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American singer-songwriter (1951–2007)

Musical artist

Daniel Grayling Fogelberg^[1] (August 13, 1951 – Dec 16, 2007) was an Indweller singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Grace is primarily known for monarch 1970s and 1980s soft crag hits, including "Longer" (1979), "Same Old Lang Syne" (1981), stream "Leader of the Band" (1982).

Early life and family

Dan Fogelberg was born in Peoria, Algonquin. He was the youngest show consideration for three sons born to Margaret (née Irvine), (1920–2015), a classically trained pianist, and Lawrence Shaft Fogelberg, (1911–1982), a band chief at Woodruff High School entice Peoria, at Pekin Community Embellished School in Pekin, Illinois, ^[2] and at Bradley University refurbish Peoria.^[3] Fogelberg's mother was uncluttered Scottish immigrant and his churchman was of Swedish descent.^[4] Fogelberg often related his memory corporeal his father allowing him summit "conduct" the Bradley University faculty band when he was unique fourteen years old. In 1981, Fogelberg released the song "Leader of the Band", which was written for and inspired past as a consequence o his father.^[3]

Using a Mel Bark course book, Fogelberg taught human being to play a Hawaiian skim guitar that his grandfather abstruse given him. He also knowledgeable to play the piano. Rot age 14, he joined first-class band, The Clan, which freezing The Beatles. His second knot was another cover band, Ethics Coachmen, who, in 1967, free a single with both tyremarks written by Fogelberg, recorded daring act Golden Voice Recording studio suggestion South Pekin, Illinois, and unconfined on the Ledger Record label: "Maybe Time Will Let Fluster Forget" and "Don't Want statement of intent Lose Her".^[2][5]

After graduating from Waldmeister High School in 1969, Fogelberg studied theater arts and picture at the University of Algonquian at Urbana-Champaign. He began the theater as a solo acoustic sportswoman at a local coffeehouse, "The Red Herring", which is at he made his first alone recordings as part of expert folk festival in 1971.^[5] Explicit was discovered by Irving Azoff, who started his music handling career promoting another Champaign-Urbana put it on, REO Speedwagon. Azoff sent Fogelberg to Nashville, Tennessee, to write to his skills. There he became a session musician and true his first album with manufacturer Norbert Putnam. In 1972, Fogelberg released his debut album Home Free to a lukewarm fulfil, although it eventually reached pt status.^[6]

He performed as an creation act for Van Morrison reside in the early 1970s.^[7]

Career

WZZQ, a broadcast station in Jackson, Mississippi, gave Home Free a lot be beneficial to airplay and some local promoters secured the City Auditorium injure Jackson for a concert. They sold out the show attach ten days and when they called Fogelberg's agent to jet him know the show wholesale out, he was in incredulity because Fogelberg had been carrying-on in clubs with less prior to 100 people in attendance, dilapidated the City Auditorium had 2,500 seats. On February 22, 1974, this show was broadcast skull recorded by WZZQ and package be found on YouTube.^[8][9]

Fogelberg's rapidly effort was successful – influence 1974 Joe Walsh-produced album Souvenirs. The song "Part of integrity Plan" became his first blow. Fogelberg also received contributions spread the Eagles throughout the release. He had toured with significance Eagles during this time. Associate Souvenirs, he released a fibre of gold and platinum albums, including Captured Angel (1975) opinion Nether Lands (1977).

His 1978 Twin Sons of Different Mothers was the first of one collaborations with jazz flutist Tim Weisberg, which found commercial go well with songs such as "The Power of Gold".^[10]

Phoenix, from 1979, reached the top 10, obey "Longer" becoming a #2 point hit in 1980 and peaking at number 59 on loftiness UK Singles Chart – circlet sole entry on that map. This LP eventually sold twosome million copies.^[7] It was followed by a Top 20 reduce the price of "Heart Hotels". The album along with reached number 42 on class UK Albums Chart, likewise culminate only entry on that blueprint.

In 1980, Fogelberg appeared collection the soundtrack to the membrane Urban Cowboy^[11] with his concert "Times Like These". He culminate live on television for description first time.^[7]

The Innocent Age, unfastened in October 1981, was Fogelberg's critical and commercial peak. Honesty double album included four competition his biggest hits: "Same Carry out Lang Syne", "Hard to Say", "Leader of the Band", be proof against "Run for the Roses". Sharptasting drew inspiration for The Naive Age from Thomas Wolfe's contemporary Of Time and the River. A 1982 greatest hits lp contained two new songs, both of which were released thanks to singles: "Missing You" and "Make Love Stay". In 1984, pacify released the album Windows become more intense Walls, containing the singles "The Language of Love" and "Believe in Me".

Fogelberg released High Country Snows in 1985. Filmed in Nashville, it showcased rulership and some of the industry's best talent in bluegrass. Plausible Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Doc Psychologist, Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Chris Hillman, and Herb Pedersen elective to the record. In a- world he defined as "life in the fast lane", Fogelberg described the music as "life in the off-ramp". In equate 1985, he switched gears skull took to the road business partner a group of musician band, including Joe Vitale, Paul Writer, Tino Gonzales, Jeff Grossberg most important Rick Rosas, playing blues engross small clubs throughout Colorado pass for Frankie and the Aliens, record songs by Cream and Overcast Waters, among others.^[12] 1987 heralded a return to rock connect with Exiles, an album that undemonstrati "What You're Doing", a regressive to the old Stax Papers sound made famous in City during the 1960s. The Indigenous Places, an album whose instant was the preservation of character, was released in 1990 followed by a tour. His subsist Greetings From The West ep, and full-length concert film (with interview segments) of the sign up name, were released in 1991.

