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    Any love here for Dan Fogelberg?

    One of the best singer/songwriters I've ever heard, and a versatile musician, to boot. Just listened to "The Last Nail" from the Captured Angel album. A masterpiece.

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    The Innocent Age is a masterpiece double album. Not too many artists can stake that claim.

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    I'm a fan! I think everything through Phoenix is worth getting.

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    Completely unaware of much music during his heyday, he is an artist I've always thought I should explore. As I near 60, maybe I should get on that....

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    sadly no...

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    I love his music!!! Brilliant songwriter, performer and artist. I first saw him open for the Eagles in 1975. It was my first concert ever. Saw him 3-4 more times too.

    "Souvenirs", "Captured Angel" and "Nether Lands" are all brilliant. Check out "There's A Place In The World For A Gambler". Hearing it performed live was amazing...the entire audience was singing the chorus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srNvp7w341I

    His work with Tim Weisberg was awesome as well. Some of his later work became more commercial but still excellent.

    He died from prostate cancer at age 56...way to young...so tragic!!! RIP Dan...you are still loved and remembered!!

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    Not a huge fan, but liked some of his individual songs.

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    Interesting that you mention Dan as I've just been re-acquainting myself with a lot of his music. A great singer, songwriter, and musician who left us way too early. However, as we all have to leave here sometime, I think many of us would warm to the thought that we we'd given the world such a large body of finely-crafted, deeply-inspired music as Dan certainly has.

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    Heard the name, never heard his music.

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    Did he have a lot of hits? I remember only "part of the plan", "auld lang syne" (yuck! can you get any more maudlin than that one?), "longer" (I like that one and the Glass Hammer version is fantastic), and "language of love".

    If there is one album to get where he is the least sappy and maudlin what would it be?

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    Gotten into his work as of late. Souvenirs is a great kick back and relax listen. I need to add some other pieces of his to my collection.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arturs View Post
    Did he have a lot of hits? I remember only "part of the plan", "auld lang syne" (yuck! can you get any more maudlin than that one?), "longer" (I like that one and the Glass Hammer version is fantastic), and "language of love".

    If there is one album to get where he is the least sappy and maudlin what would it be?
    In The Netherlands he had to minor hits ("Part of the plan" in 1975 and "Longer" in 1980), but somehow, I don't know why, this one is played a lot on Dutch radio:



    Great symphonic song.

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    I think he had one minor hit in this country, and I don't even remember the name of it, but I do remember that seemed very much "easy listening" music - music I could enjoy while hearing it, but did not particularly need to hear it again.

    It certainly wasn't "Nether Lands", which is a great song, though his delivery is a smidgin too melodramatic for me. That lush orchestral accompaniment is something you never hear in popular music these days, except in the odd musical, but I wish there was more of it about.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arturs View Post
    Did he have a lot of hits? I remember only "part of the plan", "auld lang syne" (yuck! can you get any more maudlin than that one?), "longer" (I like that one and the Glass Hammer version is fantastic), and "language of love".

    If there is one album to get where he is the least sappy and maudlin what would it be?
    He had some pretty big hits in the U.S. A couple I remember off the top of my head were:

    Longer (not prog, but covered by Glass Hammer)
    Leader Of The Band (great song about his father)
    Same Old Lang Syne
    The Power Of Gold
    Pheonix (not sure if it was a single, but got a lot of AOR airplay around here)

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    His most consistent album I think is "The Innocent Age". The song "Run for the Roses" is beautiful. A great singer songwriter who died way too young.

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    My girlfriend loves him. About 30 years ago he did a country/bluegrass album called High Country Snows w/ Doc Watson, David Grisman, and Herb Pedersen. I liked most of that one, with the exception of the last tune, which really didn't fit with the rest of the album.

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    I saw Dan around 1985 on the Windows and Walls tour. Near the end of the show, right before playing "Gambler," Dan said he wanted to play something that showed the kind of music he was into at that time. He proceeded to play a hard rock/metal guitar solo while the band stood by and watched. The crowd went crazy. My date sarcastically said "I'll bet you liked that, didn't you?" I think it caught everyone off guard, but he did it well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Reid View Post
    My girlfriend loves him. About 30 years ago he did a country/bluegrass album called High Country Snows w/ Doc Watson, David Grisman, and Herb Pedersen. I liked most of that one, with the exception of the last tune, which really didn't fit with the rest of the album.
    That sounds interesting. I really like Souvenirs, especially the songs with real heavy Joe Walsh presence. Collaboration with Tim Weisburg too, Twin Sons from Different Mothers.

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    For some reason I always get Dan Fogelberg and Jackson Browne mixed up.

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    few times a best of tape would open up such a body of work

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    Quote Originally Posted by claycorn View Post
    few times a best of tape would open up such a body of work
    I have a compilation CD which ain't bad, but too hits oriented. Too bad that Souvenirs isn't remastered. I converted my vinyl to CD years ago and it sounds great.

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    My favourite songwriter (only Al Stewart & Gordon Lightfoot come close!).

    It's the way he combines so many styles of music - rock, blues, folk, country, bluegrass, prog (really), jazz, classical - into a coherent whole. As a listener, you were never really sure what to expect.

    Don't agree that his gentler songs are sappy - I love Same Old Lang Syne (Tchaikovsky meets James Taylor) & others. Just a shame really that his record company concentrated so much on the ballads as singles that some people regard him as simply a crooner. If you want to avoid the quiet stuff, Arturs, the box set is the place to go. The four discs are split into hits, ballads. travellers' tales & rock & roll, so you can concentrate on the up-tempo stuff!

    Tucson Arizona (Gazette) from Windows & Walls is my favourite song bar none. Eight minutes of sheer genius.

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    a great talent taken from us too soon. Nether Lands is my favorite album & song by him. but also Phoenix, The Innocent Age & Windows & Walls are great albums too. lyrically he invites you into his life and shares his experiences, travels and woman. i saw him live twice and he puts on a great show- weather it's with his band or just him by himself on stage- he is sensational live. before he died, he put together a final album called Love In Time which was released later. the album is one of his best. it has a cover of Neil Young's song Birds which he sings to his wife as a swan song. very sad and very strong. some other songs to check out.... To The Morning, The River, The Last Nail, Scarecrow's Dream. In The Passage, The Reach, Ghosts, Tucson Arizona Gazzette, Blind To The Truth, The River Of Souls, etc....

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78Zb4tE6aCc

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    I have several of his albums and I like a lot of what he did. I had an office mate who grew up with Dan in Illinois. I recall overhearing him calling the family from his desk to express his condolences when Dan died. He was surprised that I knew Dans music. He told me a lot about Dan before he made it "big" (relatively speaking). I haven't heard much of Dan's work after Phoenix. That was a great album and suited my taste at the time. I just kind of drifted away from that type of soft pop-rock. Ive never been tempted to return to it. Twin Sons was a little too "poofy" for my tastes, but I still own it and play a song or two every decade.

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