In memory of a true blue
American legend. Born and raised in Peoria Illinois, Dan was learning to play a guitar starting in his 14th
year and given to him by his grandpa by using a Mel Bay chord book. Just like the one I used, and maybe you too!
Dan's musical heritage is rich in talent. His mom, Margaret a classically trained pianist and his dad, Lawrence,
the high school band leader immortalized in Dan's classic song "Leader of the Band", from his 1981 two record album
"The Innocent Age", endowed Dan with skills and talents that would one day make him, indeed, an American legend.
Dan Fogelberg died at his
home in Deer Isle, Maine on December 16, 2007 with his wife by his side. Dan had been diagnosed with prostate cancer,
but that diagnosis came to late for successful treatment. Dan's last wish was for his wife to do what she could using
his fame to prevent other men from the same fate.
Dan's final album, released
in 2009, is being used to help make Dan's last request possible. All proceeds from the sale of this CD, from here
at Music for Sight and from Dan's own web site, http://www.danfogelberg.com, will go to prostate cancer research.
Mystic Seaport
Photograph by Jean Fogelberg. Used with permission.
In To the Mystic?
Unless
Dan Fogelberg told his wife Jean, we can't really know what Dan was thinking as Jean took this picture, though I can imagine
him looking back in to the mystic and seeing a time in 1964 when his grandpa handed him his first guitar, an acoustic Hawaiian
style steel string instrument and strumming his fingers across the strings and feeling the yet undiscovered melodies and stories
he would one day turn to songs swelling inside him like the waves swelling and bursting upon the shore at Mystic Seaport in
Connecticut.
According
to legend, Dan picked up a Mel Bay guitar book and began teaching himself some chords. And with mom and dad to help
him stay in tune and learn some of the basics of musical structure, it's no surprise that by the time he turned 15 he was
asking some friends to join him in a band. A band they would call the Clan. The Clan styled itself as a Beatles
tribute band. Covering songs by The Beatles they learned to work and play together.
In
1968, Dan formed a new band, the Coachmen. Still primarily a cover band, The coachmen did record two original singles
on the Ledger label, "Maybe Time Will Let Me Forget Her" and "Don't Want To Lose Her", both songs written by Dan Fogelberg.
In
college Dan began a solo acoustic stint at local campus coffee shops. In 1971 while gigging at The Red Herring Coffee
House, Dan was discovered by Irving Azoff .
Irving
sent Dan to Nashville to polish his skill and in 1972, Dan Fogelberg released his debut album, "Home Free".
Dan Fogelberg’s first road work promoting his
new album found him opening for Van Morrison, author of the song “In To the Mystic”.full circles just beginning.
Home Free Additional Liner Notes
Originally
Released 1972
Recorded
1972
Genre
Acoustic rock
Length
46:57
Label
Epic
Producer
Norbert Putnam
"Home
Free" has been certified Platinum by the RIAA for certified sales of 1,000,000 copies, though as a re-issue, notduring the original release, which had lukewarm success. Odd, given the quality of a debut record.
All
songs on this album were written by Dan fogelberg
The Musicians
Dan
Fogelberg- organ, acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, electric guitar, keyboard,
vocals, Moog synthesizer
Liner
notes compiled from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Free
Edited
by Dj Bowen for Music for Sight
L.A. Session Musicians Take Note of Newcomer
Dan Fogelberg
Beginning in the early
sixties, the music scene in southern California, in the Laurel Canyon area and in L.A. was metamorphosing into a very eclectic
yet somehow contiguous style of country, blues, rock and jazz.Musicians from
across the Americas and across the pond were migrating there and joining together in bands like Poco, The Eagles, Buffalo
Springfield, The Byrds, The flying Burrito Brothers, launching formidable solo careers like Joni Mitchell, James Taylor, Linda
Ronstadt and many others and sitting in on each others albums as session musicians.
And they took note of
the boy from Illinois, Dan Fogelberg.
