[Redbob]

""Same Old Lang Syne" was about a true encounter he had back home in Peoria on christmas eve...its always played this time of year..Leader if the band was about his dad who was a band teacher..."

Those are two of my all-time favorite ssongs, by anybody, and it'll hurt knowing he's goen whenever I hear them.

[Jo Nuvark]

Hubby heard him tell this story about “Same Old Lang Syne”.

While the story was / is true, Fogelberg was challenged to
write a song using the melody to the William Tell Overture.

Think about it.