NSR-RIP Dan Fogelberg

mattgordon · Post by **mattgordon** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 2:58 am

For those of us old enough to remember him, musician-composer Dan Fogelberg passed away today....more songs and hits than many may know off the top of their heads. Kind of poignant time-wise, as his hit Same Old Lang Syne is a holiday season song popular each year at this time....

shark · Post by **shark** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:01 am

I remember cleaning floors ,at night, at the local HEB grocery store when I was a senior in HS. That would have been in 80/81. I remember Dan's songs playing over the PA system. It set a point in time I never could forget. He was a great musician/song writer.

By the way if your over 50 (40 if family history) get your prostate exam and PSA test anually.

pugbuddy · Post by **pugbuddy** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 3:20 am

I saw him in concert during the "Innocent Age" tour. He was excellent. Hevput out some really cool mellow music--great for chilling out. I remember him introducing "Same olde Lang Syne" during the concert and commenting that he thought it was a stupid song when he first wrote it! Cracked me up although some in the crowd booed him for it....

louie · Post by **louie** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:37 am

souvenirs helped me get through my senior highschool year.

rajron · Post by **rajron** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 4:08 pm

I liked some of his music.
He died from Prostate Cancer – nearly every man will get some form of this cancer eventfully – intrusive but it needs to be checked out by a doc.

lobsterman · Post by **lobsterman** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 7:10 pm

Wow, that hits home for me.

His music (and others) were the soundtrack for my high school years, and I learned a big chunk of my guitar playing from his songs. I still play some of them and "Souvenirs" is still one of my all time favorite recordings.

He was a really good guitar player, and oft over looked when naming the littany of guitar greats from the 70's in my opinion. I saw him play live during the 80's some time, by the Intrepid in NYC. He sounded great live, a real musician instead of a manufactured poser.

I didn't know he was sick, since I haven't really followed his career for the last twenty years or so. Rest in peace man.

SteMer · Post by **SteMer** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 10:30 pm

I listened to my cassette of "The Innocent Age" so much it got warped. I loved his story telling lyrics. I too had lost track of him these last several years. Sorry to hear of his passing.

ellen · Post by **ellen** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:21 pm

Dan Fogelberg kept me sane during the entire Disco era.

So sad

coopdway · Post by **coopdway** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:40 pm

It was probably a year ago that I was converting some of my music into MP3's with the oldest Fogelberg music was on my list. I got curious about what was current and found his website, only to discover that a major subject on his site was his medical condition. When I visited Doctor Jennifer for my next checkup, I made sure to learn (and ask) more about prostrate issues.

RIP D.F. .........there's been a lot of good memories revisited the last few days, the acoustic concert one of my all time favorites.

mattgordon · Post by **mattgordon** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 7:15 pm

ellen wrote:Dan Fogelberg kept me sane during the entire Disco era.

So sad

'"Sad"? Your sanity, or the Disco era?

Post by **ericalm** » Sat Dec 22, 2007 2:22 am

Wow, I feel kinda young for once.

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