I knew of his early 'soft rock' work, some of the things he played at that concert was pure Rock n Rool .. which yes, included a 'back-beat'!
Dan was playing some blues riffs on electric guitar which were straight out of the Eric Clapton encylopedia of lead guitar, and playing them well too! I was mightily impressed, being a straightforward Rock n Rool'er myself :)
Cheers,
MM
All I can say is... “No matter where you go, there you are.”
Happy someone noticed that “back beat” comment.
Fogelberg was performing musically and lyrically
when it was Rock and Roll or nothing at all. So
embracing R&R later - and doing it well, as you say -
elevates him even more in my eyes.
Rock on Danny!
Dan had the sound to endear him to the hearts of millions of fans!
Dan could sound wonderful with nothing more than his guitar or his piano and his beautiful voice...AND his wonderful words!
Dan will always be #1 with me and I’m sure I am not alone in this!
It breaks my heart to know there will be no more music from this wonderful man...no more beautiful songs.
I will always cherish what he HAS given to us.
June
I predict he will become more
popular posthumously, like Bach.
I was dating a really good looking Jewish girl at the time of the “Same Old Lang Syne “ was hot.
I heard it a couple of days ago and thought of her. She liked him a lot even thought she was Jewish.
I hate he died. He went to early.
This is very sad. So sorry to hear about Catie.
HUGS, Yorkie.
Although ‘Blues’ has never been my first choice in music, anyone hearing these would have to agree that Dan did an admirable job on the songs! And he seemed to be having a whole lot of fun doing them too! :)
On this cd also is George Harrison’s ‘Here Comes the Sun,’
which he does beautifully! Most of the other songs are his own early works, including one of my favorite rockers-’As the Raven Flies!’
This cd is a collection of live performances taken from shows in 1992 - 1995!
Dan still had the magic!
For any Dan Fogelberg fan, this cd is well worth having!
June
That is a great picture!
I’m so happy you put it on here!
I’m one of those who loved his ballads- because I have the heart of a poet- but still, I could recognize that he was an excellent guitar player!
You say...As good as...Knopfler or Clapton...
So he was equal in his abilities to play the guitar - but -IMO - he was WAY above most in his songwriting AND his beautiful way of singing, which is why THAT is what got the most attention!
In truth, the whole ‘Dan package’ was perfect! He was such a multi-talented performer!
I saw him numerous times over a 30+ span of time and enjoyed every show- whether it was a solo performance or with a full band!
June K.
That’s very sad, I liked his music. I met him once, when he started a tour in South Lake Tahoe in 1988. Seemed like a genuine guy. His girlfriend/wife at the time was extremely good-looking.
I think he wrote his own songs. They had a depth of thought that most artists didn’t bother with.
Leader of the Band - Song Lyrics
Originally written and performed by Dan Fogelberg (born Daniel Grayling Fogelberg on 8/13/51 in Peoria Illinois)
The song was written as a tribute to Dan’s father Lawrence (Larry) Fogelberg, who started as the director of a military battalion band in Detroit, and who left the military and went to Peoria Illinois, where he was a high school band director for the next 31 years.
When Dan dropped out of college to pursue music full time, his father gave grudging permission, with the proviso that should things not work out Dan would return to school. Thus, the line in the song “I thank you for the freedom,
when it came my time to go”.
The song went to #9 on the top 40 charts, and hit #1 on the adult contemporary charts in 1981
A popular parent dance at weddings
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
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That was taken at his final concert at Red Rocks in June of 2002. My point is that Fogelberg’s talent as a musician is rarely mentioned with pundits concentrating mostly on the lyrics to his ballads, but he was a virtuoso. That’s one of the reasons I enjoy the instrumentals on Twin Sons of Different Mothers and No Resemblance Whatsoever so much.
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