The Media IGNORED His Death-But Icon's LOSS Left a Hole That HAS NEVER Been FILLED-Professor of Rock
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- Let me be clear, I have never met anyone who doesn’t love his voice...Get ready to discover the humble origins of Dan Fogelberg, a beloved artist who penned some of the most heartfelt songs ever recorded. Surprisingly, Dan’s journey began in the most unexpected of places: a frat house filled with drunken college kids. Like a scene out of Animal House! The story of how this intensely talented musician caught the attention of a future industry titan Irving Azoff, paving the way for a remarkable career that included ‘Longer’, one of the most popular love songs of the Rock Era. The song went to #1 on the AC charts and #2 on the pop charts just behind Queen and Pink Floyd. Up next we celebrate the 70s and 80s icon through interviews with the song’s producer Norbert Putnam and horn player Jerry Hay is NEXT on Professor of Rock.
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No matter the instrument he picked up, his talent shone through. With a gift for writing and singing, there seemed to be no limit to his musical abilities. Yet, when he was on the verge of turning 20, the late-great Dan Fogelberg found himself in the familiar plight of many aspiring artists: struggling to make money while searching for a way to get that big break. Yeah, back in 1970, Dan had that ‘hippie, free spirit,’ loafing around with long hair and moccasins with no day job. He had dropped out of the University of Illinois and was performing folk tunes at coffee houses in Champaign, Illinois.
Then one evening he was lying in bed when his girlfriend suddenly woke him out out of sound sleep and told him to hurry and get dressed. At first, Dan resisted, no doubt ticked off that she interrupted his sleep, but his girlfriend persisted. GET UP!! IrvingAzoff is at a bar in Champagne and he wants to hear you perform! GET UP NO! Begrudging, Dan got up, put on some clothes, and went with his girlfriend to a frat bar near the University of Illinois campus called….get this…Chances Are.. It was a Friday night, so the place was packed to the gills with drunken college students. Not the ideal place for Dan to impress the man who had the ingenuity and the power to catapult his…shall we say…less than spectacular career. Irving Azoff was also a college dropout, but he was building a robust business booking rock bands in the area, principally an upstart act named R-E-O Speedwagon.
Irving was far from the legendary artist manager & music mogul that he became, but he was on his way. Irving was the kind of connector that Dan needed to kindle his career. On that pivotal night, Dan played a solo set at Chance Are, with the frat kids spilling beer all over each other, but in spite of the revelry of the club, Dan’s talent was undeniable, and Irving was duly impressed...
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I’m not sure there’s anyone else in America who could do a 20 minute video about Dan Fogelberg and capture his essence the way you can. You have truly earned the moniker “Professor of Rock”!
Wow! Thanks!
@@ProfessorofRock I agree. I so appreciate your show today.
@@ProfessorofRock not going to lie, this is not the first video of yours that I've had a good cry over. thanks.
Longer is an ok song. Always thought it was the equivalent of a Jr. High love note. Preferred Same Old Lang Syne, a grownup song about grownup lives. Do agree though that his music is phenomenal.
Adam is the only one to watch if you want to know about music... The only one! Everyone I have shown his channel to is hooked.
I loved Dan Fogelberg’s music. The Leader of the Band is one of the greatest father/son songs ever written
Yes
Was about his father.
Ugh! I waited the whole video for Adam to talk about Leader of the Band and he never did. Sheesh! Way too much gooey praise for Longer. Leader and his relationship with his Dad would have been much more interesting to delve into.
I can't keep from crying every time I hear "Leader of the Band." Truly one of the most powerful, poignant songs ever written.
Run for the Roses and his gift to New Year Eve,those two events, have never been the same, for me.
Met my husband at college and we married after graduation in 1975. He went on to graduate school and we eventually ended up at the Univ. Of Delaware. Dan Fogelberg was our absolute favorite artist. Being a poor graduate school couple, we saved our pennies to buy the next Dan Fogelberg album. Do you have any idea how excited we were when we learned Dan was going to perform on April 12, 1979 at the Univ. Of Delaware?We had to get tickets. It was Dan by himself, on stage, with his guitar. No flash, no theatrics - just pure heaven. Three years later our son was born- we named him Dan.
He needs to be in the Rock and Roll hall of fame !!!
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🙂 *Your sentiment is good & true; the hall of lame/shame doesn't have any more legitimacy than anyone in this comment section. The most rock n roll thing any artist can do is to tell them they just don't want their bogus "award" & to phük off. (few have)*
*My personal opinion is that a bowling trophy sitting in YOUR living room with Dan's name scratched on it is every bit as good as the hall. Cheers!* 😊 🎶 🎵
Longer was our wedding song in 1981, I just knew the first time I heard it. Our anniversary is in 3 days, 43 years....thank you Dan.
Ours also 1980. Still play it every anniversary, 44 years together this past April.
It was in my 1981 wedding too.
Dan's life has touched mine deeply, for much of it. My wife and I met in early 1980, and "Longer" became our song. I still tear up when I hear its opening. We had it played at our wedding in 1983. It was our song for over 40 years.