Names like Jackson Browne,
Glen Frye, Don Henley, Joe Walsh, David Crosby, Graham Nash, Russ Kunkle, Danny Kortchmar and many others appear in the credits
of Dan’s next 17 albums.
Here is a list of those
albums and the musicians who appear on them.
1974 Souvenirs
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - organ, synthesizer, guitar, piano, electric guitar, keyboard, vocals, vibraphone Gerry
Beckley - acoustic guitar, guitar Jody Boyer - vocals Glenn Frey - vocals, background vocals Brian Garafalo -
bass Paul Harris - piano Jimmie Haskell - accordion Don Henley - vocals, background vocals, drums Russ Kunkel
- drums Joe Lala - conga, timbales Randy Meisner - vocals Graham Nash - vocals, harmony vocals Marie
Ouhrabka - vocals Kenny Passarelli - bass, sousaphone Al Perkins - pedal steel, steel guitar Norbert Putnam
- bass Joe Walsh - guitar, electric guitar, 12 string guitar, arp bass, backing vocals [
1975 Captured Angel
Coming Soon
1977 Nether Lands
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - organ, guitar, piano, keyboard, vocals, 12 string guitar Kenneth A. Buttrey
- drums Don Henley - vocals, harmony vocals Russ Kunkel - conga, drums Joe Lala - percussion, conga Frank
Marocco - accordion Norbert Putnam - bass J.D. Souther - vocals, harmony vocals John Stronach - percussion,
maracas, tambourine Joe Vitale - drums Joe Walsh - guitar, electric guitar Tim Weisberg - flute
1978 Twin Sons of Different Mothers
The Musicians / Dan Fogelberg - synthesizer,acoustic guitar,bass,guitar,mandolin,percussion,piano,electric guitar,keyboard,vocals,
background vocals, voices,slide guitar,classical guitar Tim Weisberg - flute, percussion,oboe,piccolo David Breinenthal
- bassoon Gary Coleman - percussion Vincent DeRosa - French horn Earl Dumler - English horn John Ellis - organ,
oboe Bobbye Hall - percussion, conga,cowbell Don Henley - vocals, harmony vocals John Leslie Hug - guitar,
harp Jim Keltner -drums Joe Lala - percussion, conga Neil Larsen - piano, keyboard, electric piano Andy
Newmark - synthesizer, drums Norbert Putnam - bass Ann Mason Stockton - harp Florence Warner - vocals,
background vocals Willie Weeks - bass [
1979 Phoenix
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, guitar, percussion, piano, pedal steel, electric guitar, keyboard,
electric piano, vocals, Background vocals, bells, slide guitar, Prophet synthesizer Kenneth A. Buttrey - percussion,
drums Paul Harris - piano, keyboard Jerry Hey - flugelhorn Russ Kunkel -conga, drums Gayle Levant
- harp Marty Lewis - percussion, tambourine Jody Linscott - conductor, conga Andy Newmark - drums Norbert
Putnam - bass Tom Scott - saxophone, lyricon Sid Sharp - concert master Mike Utley - organ, keyboard
1981 The Innocent Age
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - guitar, keyboard, vocals Don Alias - percussion Michael Brecker
- saxophone Michael Brewer - vocals David Duke - horn Jesse Erlich - cello Jimmie Fadden - harmonica Mike
Finnigan - organ Glenn Frey - vocals Richie Furay - vocals Emmylou Harris - vocals Heart of Darkness
- choir, chorus Don Henley - vocals Jerry Hey - horn Chris Hillman - vocals Russ Kunkel
- drums Joe Lala - percussion Gayle LaVant - harp Marty Lewis - percussion Joni Mitchell - vocals Kenny
Passarelli - bass Al Perkins - steel guitar Norbert Putnam - bass Tom Scott - saxophone Sid
Sharp - concert master Mike Utley - keyboard UCLA Band - Marching band
1984 Windows and Walls
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, percussion, piano, electric guitar, rhythm
guitar, keyboard, electric piano, tambourine, vocals , background vocals Gary Burden - rhubarb Katharine Burden - rhubarb Dave
Falkenberry - rhubarb Charlie Fernandez - rhubarb Max Gronenthal - vocals, background vocals Michael Hanna - organ,
