Goodnight good music man. You will be sorely missed in this world.

/Nice guy, great musician, helluva a family man when I knew him.
//And so private that no one knew what he was going through at all.

So sad to hear this....RIP

So long to the leader of the band...

I may even go buy a six pack at the liquor store. And drink it in my car.

Another Auld Lang Syne...

Well shiat, goddammit...my all time-favorite musician. Saw him six times in concert and he was amazing.

Wow.

RIP, Leader.

You WILL be missed.

I had no idea he was dying of cancer, rest in peace.

Never heard of him, but hey, he's a musician, so I'll crack open a tinny for him.

Goodnight sappy man

My fiance has a tatoo of Dan Fogerburp?

/Didn't know him but it still sucks.

I accidentally started two of the video clips just far enough apart for it to sound rather good. Just one wasn't too hot.

RIP my friend.

Many people don't realize he also invented the Fogelhorn.

/RIP

Just stopped by to say, wow...that sucks.
RIP dude.

Aww, too bad. Loved his music, which was really in a class all by itself.

Leader of the Band: Link (new window)

You'll be missed.

A quiet man of music
Denied a simpler fate
He tried to be a soldier once
But his music wouldn't wait
He earned his love
Through discipline
A thundering, velvet hand
His gentle means of sculpting souls
Took me years to understand.

Good night, Dan.

RIP Music Man

/My mom is gonna be so sad when she finds out

It's now time for one of FARK's greatest bits: "Let's insult the dead guy."

my wife and I went to my parents cabin in the Poconos and the stereo there had an 8-track player. one of the tapes was DF Phoenix.
/yes it still worked
/lawn, get off...

Well then, that just took a bite out of my evening. That sucks.

RIP

Quite sad, too young.

RIP

Who!?

who?
/if he was a rapper people would be saying good riddance

and as I turned to make my way back home,
the snow turned into rain..

I started to rediscover his music just recently, and now I understand why.
R.I.P.

But who will lead the band now?

bloatboy: My fiance has a tatoo of Dan Fogerburp?

/Didn't know him but it still sucks.

On her butt?

In a Bloom County comic strip, the character Lola Granola confesses to having a tattoo of Dan Fogelberg's face.

Very sad.

I saw him in concert once when I was in college. My then GF (now wife of way over 20 years) made me go. I didn't want to.

Then, as now, she's right about most things. It was a great evening. His shows were like you spent the evening with a friend who came over just to share some time and sing some songs.

Dammit, and I was just talking to my lawyer about suing him for making me into a pussy in the mid 70's.

Well, if I wasn't already depressed as is, this is even more depressing. I want to hear "Same Old Lang Syne," but I might fall apart.

VelvetEvolver: Dammit, and I was just talking to my lawyer about suing him for making me into a pussy in the mid 70's.

I'm working on my Christopher Cross/Air Supply joint lawsuit as we speak.

Goodnight Fogel man

VelvetEvolver: Dammit, and I was just talking to my lawyer about suing him for making me into a pussy in the mid 70's.

Thread wouldn't be complete without a Dennis Leary ref.

dammit, this pisses me off! he was a real artist too.

missed, definitly, but at least he gave us the music before he left.

Someone already made the Dennis Leary reference.

But yea he was cool.

Bye bye.

RIP, Dan. I had no idea he had cancer.

/Always liked "Run for the Roses"

CelticFrost

Feeble farker, get back to your XBox, your crap rap hiphop dirt, and leave musicianship to the great ones like Fogelberg. He will be missed by a generation of appreciative listeners. Dan, we thank you for your wonderful music. Rest in peace, or better yet, play eternally in a better place.

Never stop soft-rockin'!

Who?

Is he someone that I would probably know if I were an old(ish) hippy?


/honestly have never heard of the guy before

"You kids with your loud music and your Dan Fogelberg, your Zima, hula hoops, and Pac-Man video games, don't you see? People today have attention spans that can only be measured in nanoseconds."

His compositions were a bit too sticky-sweet for my taste, but he had a solid grasp of constructive technique. His melodies were soundly crafted, his rhymes and meter right on beat.

He was also a craftsman and a class act, head and shoulders above these modern-day jerks.

Good night music man, you will be missed.

richlip just beat me to the BASEketball reference.

Good night music man.

gberkeley: I had no idea he was dying of cancer, rest in peace.

This.

I wouldn't have ever listened to him on my own, but as a kid my mom loved his music, and I came to really like it as a result. His music will always remind me of my childhood as a result.

56, way too young.

Friction8r: and leave musicianship to the great ones like Fogelberg

Bach, Elvis, Hendrix and Fogelberg - the Mt. Rushmore of music

/RIP to an accomplished musician

Same Auld Lang Syne = 1812 Overture

RIP music man..

You gave so much in your short time amongst us.

/I'd not even heard he was ill.. :(

Great.

When the kids hear about this, there's gonna be rioting and marijuana.

Goodnight funky man?

It was kinda a neat time back in the seventies when left-band low-power FM stations played a mix of contemporary pop, before things got so format-driven.

//Sure, DF will be missed. . .

Saw Dan in Ceveland around '91 or 92. Took a girl from work that I had a major thing for. I had NO idea who he was before the concert - She worshipped him.

Relationship went nowhere.
Concert was awesome.
Another Auld Lang Syne was good, Run for the Roses was good, but A Place in the World for A Gambler made the concert - 12,000 people singing along.

Bye Dan.