We saw Dan in concert, finally, in Raleigh in 2004. It was one of his last live concerts, and it was great.
I read Dan's wife's Jean's memoirs on Dan's last few months, and was moved by her description of giving Dan permission to die - also very moving.
In 2021, my wife had a stroke, and it was a brain tumor. It was a year from Hell after 37 years of marriage.
When it was clear she was at the end, I remembered what Jean said in that memoir, and I told my wife that it was OK to go, I love you, and we'll be ok. She immediately stopped breathing and passed.
Jean was right. Permission to leave one's loved ones is a thing.
I'm still moved by his music. "Birds", his very last song, is so very sad. And for some reason, I tear up every time I hear "Stars" which you played a clip of early in your "Longer" video.
Thank you so much for your coverage of this great man, and understand that your pieces on his works are very important to me.
I lost my husband to a glioblastoma in 2022. My thoughts are with you.
Sorry for your loss. Lost a good friend to the same thing.
In the early 80’s I was completely in love with this woman who would never give the time of day.
One night I happen to see her at a local bar. I went outside to get some air and ran into her in the parking lot. Im not sure what possessed me, but I started singing “Longer” to her. She loved that a guy would sing her a song she absolutely loved.
I got completely caught up in the moment. Her eyes never left mine and my heart was ready to explode. It was perfect and I thought maybe I had a chance until her friends came out of the bar and wanted to leave.
She gave me a kiss on the cheek and said thank you.
I never saw her after that.
It was a moment Ive never forgotten.
Thank you Dan Folgelberg for the beautiful words and memories.
She probably told her friends to never take her there again. What a 5-letter word. Dodged a bullet there, son... 🤣
@@JAMESLEVEE Wow- you’ve got some deep bitterness in your heart, eh? Maybe it’s a simple as she was in love with someone else already. Just because some isn’t into you doesn’t make her a bitch. I doubt you have been head-over-heels about everyone who felt that way about you, have you thought about that?
That was a moment. Thanks for sharing it.
Okay, maybe I was a little sharp on her. Maybe that was her last night in town before going off to get married or go to graduate school out of state. I can't get behind the eyes of a woman years younger than me and unknown to me. All I can do is get behind your eyes and wonder why she would have completely disappeared immediately afterwards.
Sounds like you probably should have sang "Old lang syne" LOL...
THIS BROTHER CERTAINLY GETS DAN FOGELBERG’S HEART. LEADER OF THE BAND MAKES ME CRY TO THIS DAY. EXCELLENT VIDEO ADAM.
Same Old Lang Syne brings a tear to my eye EVERY time I hear it.....precious memories
Me, too
Very bittersweet memories…the same thing happened to me.
He told a story during a concert in Austin about that song, and said it was originally pretty bawdy. He and some friends around the piano made up the song to the tune of the 1821 overture, then he cleaned up the lyrics and rewrote the music. You can still hear the melody if the 1821 overture in the first line...
Same here.
I am brought right back to that time in my life when that song came out and tear up as well❤
i knew and loved his music and i have a somewhat different personal connection. Dan died Oct 16, 2007. i knew of Dan's death and his cause of death.
I had prostrate cancer surgery, 2 days later, on Dec 18, 2007. Dan was 54 , i was only 48. it was hard not to think i had only 6 years left of my life.
i made it and i am still hear today, wounded by the experience but still here. getting by
An apple a day and you can stick around a good while. 😊
My Husband died on 12/17/07 of brain cancer… so I figure when I get to heaven and look up my husbands mansion, Dans will be in the same neighborhood 😊❤️😊
It prostate cancer not prostrate, how many men don't know what kind of god damn cancer they have fkn amazes me.
My friend’s family was very close friends with Dan’s family back in Illinois, and When she got married, Dan sang this song at her wedding. I wasn’t there, but I have seen the wedding videos.
Wow! That's amazing. You made my day!
How cool is that!
What year was this? I’m so jealous, what a special occasion.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 mid 80’s
"Illinois"! Another gorgeous song.
Lifelong hard rock and metal head here, who is also a huge Fogelberg fan. Some of my favorites of Dan are:
Scarecrow’s Dream, Dancing Shoes, Nether Lands, Beggar’s Game, The Lion’s Share, Sketches, Only The Heart May Know (Duet with Emmylou Harris), Gypsy Wind, of course, Leader of the Band and - a song I can’t hear without crying, since I sang it to my daughter when she was little - Run For The Roses. What an artist and what a loss for anyone with ears and a soul. R.I.P., Dan - you are so sorely missed. 💔
Beggar's game! I thought I was the only one who remembered that song
Thanks for sharing this tribute. I met Dan in 1982 in Bangor, Maine and while our time was short, we shared a good conversation about music, Maine and sailing. It bothered me when news broke of his death from prostrate cancer. Little did I know that 10 years later, I would come down with stage 3 prostrate cancer. I reached out to his widow and found out our diagnosis was very similar with the same aggressive Gleason scores. Prostrate cancer treatment has come a long way, but early detection is the key... get tested and monitor any changes in your PSA! I'm in full remission, thank God. God bless and again thanks.