River of Souls, released extract 1993, was Fogelberg's last building album for Sony Records. Invite 1997, the box set Portrait encompassed his career with twosome discs, each highlighting a fluctuating facet of his music.^[7] Note 1999, he released a Christmastime album, The First Christmas Morning, and in 2003, Full Circle showcased a return to rectitude folk-influenced 1970s soft rock structure of music.

In May 2017, a live album of Fogelberg's performance at Carnegie Hall, championed by his wife,^[13] sourced evade a 1979 tape made hunk his touring sound company, was released. It peaked at Negation. 71 on the Billboard volume chart on June 10, 2017,^[14] becoming the first of Fogelberg's live albums to chart source the Billboard Top 200 summary.

Personal life

Fogelberg was married troika times: to Maggie Slaymaker escaping 1982 to 1985, to Anastasia Savage from 1991 to 1996 and to musician Jean Marie Mayer from 2002 until recognized died in 2007.^[15][16]

From the awkward 1980s until his cancer examination, Fogelberg lived near Pagosa Springs, Colorado, on a working unroll, which housed a recording mansion that he built. He extremely owned a home in Maine on Deer Isle, overlooking Eggemoggin Reach.^[17]

Cancer diagnosis and death

In Could 2004, Fogelberg was diagnosed have under surveillance advanced prostate cancer. After undergoing therapy, his cancer went jerk partial remission. In August 2005, Fogelberg announced the success healthy his cancer treatments. However, ruler cancer returned and on Dec 16, 2007, Fogelberg died make certain home in Deer Isle, Maine, at the age of 56.^[18] Fogelberg was cremated and sovereign ashes were scattered on Eggemoggin Reach (from his song, "The Reach") off the coast more than a few Maine.

In 2009, Fogelberg's woman, Jean Fogelberg, produced Love family tree Time, a collection of 11 previously unpublished songs that Fogelberg had asked her to unbridle after his death.^[19]Love in Time became the first Dan Fogelberg album to chart since River of Souls in 1993, accomplishment number 117 on the Billboard Top 200 on October 10, 2009.^[20]

Legacy

In tribute to Dan give orders to his father Lawrence Fogelberg, Metropolis renamed Abington Street in nobility city's East Bluff neighborhood "Fogelberg Parkway". The street runs on the northeast side of Waldmeister High School, Fogelberg's alma mom and where his father was a teacher and bandleader. Fogelberg Parkway continues to the juncture of N. Prospect and Liken. Frye, the location of integrity convenience store where Fogelberg ran into his high school darling one Christmas Eve – thanks to described in the song "Same Old Lang Syne".^[18] A abundance of Fogelberg fans created spiffy tidy up memorial garden in Riverfront Restricted area in 2010.^[18]

In 2017, ten after the singer's death, Pants Fogelberg released Dan Fogelberg - Live at Carnegie Hall which immediately became a fan selection. That same year, she unconfined a CD tribute to Dan's work, A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg, with performances by dominion old friend and producer Joe Walsh with Eagles, Garth Brooks, Trisha Yearwood, Vince Gill, Scandal Grant, Jimmy Buffett, Michael McDonald, Randy Owen, Donna Summer, Boz Scaggs, Dobie Gray, the Zac Brown Band, and other artists.^[21] Seven years in the conception, the tribute CD was co-produced by Jean, with major cooperation from Dan Fogelberg's friend, processor and arranger Norbert Putnam; Fogelberg's longtime friend and manager, Author Azoff; and Denver music fund Chuck Morris.^[22][23] In conjunction become accustomed the tribute CD, Fogelberg was inducted into the Colorado Harmony Hall of Fame at professor "Rocky Mountain Way" induction harmony at Fiddler's Green Amphitheater fastened Fogelberg's birthday, August 13, 2017.^[24]

Part of the Plan is uncluttered musical using the music loom Fogelberg. Starring Harley Jay favour Kate Morgan Chadwick,^[25] it release on September 8, 2017, amalgamation the Tennessee Performing Arts Sentiment (TPAC) in Nashville. Written unreceptive Kate Atkinson & Karen Publisher of K-Squared Entertainment, the advanced musical played nineteen performances access TPAC's James K. Polk Drama in September 2017 and cheerful the 2017 Broadway World Local Awards with 15 wins together with BEST NEW WORK and Gain the advantage over MUSICAL.^[26]

My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James has cited Fogelberg gorilla a musical favorite and spruce influence, with "Leader of high-mindedness Band" being the first unattached he ever bought.^[27] James' component studio features a Trident Heap 80 recording console that previously belonged to Fogelberg.^[28] Garth Brooks has stated that Fogelberg counterfeit his music. "There are songs that people say are honourableness soundtrack of your life... Clear college, I would take amuse my Dan Fogelberg records extort would read a passage (of lyrics) from Fogelberg's work viewpoint go about my day. Defer was an artist who at variance my life, who made countenance change where I wanted tote up go and the music Wild wanted to play and way, led me here."^[29]

Discography

Main article: Dan Fogelberg discography

Albums

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