Comments on: The Leader of the Band Is Gone: Dan Fogelberg R.I.P.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:33:00 +0000

In remembrance, I will sit and enjoy (as I always do) Nether Lands, my favorite!

By: Phil McGibney

Phil McGibney — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:08:05 +0000

I am thankful to have shared time on this planet during this man’s lifespan. I was 17 when he released the Innocent Age. A double album of great songs and poetry that seemed to fit in so well with how I was thinking about life back then. There was so much to this work of art that captivated my imagination but it gave me my favorite song of all time ‘The Reach’. Musically and the imagery conveyed in the words caught my soul from that day to now- I know it’s about maine but it reminds me of summers spent growing up in Wexford on the south east coast of Ireland. I was a budding singer/song writer myself then with a broken heart and he was a true inspiration. That album was never off the turnstile at home. So much so my parents called me today to break the news gently to me they heard he had passed away. The magic in ‘just for a moment I was back at school….and felt that old familiar pain’ still causes the hair on the back of my kneck to stand up. Like some scene from a movie you can almost see him turn to make his way back home with the snow turning into rain. Should old acquintance be forgot Dan? I will think of you this Christmas and say a prayer for you and your family. I am truly saddened this day at your passing. It reminds me of my own immortality and how fragile life is. That someone so talented and giving could be taken from us so young is truly a mystery in life. Hopefully you are with your loving father lawrence now.

By: Jackie T.

Jackie T. — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 17:54:50 +0000

I read the news that Dan Fogelberg passed away. I’m so saddened by the loss. My heart goes out to the family. I’ve lost my mom and also my first husband to cancer. I’m 46 yrs. old and I remember when Dan Fogelberg hit the airwaves in the ’70’s. I loved his music then and still love it now. One of my favorite songs is “As the Raven Flies”. Rest in peace buddy. God took you too soon. I know heaven will have one hell of a band!

By: Rhea

Rhea — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:08:40 +0000

You’re right. He was taken for granted. Not the superstar he probably deserved to be. He wrote some marvelous lyrics.

By: Shaun Carlin

Shaun Carlin — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:35:41 +0000

Just out of college, living in a tiny studio apartment in L.A. Not knowing many folks, at the end of a hectic day in the big city, to come home to Dan Fogelberg and the calm and clarity he brought to my world is beyond explanation. Dan you were and ARE the man! Thanks for all the inspiration and peace you brought to this world. You ROCK!!

By: Frank Montenegro

Frank Montenegro — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:37:27 +0000

Shocking news, I’ve read it three times and still can’t believe it. I was 16 when he released Home Free so the first Fogelberg’s vinyl I put my hands on was “Souvenirs” around 1985 and loved it. From then on I got all his music and as a radio Dj played it for the people of a tiny Island called Mallorca. We’ll all miss him but won’t forget him.

By: Darin Hamilton

Darin Hamilton — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 02:45:20 +0000

I heard the news today,,,,, and in my mind today is the day truly- the music died.
My brother, who introduced me to this legend called me at 7:00 to break the news to me after I had so many hopes, there would be a recovery for my friend,,,,
I was fortunate to have witnessed a talent, a poet, and a musician and my life is so much fuller for it….
You are now a song bird in Heaven, to which I look forward to again someday hear your heavenly voice. I am heartbroken, and so sorry for all who’s lives you have touched, that feel the way I do today,,,,,

God bless your family and thank you for how you touched us all

By: Karim

Karim — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:16:06 +0000

I am sad, but listening to his cd’s tonight has helped some. I will carry his music with me, always.

Later I will put on some of the music that bears his influence — first hand, or second hand — country, pop or rock — i hear Dan Fogelberg in his contemporaries (The Eagles, Jimmy Buffett), a generation of country singers (Garth Brooks, Vince Gill, Mary Chapin Carpenter, even Steve Earle), the late 90’s singer/songwriters (Wallflowers, Counting Crows, Gin Blossoms), and today’s artists from the stripped-down (Ben Kweller) to the mainstream (The Fray) to the overproduced (Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is lyrically and sonically nothing like Fogelberg — except that it so is).

He may not have received the revival — but his sounds are everywhere - songs in the heart of every human… au revoir Dan thanks for sharing the dreams you dreamed

By: C Ho

C Ho — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 09:56:08 +0000

Longer & the album with Tim Weisberg, my college days, the days when I met my present wife …..we’ll miss Dan

By: mhk

mhk — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 17:03:43 +0000

‘Seldom seen, a Scarecrow’s Dream…’

Netherlands.

It was a revelation at the time. A turning point.

His finest moment.

By: Ger Nally

Ger Nally — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:30:58 +0000

I would like to thank Phil for introducing me to this genius , what seems like a lifetime ago now…I too listened to Dan while nursing my own broken heart.I still get goose bumps when I hear ‘hard to say’ and ‘longer than’. What an amazing poet and musician.Heaven has surely been blessed.