If you had Cancer I would expect you would know how to pronounce it and spell it, you repeatedly said prostrate cancer, prostrate is the act of laying flat on the ground face down, PROSTATE is the male organ that gets PROSTATE cancer, were you making this story up? If you did have cancer I hope you are well.
I am very glad to read this comment. I am in remission as well. Those that have fallen to this particular form of cancer reads like a "Who's Who" in music. Dan Fogelberg, Frank Zappa, David Sanborn, Johnny Ramone, Ndugu, Lee Kerslake, & Andre Watts, And the list is even longer for musicians that are dealing with this affliction. God bless you, as well. my friend.
Prostate
Glad to hear you are in remission. 🎉
@@clintonjohnston2970 Damn autocorrect. You clearly have no compassion for someone with the big C. No one would make it up on purpose.
I remember my brother coming home one night in the early 70’s, telling me he saw this singer/songwriter at a bar in Peoria named Dan Fogelberg and bought his Home Free album from him. My brother said, “this guy is going places!” He did!
So it sounds like you're from near, but not in, Peoria; where'd you grow up or live at the time? I'm from Galesburg - 45 minutes NW on 74. Always thought it was so cool that he was from Peoria - & his dad was a band teacher (I was a band geek flute player lol).
@@playhooky I grew up just outside Chillicothe.
Loved Dan Fogelberg growing up. My favorite is Old Lang Syne...still stops me in my tracks today. "Met my old lover at the grocery store". Who CAN'T relate to that??? RIP Dan & thanks for the memories Professor ❤
The visuals that Old Lang syne conjures makes me tear everytime. The last line "snow turned to rain" gets me everytime"
@@rtypepe Same here. We are so lucky to have this experience. #Blessed #MusicOfTheSoul
Even the burliest of alpha males would lose it listening to these songs.
It's a heartbreaker. And that sax solo at the end! Tears every time.
Just wrote a comment how the song stops me in my tracks! Saw yours and remember one new yrs eve being outside in the car in front of a grocery store..raining, cold and this song came on.... completely torn up. Prolly 30 yrs ago.
Just a few weeks ago it was the 3rd Anniversary of my wife's passing. At every major event of my life with Yolanda I would dedicate a song for her. Anniversary, Birthday she got a song I played on Social Media for her. Even after her death, I have continued to do this. For this year on the anniversary of the day I lost her, I dedicated Longer to her. Thanks Prof. I am and have been one of your biggest supporters for years.
I was a 15 year old teenage girl in 1981, the year Hard To Say came out.
I couldn't believe it when I heard the song. Even though it was written from a man's point of view, the words "...every time the sky begins to snow, you cry..." shocked me. For years, every time we had the first snow of winter, I would cry. I couldn't explain why. But those words hit me in my soul.
As I grew older, many more songs became relatable. Such a beautiful lyricist. Such a talent.
And such a gorgeous man.
For me the Dan Fogelberg that catches me in the throat was Run For The Roses. That perfectly captured a child’s first step, first exploring the world, first everything
It does, doesn't it...yet it was written about racehorses, for ABC Sports' Kentucky Derby coverage.
I'll give you the reader's digest version. I dated a girl who had his first three albums. I learned every song I could off those albums. I ended up playing those songs live while living in Nashville. A novicuoíe player asked me to teach him how to Play his songs. We became good friends. I married his sister. His sister is the one who turned him on to Dan Fogelberg. I have a glorious Phoenix tattoo on my left arm. We've been married 32 years. Thank you Dan Fogelberg.
I found Dan with his hits from the Innocent Age album and then enjoyed his entire catalog. I met my future wife in 1983. We did not have that much in common, but we both loved Dan's music. It was with that music that our hearts became one, and we grew up together with that music as our underpinning.. We married in 1985 and still listen to Dan together today..
That's amazing. You made the song come true!
40 years next year congrats
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980 Thanks
That's beautiful! ❤
48 years married this year. I was singing Dan's songs with my older brother who played the guitar really well, in the late 70's.
I married his best friend.
Saw Dan Fogelberg at the Rainbow theatre in Denver back in the mid to late 80’s. He was touring with his blues band. I attended the second show and people were leaving the venue looking to sell their tickets on the cheap because there was a rumor that it wasn’t Dan Fogelberg, but some guy fronting a blues band under Fogelberg’s name. I purchased the ticket from a guy on the cheap and listened to one of the best concerts I’ve ever heard. He could rock. He opened the show stating that despite the rumors, he was, in fact, Dan Fogelberg. Played blues standards. Incredible.
Very cool!
That is so cool! Dynamic Dan!
Wow. Wish that side of him had made it onto the charts.
Wow I wonder is there any recordings of Dan playing the blues
@@JamesJones-zt2yx Yeah he was incredible. You can see some of his live blues on YT. Completely different and authentic.