synthesizer, piano, chimes, keyboard, electric piano Russ Kunkel - castanets, drums, loop Joe Lala - percussion,
conga, tambourine, triangle, cowbell Kenny Passarelli - bass Jeff Porcaro - drums, tambourine Mike Porcaro
- bass Norbert Putnam - bass Timothy B. Schmit - vocals, background vocals, harmony vocals Tom Scott
- clarinet Sid Sharp - concert master Joe Vitale - drums
1985 High Country Snows
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, guitar, piano, electric guitar, keyboard, vocals, handclapping Anita
Ball- background vocals David Briggs - piano Jim Buchanan - fiddle, violin Dianne Davidson - background vocals Jerry
Douglas - dobro, guitar, vocals Vince Gill - guitar, high tenor vocals Emory Gordy - bass David Grisman
- mandolin, mandola Michael Hanna - synthesizer, keyboard Chris Hillman - mandolin, vocals Russ Kunkel
- drums, tambourine, handclapping Charlie McCoy - harmonica Dan Murakami - handclapping Tracy Nelson - background
vocals Herb Pedersen - banjo, bass vocals, vocals, tenor vocals Al Perkins - pedal steel, steel guitar Ricky
Skaggs - violin, vocals, harmony vocals Doc Watson - acoustic guitar, guitar
1987 Exiles
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, piano, electric guitar, rhythm guitar, keyboard,
vocals, background vocals, synthesizer guitar, vibraphone, drum machine Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone,
weirdophone Bob Glaub - bass Larry Klein - bass Russ Kunkel - percussion, drums Joe Lala
- percussion Michael Landau - electric guitar, rhythm guitar Rick Marotta - drums Andy Newmark
- drums Mike Porcaro - bass Timothy B. Schmit - background vocals Julia Waters - background vocals Maxine
Waters - background vocals Oren Waters - background vocals
1990 Wild Places
The Musicians Lenny Castro - percussion, conga, timbales David Crosby - vocals, harmony vocals Mike
Finnigan - organ Dan Fogelberg - synthesizer, acoustic guitar, bass, percussion, piano, drums, electric guitar, rhythm
guitar, keyboard, electric piano, vocals, slide guitar, guitar (classical), woodwind Al Garth - soprano saxophone, tenor
saxophone Bob Glaub - bass, fretless bass George Hawkins - bass Heart Attack Horns - vocals, group Jerry
Hey - trumpet Russ Kunkel - percussion, drums Michael Landau - electric guitar Sara K. - background
vocals Timothy B. Schmit - vocals, background vocals, harmony vocals The Waters - vocals, group Waters, Julia
- vocals, harmony vocals Maxine Waters - vocals, harmony vocals Oren Waters - vocals, harmony vocals
1993 River of Souls
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - organ, acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, mandolin, percussion, piano, electric guitar,
keyboard, vocals, slide guitar Alejandro "Alex" Acu�a - percussion, conga, udu Bill Bergman - horn Michael
Botts - cymbals,drums, bass drums, hi-hat Pam Boulding - dulcimer, hammer dulcimer Philip Boulding - harp, whistle,
pennywhistle, Celtic harp David Campbell - conductor Lenny Castro - conga, timbales Gene Elders - fiddle Dennis
Farias - horn Mike Finnegan - organ Daniel Fornero - horn Bob Glaub - bass Michael Hanna - keyboard Larry
Klein - bass,fretless bass Russ Kunkel - cymbals, drums Stephen "Doc" Kupka - baritone saxophone Robert
McEntree - electric guitar Vince Melamed - synthesizer , marimba Billy Payne - piano Mike Porcaro - bass Carlos
Vega - drums Julia Tillman Waters - background vocals Oren Waters - background vocals Maxine Willard Waters - background
vocals
2000 Something Old, New, Borrowed and Some Blues
This is a live album, compiled from several different performances. for this one, not only are the musicians listed,
but also the songs they played on and the venues where the songs were performed.
