I've been trying to figure out why the passing of Dan Fogelberg has left me so sad. The singer/songwriter died last week of prostate cancer. I liked Fogelberg in the late 1970s. I grew up listening to his album "Phoenix," "Netherlands," and I owned his compilation with Tim Weisberg, "Twin Sons of Different Mothers."
But to be honest, I hadn't thought about him much in recent years. I moved on to other music. OK, so I did have his song "As the Raven Flies" downloaded on my computer. And every year around Christmas time, I'd hear "Same Old Lang Syne" enough times to jog the memories. But when he died last week it really left me bummed. Bummed enough to go to iTunes and download five or six more of his songs. And, after memorizing the lyrics to Fogelberg's cover of Judy Collins' song "Since You've Asked," I informed my husband that THAT is our new "song." ( He begged to differ.)
Fogelberg was a great songwriter with a beautiful voice. He was really underrated. And I'm really sorry for the years I forgot about him, because now it's too late...
But to be honest, I hadn't thought about him much in recent years. I moved on to other music. OK, so I did have his song "As the Raven Flies" downloaded on my computer. And every year around Christmas time, I'd hear "Same Old Lang Syne" enough times to jog the memories. But when he died last week it really left me bummed. Bummed enough to go to iTunes and download five or six more of his songs. And, after memorizing the lyrics to Fogelberg's cover of Judy Collins' song "Since You've Asked," I informed my husband that THAT is our new "song." ( He begged to differ.)
Fogelberg was a great songwriter with a beautiful voice. He was really underrated. And I'm really sorry for the years I forgot about him, because now it's too late...