My girlfriend and I started listening to Fogelberg in the 70's and went to a few of his concerts. We've been together 47 years and still enjoy listening to him. Another artist who left us much too soon. RIP Dan Fogelberg. Your music will live on forever.
Every time someone mentions their taste in music, I always respond with, "Dan Fogelberg is my all-time favorite."
"Leader of the Band" and "Run for the Roses" will bring a tear or two every time I hear them. I loved Dan Fogelberg's music back in the day and still do! He is greatly missed in this world...💔🎶🎸
Without a doubt one of the best, most beautiful, male voices ever. He possessed clarity, control and conviction in every song he sang.
I always thought of him as the male equivalent to Karen Carpenter - what a duet that would have made‼️
RIP Dan and Karen. The world is much more beautiful having your incredible talents still live on.
For sure. Good comment.
Wow….just imagining Dan and Karen doing a duet together….WOW!!! 😊👍
Wow, that's never even crossed my mind before, but YES... 100%. You're right on the money with that assessment. As much as I despise much of today's technology... Using it to make a duet like that happen posthumously, would at least be a use for something positive and good.
I am now imagining Dan and Karen together, and they would sound like heaven.
@@xxlilly_playsxxkiz9980you sound like a greasy fried chicken fart 😂
Dan Fogelberg, and Tim Weisberg, "Twin Sons of Different Mothers," one of my all time favorite albums! Love Dan! ❤
Yes, and his other album with Tim Weisberg (No Resemblance Whatsoever)is superb too
@@michaelbaucom4019 You know good music Michael. I've seen your comments on MetalGuruMessiah. 😃
@@michaelbaucom4019
A worthy follow up!
Sunlight is gorgeous.
Amen. More could have been said about Leader of the Band.
@michaelnorman3393 I first heard that album from one of my wife's brothers. It's really a great one.
In 1975, in a record store looking for a present for a girlfriend, I found “Souvenirs” and promptly shoplifted it. I was 16 with an attitude, but decided to listen to it first in case it was crap. My gf never got that present. After intense listening for a week, I went back and sheepishly paid for the darn thing. Dan’s voice redirected my attitude towards music and singing. Thank you Dan. Sorry Carol.
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Great story (glad you’re still around to tells)
Is Carol still in your life?
😎
Wonderfully wholesome story illustrating the enormous power of art.
💜💜💜💜
Wow you sound like a dreamboat.
@@marksneddon3709Yes I’d like to know too! It’s a great story. The power of true art! And I might add… Honesty. Albeit delayed 😂
One night my young daughter randomly asked me who was my favorite male singer, I told her Dan Fogelberg. I wanted to show her pictures of who I was talking about so went to his website. Unfortunately, it just happened to be THE DAY (12/16/07) his wife posted his passing. I was floored. I still can't explain the cosmic connection, but have always felt a kinship with him through his music and his love for Colorado. Netherlands has always been a go to when I need a mood shift, and had the pleasure of seeing him live in 1988 in Indianapolis. Just such a great artist and man! Miss what could have been, but how lucky we are to have such a collection of rich music history. Rock on.....
I saw Dan play three times. The most impressive performance was at Arrowhead in 78 ,I believe. He was on tour with the Eagles . He came out alone and announced his band was broke down on the road ,so he would be solo. He used his skills playing guitar and piano to two standing ovations. I was and am still blown away . I fully understood what he tried to say to me and thank God for the treasure he sent us in him. It's only when listen that you learn....
My boomer mom was obsessed with Dan. His earliest albums are the soundtrack of my childhood. I got dragged to many of his concerts. I still listen to those records start to finish-especially Netherlands-and get all the feels.
Years ago I had the incredible opportunity to see Dan play in Parkwest Utah. It was just him, his guitar, and grand piano. I was completely mesmerized. He was a master musician, singer/songwriter. Terribly sad he is gone. The world is missing out, that's for sure.
I think I was at that same show!
@@ProfessorofRock awesome 😎. It was amazing, right?
I was there as well. I was 8 months pregnant and made that climb up the mountain to see him. It was a struggle, but totally worth it.
I remember hearing his beautiful voice and seeing a shooting star in the background. It was a beautiful night.
My husband and sons were there. I had to miss the vacation due to a death in my family. I still regret I didn't get to see this performance. Gone way too soon.
I’m at my husband in Colorado when I moved there 1979. We were both huge Dan Fogelberg fans. My husband and I were married for 40 years. He died that year 2020 and we asked to have “Longer” played at the funeral service!
After 17 years since Dan's death, for some reason its hitting me more now than before. I'm still saddened that he passed at such an early age. His voice, his lyrics, his music was just so good. I wish their were more musical artists like him today. I've been listening to his songs a lot lately, it brings back my teen years. My wedding song back in 1982 was Longer, just the perfect song. It must have been a good luck song, me and my wife are celebrating 42 years of marriage. God bless this musician and thank you for such great songs. Also to the Professor of Rock, I love your channel. One of the best on UA-cam. Thank You
How has it been that long. How the years fly
Sometimes it’s too hard to listen. Miss him💕
I had the absolute honor of meeting Dan Fogelberg back in the early '90s. He was as genuine and nice as I ever thought he might be. 💜
The day will come Mr Professor of Rock, that you will stand before Dan, and verbally say to him, what you just got done saying to us.