The Songs, Venues and Musicians Magic Every Moment (L.A. - 1993) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, lead vocal Timothy
B. Schmit - bass, harmony Robert McEntee - acoustic guitar, harmony Joe Vitale - drums, programming Alan Fitzgerald
- synth, steel drum solo Songbird (Tucson - 1995) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, lead vocal Marc Russo - saxophone Robert
McEntee - electric guitar Mike Hanna - piano Mark Andes - bass Mike Botts - drums The Innocent Age (Chicago -
1993) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, lead vocal Timothy B. Schmit - bass, harmony Robert McEntee - electric guitar,
harmony Joe Vitale - drums As The Raven Flies (Ft. Worth - 1995) Dan Fogelberg - electric lead guitar, lead vocal Mark
Andes - bass, harmony Robert McEntee - electric guitar, harmony Mike Botts - drums Mike Hanna - piano Hard To
Say (San Antonio - 1995) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, lead vocal Mark Andes - bass, harmony Robert McEntee -
electric guitar, harmony Mike Botts - drums Mike Hanna - piano Marc Russo - saxophone Make Love Stay (Ft. Worth
- 1995) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, lead vocal Mark Andes - bass, harmony Robert McEntee - electric guitar,
harmony Mike Botts - drums Mike Hanna - piano Marc Russo - saxophone Changing Horses (Chicago - 1993) Dan Fogelberg
- acoustic guitar, lead vocal Timothy B. Schmit - bass, harmony Robert McEntee - acoustic guitar, harmony Joe Vitale
- drums Looking For A Lady (Chicago - 1993) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, lead vocal Timothy B. Schmit - harmony Robert
McEntee - acoustic guitar, harmony You Better Think Twice (Chicago - 1993) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic lead guitar, lead
vocal Timothy B. Schmit - shaker, harmony Robert McEntee - acoustic guitar, harmony Joe Vitale - drums Don't Let
That Sun Go Down (Knoxville - 1994) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, lead vocal Joe Vitale - drums Robert McEntee
- slide guitar, harmony Mark Andes - bass, harmony Alan Fitzgerald - keyboards Statesboro Blues (Kansas City -1992) Dan
Fogelberg - acoustic slide guitar, lead vocal Mike Botts - drums Vince Melamed - organ Robert McEntee - acoustic
guitar Louis Cortelezzi - saxophone Jim Photoglo - bass Blow Wind Blow (Knoxville - 1994) Dan Fogelberg - electric
lead guitar, lead vocal Joe Vitale - drums Mark Andes - bass Robert McEntee - acoustic guitar Alan Fitzgerald
- piano She Don't Look Back (San Antonio - 1995) Dan Fogelberg - electric lead guitar, lead vocal Mike Botts - drums Mark
Andes - bass, harmony Robert McEntee - electric guitar, harmony Mike Hanna - piano Marc Russo - percussion Here
Comes The Sun (Atlanta - 1993) Dan Fogelberg - acoustic guitar, lead vocal Timothy B. Schmit - bass, harmony Robert
McEntee - acoustic guitar, harmony Joe Vitale - drums
2003 Full Circle
The Musicians Dan Fogelberg - all guitars (electric, acoustic, lead, rhythm, and otherwise), mandolin, bass, piano,
keyboards, percussion, lead and background vocals. Roland Laboite - drums, percussion Donny Traut - bass Sven Birkebeiner
- keyboards Lee Mealone - congas, percussion Kenny Passarelli - background vocals on tracks 7 and 10 Jean Fogelberg
- background vocals on tracks 7 and 10
