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So, I’m a few days late, but here’s a tribute to Dan Fogelberg, in honor of what would have been his 67th Birthday this week. It’s a cover of what became one of my favorite Dan-songs, following our weekend in Peoria some years back. I still recall that weekend with such fondness. — To meet […]
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Yesterday, I listened to a new Dan Fogelberg record. A new, old one. In case you haven’t heard the news, Dan’s concert at Carnegie Hall, from 1979, is being released as a live record. Even better, it’s a solo-live show. And it’s amazing. I pre-ordered the digital download some weeks ago, and it popped up […]
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As many of you know, Connections started with Dan Fogelberg. At the “core” of what drove us to ever get our crazy band together ten years ago was a chance to play Dan’s music, and to do in a BIG way…with a big band that could recreate some of the lush instrumentation that you’re used […]
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Today marks the 6th Anniversary of the death of Dan Fogelberg. To honor him, I’ve uploaded a new mix of the song I wrote in his honor. I won’t wax long about Dan today. Only to say that as each year passes, the gratitude I have for his gift of music grows. Musically, and production-wise, […]
Read More“Sometimes in the night I feel it, Near as my next breath and yet untouchable. Silently, the past comes stealing, Like the taste of some forbidden sweet.” ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ A week ago right now, we were rehearsing for that night’s Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show. It […]
Read MoreIt’s late at night, after the Fogelberg Tribute Show in Allen tonight. I’m still exploding with adrenaline and love for how it came out… 1,000 of you came. We raised over $12,000 for the relief of Hurricane Sandy. 80 musicians did our best to honor the musical legacy of Dan Fogelberg. Here’s what I’d like […]
Read MoreHope to see many friend at the Fogelberg Weekend, this weekend in Allen! Here a video we made about it too:
Read MoreMost of you who know my musical tastes know the hallowed, and unabashed, place that Dan Fogelberg holds in my heart. Dan died far too young. To this day, many times when I’m listening to his music, it’s hard for me to fathom that he’s been gone for almost two years now. And even now, […]
Read MoreIt’s been a strange couple of days filled with life and death. My Treo says that today I’m having lunch with Russ Noland. I plan to be there. I’m having a hard time believing he won’t. In the midst of that sadness, a beautiful story of the beginning of new life and hope. August 13 […]
Read MoreMany of you have stumbled on my blogs about Dan Fogelberg, especially this second one. Thanks to everyone for your kind comments. It has done my heart good to know that I was not alone in all my thoughts about Dan’s passing. Some of you who have watched the Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show Videos have […]
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