I meant to also say, thank you, Adam, for keeping Dan’s memory and music alive and, perhaps best of all, turning some younger people on to his incredible talents. He left a rich legacy of amazing, timeless songs that deserve to be heard. 🙏🏼
I was born in 1970. Was raised in a family of musicians where through their encouragement my love of music became broad. I remember being young sitting behind my dad drumming with his band Five wheel Drive playing covers of popular rock/pop classics. Then him moving into country during the 80's and also eventually playing stand up bass in bluegrass while alsos starting a sound company Cardinal Sound that would provide sound reinforcement for Bluegrass Festivals around New England for greats like Alison Krauss when she was young, Doc Watson, Jerry Rice and more. During the 70's and 80's I would always dive into our family vinyl collection to maybe find something new. there was always one album I would come across and would listen to it for hours over and over. Dan Fogelberg's Souvenirs. During the 90's I moved to Montana following the love of my life. When sadly things ended with her, Dan's music magically came back into my life when I came across his Greetings from the West release. over the next few years with my brother in our 20's, Living in the Gallatin National Forest/Bozeman out of our tent. We would play for others in the local parks and Dan's songs were favorites which was so cool to witness with how young the crowd was. Same Old Lang Syne, Make Love Stay, Leader of the Band, There's a Place in the World for a Gambler, Believe in Me, Old Tennessee, Cry in the Forest, Song from Half Mountain, Changing Horses, Souvenirs. Thank you Dan for sharing such a Timeless legacy of love and incredible song writing. You are dearly missed.
Thanks for sharing.
When I was a teenager, my mom didn’t have her license so I was her chauffeur. I was more into the harder rock,but she didn’t care for it,so we compromised. Fogelberg’s music was something we both could relate too and now that she passed sometime ago,I’ll always have a special place in my heart for Dan Fogelberg. I was lucky enough to see him on his Greetings from the West Tour. He was fantastic.RIP
Well done, Professor! Dan has been one of my favorite artists from the late 70's. Before he passed, I went to his website and read what Dan had written about his illness, prostate cancer. He said for men to get checked regularly by their doctor and not to let ten or fifteen seconds of discomfort deter them from being checked. He wrote that ten or fifteen seconds could save men from going through the terrible time he was then having with the disease. I took his advice then and hope any man reading this to do the same!
Dan Fogelberg is one of my favorite artists. He was such a great folk rock singer songwriter & storyteller. He also played multiple instruments such as guitar, bass, piano & mandolin. I had his double album "The Innocent Age" from 1981. It had so many good songs on it such as "Same Old Lang Syne", "Hard To Say", "Leader Of The Band", "Run For The Roses" etc. We lost him much too soon in 2007.
The innocent age was also my favorite Dan Fogelberg album. Old Lang Syne was probably my favorite song. It reminded me of a high school girlfriend who I ran into about 6 or 7 years after we graduated. We experienced the same nostalgic moments expressed in Old Lyng Syne. But the song really hit me hard a few years later after I heard she'd committed suicide.😢😢 To this day, I keep thinking, "Why didn't she call me! We could have worked it out! I remember playing that song over and over and crying my eyes out. So sad!🥺
He was multitalented!
Fogelberg was one of the most poetic lyricists I've ever heard.
Thank you for this tribute. I've been a Fogelberg fan since the 70's. I was shocked at his passing. I recently took a 1900 mile roundtrip drive to TX from SC. My USB drive has a ton of an eclectic mix of MP3s, and he is well represented. His songs helped the drive. "Power of Gold" played as I neared the Mississippi River on the drive out.
How can you not love his beautiful voice?! The first time I heard Longer Than I was floored! And he did such a beautiful tribute to his dad in Leader Of The Band. And those two are just the beginning!
In 1980, "Longer" was the first song I ever heard from Dan Fogelberg. I loved the song and immediately bought his Phoenix album. He had a great string of hits in the early 80's which include 2 of my other favorites "Same Auld Lang Syne" and "Leader Of The Band." He was a great singer-songwriter and is very much missed. Wonderful tribute, professor.
Thanks for sharing. a
Amazing singer and lyricist.
Run for the Roses
@@catpaladin1. Kentucky girl here, that’s one of my favorites. Plays every year at the Derby 🐎
"To the Morning" and the rest of his first album, "Home Free", got me through my mom's death from cancer when I was a teenager. His incredible voice could convey any emotion with beauty & tenderness or rasp and power. Amazing. I do love his earlier stuff in particular, and think that "Netherlands" may have been his masterpiece. That said, he was so prolific for so long and every single album had really solid material and excellent production values. I think many people dismiss Longer and some of the other tracks released for radio play as being shallow or simplistic. In my mind, "Longer" truly is a iconic love song, but it doesn't really begin to represent the depth & breadth of Dan's artistry. His lovely voice will stay in my heart and I'm truly grateful to have witnessed his musical gifts. Thanks so much for posting this video~
Longer was one of the first songs I heard on the radio. Loved it from first listen. Dan's voice is so calming!!
I AGREE 100%! Such an angelic voice.
Right? So soothing.
@@ProfessorofRockLonger was my wife’s and my song, played during our church wedding Every time I hear it I think of how much I love my wife, now in our 45th year together
@@alcheneler1245 it was sung at mine and my husband's wedding 40 years ago ❤️❤️ and we are still in love 😊
Leader of the Band. Song that has always stayed with me because of my father. Man was singing Gods words
Yes, the king of "elevator music"!😊
Dan had such soothing voice, which reminds me of Karen Carpenter. May both of them RIP.🎉
Agreed. Thanks for sharing.
I never thought about that connection,but it’s a wonderful take!
A quiet genius describes Dan Fogelberg in my mind. A pureness we don’t experience today. After being laid off from a previous job, I had to sell all my Fogelberg collection, something I very much miss. Thank you for this video!
I saw Dan at a small venue in the early '70s, maybe 30 people in attendance, and I recognized his talent immediately. It was the best $5 I ever spent. When my father died, I listened to "Leader of the Band" over and over. Such a wordsmith and a master of melody.
I remember I was in high school when it came out. I heard the song and initially thought it was another bubble gum soft rock song. The thing was, when you combined the lyrics and the music together, it became a transcendent piece of art that will indeed last through the ages. This song is not just another love song, it's a song about Love Eternal. Those songs come by once in a lifetime. Thank you, Dan Fogelberg.
Simply one of the best. What a voice and songwriter
You described this perfectly. Longer is beautiful lyric poetry.
"Higher than any bird ever flew" is the line I like. 🕊
Yes! Thank you! Have a great Monday Catherine!
This should be taught in an English metaphors lesson.
I saw Dan Fogelberg in 1977 at the Mississippi River Festival in Edwardsville, IL. It was my first concert. I loved the albums Souvenirs and Nether Lands. While Dan is remembered for his ballads I loved Crow, As the Raven Flies, Part of the Plan, Illinois, etc. He has been credited as an influence by such diverse artists as Garth Brooks and Myles Kennedy who called Dan a remarkable songwriter. What a tremendous loss when Dan passed. I thank you for putting this tribute to this talented musician on your channel.
I'm from Dan's hometown, Peoria Illinois. Needless to say I'm a big fan. I was a teenager in the early 80's and loved listening to him on the radio and knowing " leader of the band" and "Auld lang syne" were written about his dad and his old girlfriend in Peoria.. his dad was a band director and the store where he met his old girlfriend in Auld lang syne, is still there.. in fact the street the store is on an honorary street named after him.. and we also have a statue of him... he is very honored in Peoria. .. he was great!!
“Here is a key to a house far away where I used to live as a child - they tore down the building when I moved away and left the key unreconciled” Amazing!
Truly!
"Longer" was my favorite song when it was out. I was 8. I would do the flugelhorn with my mouth. I remember my dad saying, "How does it go, Bill?" I would do the notes of that part. 😊
I say without an ounce of shame - I cried when I heard Dan had passed. Absolutely love his music. Thanks for the tribute Professor.
That voice is woven into the fabric of the sails of yacht rock. Leader of the band always gets me. 😭 Thank for another great lesson! 🎩🔮🖤🕊️
Glad you enjoyed it. Love that!
Ditto. Leader of the Band and Longer are my top 2 favorites from him.
Especially since Leader of The Band was about his father.
I was at U of IL in those days, and used to volunteer at a coffeehouse in the basement of a Unitarian church in town, The Red Herring, where local singer/songwriters would play for tips. I was there to learn guitar, and Dan Fogelberg was the star performer. He was an excellent finger-style guitarist, and a group of us would sit around him so he could show us tips and tricks. Somewhere I have a tape of a record that the coffeehouse produced highlighting its most talented performers. There's a couple of songs on there that showed up on Dan's first album. That was a very unique time in music history. We were all very pleased to see Dan's success, he was very gifted.
Thanks for sharing.
You’re gonna have to find it for us someday!
Longer is one of those songs my mom would turn up on the radio back in the early 80’s. I just turned 50 and I’m still playing his amazing catalog.
Dan fogelberg is my favorite artists of all time I was so sad when he died.
Love Dan Fogleberg! He was just amazing and his songs were wonderful!
What's your favorite track by him?
Leader Of The Band was my favorite.@ProfessorofRock
I heard Dan Fogelberg the first time when I was 13 or 14 and it WAS Longer on my oldies station. I bawled, and wanted to listen more of this artist who captured my emotions. No crush or anything, but tons of respect. You could say a platonic love developed. 💕
Loved Dan Fogelberg's music. Lived in Peoria, Illinois, Dan's hometown, in the mid 80's. It was near Christmas time and I was driving down W. Knoxville Ave. and it was lightly snowing. As I was going down an incline in the road "Same Old Lang Syne" was playing and the snow started turning into rain just as he was singing that verse in the song. I couldn't help but get a big grin on my face and think of Dan. We lost a great musician in Dan Fogelberg. Thank you for this tribute to Dan and bringing back such a great memory. ❤🎶🎸🎹🌈
Longer is such a beautiful songs. It reminds me of my dear wife, Rosita. I lost her to cancer 3 1/2 years ago and I still lover her.
Rosita says hi
@@thorstambaugh1520 She soon will during the resurrection of John 5:28, 29 and Acts 24:15 and be in the Paradise Earth of Psalms 37:9-11, 29.
So sorry for your loss I great song to remember her by. ❤️🩹
Gone long before his time and sorely missed! Absolutely love Power of Gold and Missing You... mid-tempo classics he really never got proper credit for...
Thanks Flave!
I have the 'Twin sons of Different Mothers' duo record with Tim Weisberg...
I loved this man, loved his music 🎵. Dan was truly special and he was a good man.
Agreed. One of a kind.
His early vintage period was the best, & when I became a fan: "Part of the Plan", "As the Raven Flies", "The Last Nail", "False Faces", classic!
When I think of straight purity of voice it’s Dan and Karen Carpenter hands down. Probably never see the likes of their gifts again. RIP ❤
I'm loving the repeated references to KC in similar context to DF in comments here.
(What would a duet between them have been like...)
Thank you for this beautiful, insightful tribute to the musical genius and the man. Dan’s passing still hurts my heart. His first album blew me away at 13 years-old. I couldn’t stop listening to it. My friends older brother found it in the record store sale bin in 1973. If you didn’t grow up in the 70s you can’t comprehend how much music was out there, with more coming out each week. Not unusual for first albums to go unnoticed. He went to U of I and knew of Dan. I was in eighth grade and because we had great radio in Chicago I had quite a record collection, including every Zeppelin album up to that year. But this record was like nothing I had ever heard. Thank you for giving Dan the respect he deserves. His career was incredible but he didn’t play the Hollywood game. One hit wonders got more attention when they passed than Dan. Gives you insight into how it all works. Celebrities who dominate aren’t the most talented. They have the best publicists. I miss Dan. I agree with you, his legacy will continue to grow. Especially now that Irving now has some control of his catalog, thanks to Dan’s wife Jean!❤😊
Mr. Kasem would be proud of you , Nobody touches hearts and history (or puts me in tears) like you do since the last time I heard American top forty with the legend Casey Kasem.
How he is not in the now very phoney RRHOF is beyond me. Tear you up with a ballad or melt your face with a blazing rocker. A great songwriter and multi-instrumentalist and heartfelt singer.
First time I saw Dan was in my college days. It was just Dan, a piano and a couple of guitars. People were disappointed at first. He promised he'd bring the band next next time through. Well, he killed it. By the end of the concert everyone was standing lighters held aloft in their hands. It was an amazing evening. He got called back and offered 2 encores of songs from the 'next album'. His albums were instant buys. Anytime I was close to where he was playing ... Road Trip!
I didn’t realize he wasn’t in there!
One of my favorite artists of all time. Great job on this story/tribute.
Dan Fogelberg will forever be one of my favorite artist!👍
That fluglehorn is golden
Thanks Sweet Richard!
Actually, it's brass... ;)
@@RandJohnson *rimshot*
My mom's family is very musical. Gramps played with Marty Robbins one night, mom had a scholarship to Peabody back in the early 60's. They both loved Dan Fogelberg's tenor. There was just a purity to it, like a Chuck Berry song: "How else would you do that?"
For me THE Dan Fogelberg song was "Same Old Lang Syne". The pathos flows out throughout the song. The lyrics are like painting a picture with words. You can see them sitting in the car, snow falling. Just gorgeous...
Same Old Lang Syne breaks my heart every time I hear it, my favourite song of his. I followed him from the very beginning!😢
I saw Dan and Tim at a concert in 1978/79 at Purdue University. To this day his beautiful songs take me back to great times.
My favorite song of Dan Fogelberg is 'Leader of the Band'. My father passed away a while back. Every year on his birthday I light a candle and play 'Leader of the Band', it makes me feel close to him again.
Dan Fogelberg got me through my teen years. He was so, so talented. I loved his voice and his heart. Beautiful music from a beautiful human 😍 being.😢😢😢
I first heard Dan's Nether Lands at a high school graduation in 1979. The seniors walked out to the song and took their seats as it played. It was a seminal experience for them, and for me. So much life ahead. And Dan conveyed the feeling of that perfectly with the lyric, the music, and voice he put to that song. Thanks, Professor, for this segment on Dan. You knocked it out of the park again.
I've been a fan of Fogelberg forever. I wake up with "To the Morning" on my alarm. That voice, and the intelligence of his lyrics. I mean...Bones in the Sky? Brilliant. I love that whole album. I miss his voice, liquid, sweet, expressive. I'm pretty sure his death hit me the hardest of any of them. Too soon gone.
One of my favorite Dan Fogelburg songs is Run for the Roses. Each year after the running of the Kentucky Derby one of our local television stations would play this tune. Hearing it always gave me cold chills and brought tears to my eyes. The lyrics are so beautiful and descriptive as are most of Dan’s songs. Pure poetry! I was fortunate to see Dan in concert in Louisville, KY in the late seventies. In fact, I shook his hand before he walked on stage. It was an absolutely wonderful show in which my friends and I cheered so much we lost our voices. R.I.P Dan your songs were pure magic for this Kentucky woman.😊
Dan Fogelberg’s music provided the perfect score for this one’s coming of age story in the mid seventies to early eighties. So many deep, visceral memories of first loves, first heartaches evoked by his music. Thank you for a heartfelt tribute..
My strongest connection is probably with his "Same Old Lang Syne," always in heavy rotation on pop radio at Christmas time. Depending on how my life is going from year to year makes me either sweetly nostalgic or, you know, suicidal. Beautiful and impactful either way.
I had the great good fortune of seeing Dan do a solo show in 1977 at the Anaheim Convention Center. One of my memories of that night was him doing Netherlands at the piano by himself. It has always struck me that, the major influence he had on music during his lifetime has been sadly overlooked and forgotten, and I thank you Professor, for reminding all who may have forgotten, what an incredibly talented and kind man Dan Fogelberg was. Btw, my favorite album by him is Netherlands, and my favorite song is Scarecrows Dreams. RIP Dan.
Dancing Shoes was also one of my favorite songs. Loved Nether Lands too.
I grew up with Dan Fogelbergs music. I had every album, cassette and later CD of his music! I had the privilege of seeing him in concert twice. His music changed my life! Thanks for this fantastic tribute show!
The moment I heard longer on the radio, I was hooked! At one time I had his album Netherlands on vinyl, cassette and 8-track so I could take him everywhere! I miss him and I demand that the Rock and Roll Hall of fame puts him in where he belongs!
My father passed away last May. On the way back to my home in Utah from Colorado, the song "Leader of the Band" came on the radio. I had to stop in the middle of nowhere and just let Dan's voice and lyrics bring back a flood of memories. I've always liked Dan Fogelberg's music but now it's so much more meaningful to me.
Longer, Missing You, Hard To Say, especially finding out that Glenn Frey sang it with him; Leader Of The Band, Heart Hotels are my favorite songs.
Mine, too!
Every time I listen to Dan Fogelberg, I have a Kleenex ready. No joke - his songs bring out a tear in the eye and a lump in the throat. RIP.
Same. His voice does something to the soul .
Especially since he died so young.
Doc , seriously, those of us who lived in this time will never disagree . If you had a serious girlfriend in this period of time you would have listened to his songs . Thanks for the video
For me the greatest tribute ever paid to Dan was what James Taylor said when asked if there was a song composed by another artist that he wished he had written. His answer was "Same Old Lang Syne" by Dan Fogelberg.
RIP Dan, I will play your music until the day I too join you on the other side. 🙏
Dan was a great storyteller in his music. That's what made his music so special. Songs like Run for the Roses and Leader of the Band make you envision real life events. Emotional and powerful. Truly great.
Twin Sons of Different Mothers finally made me a fan for life. So glad his music and voice carry on and on.
I created a CD of love songs for my wife to play in her car. This was one of them. Thank you for honoring this man with such a beautiful tribute.
Thanks for watching!
I still have my LP of 'Phoenix' and to this day both the Title track and 'Face The Fire' still give me chills.. The raw emotion and conviction expressed in those lyrics cannot ever be denied!
Rest In Power Dan..
🙏🌌🙏
Indeed! Thanks for sharing.
It just makes you swell!
The messages of resilient self preservation and of learning history's lessons against weapons danger and about saving the Earth and its inhabitants in those lyrics were very important to Dan; he performed both those 1979 sangs at the 1981 concert I saw of his.
All my Fogelberg music is still in LP form. I never donated those from my 100’s of LP’s. I think I going to go download his catalog to share with my 85yo father.
@@catpaladin1 I think even nicer would be to buy them in CD form if you can afford to, from his official site or independent music retailer, so Dan's estate or his widow Jean gets some royalties. If you're thinking of some download site that charges, cool; I've never downloaded music so I don't know how common those are. Sharing with your father is great of course; mine died eight years younger than yours is. It's great you still have your Dan Fogelberg albums; so do I. I have extras of some I want to give to someone who wants them. Some of his later albums were never on vinyl LP.
What a wonderful tribute to Dan Fogelberg. My memory’s begin from one of my older sister’s being a huge Jackson Browne fan and another was a huge Dan Fogelberg fan. So I was fortunate while young to hear all the great late 60’s/ early 70’s “folk” rock (ie America, Eagles, etc).
Thanks for highlighting Dan’s amazing musicianship. And, as was stated, as a lyricist he was absolutely amazing. I feel if he had been only a poet, his words would have placed him among the greats of American poetry/literature. His words are Incomparable.
I love everything he wrote. One of my absolute favorites that didn’t get much recognition is “The Reach” from the album.