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DAN FOGELBERG, 1951-2007
: Dan Fogelberg, a quintessential soft-rock singer/songwriter who charted a string of platinum albums from 1975 through 1981, died on the morning of Dec. 16 at his home in Maine after a three-year battle with advanced prostrate cancer. He was 56. "Dan left us this morning at 6:00 a.m. He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side," Fogelberg's PR agency said in a statement. "His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him." Born Aug. 13, 1951, in Peoria, Ill., Fogelberg was a musical prodigy who composed his first song at age 14. Playing campus coffeehouses at the University of Illinois in Champagne where he studied art, he met future manager Irving Azoff, who at the time handled Midwestern bands like R.E.O Speedwagon and would also go on to manage the Eagles. Moving to Los Angeles in 1971, Fogelberg signed a recording contract with Columbia's Epic label and released his first album, Home Free, in 1972. Fogelberg became very active in the West Coast music scene (guesting on albums by such fellow singer/songwriters as Jackson Browne and Randy Newman) and in Nov. 1974, with future Eagles member Joe Walsh producing, he released Souvenirs, which would eventually go double platinum on the strength of its lead-off single, "Part of the Plan." Fogelberg left Los Angeles around this time and eventually settled in Boulder, Col., where he released five more platinum albums that featured his trademark soft, tender delivery and his poignant lyrics, including 1975's Captured Angel (#23); 1977's Nether Lands (#13); 1978's Twin Sons of Different Mothers (#8, a collaboration with jazz-pop flutist Tim Weisberg); 1979's Phoenix (#3) and the 1981 double-LP The Innocent Age. Four of The Innocent Age's singles -- "Hard to Say," "Leader of the Band," "Run for the Roses" and "Same Old Lang Syne" -- were Top 20 hits, and his last big hit was 1984's "The Language of Love" (#13), an uncharacteristically hard rocker. 1985's High Country was a collaboration with bluegrass artists Doc Watson, Ricky Scaggs and David Grisman, and later in his career he focused on writing music with environmental themes, an issue close to his heart. His last album was 2003's Full Circle, his first album of original material in a decade. Fogelberg received his cancer diagnosis in 2004, which forced him to cancel a planned tour later that year. After his diagnosis, he urged others to get tested. He is survived by his wife, Jean. - Rolling Stone/AP, 12/16/07.
Στην σχολή jackson Browne ήταν, μόνο κάπως πιο commercial...
DAN FOGELBERG, 1951-2007
: Dan Fogelberg, a quintessential soft-rock singer/songwriter who charted a string of platinum albums from 1975 through 1981, died on the morning of Dec. 16 at his home in Maine after a three-year battle with advanced prostrate cancer. He was 56. "Dan left us this morning at 6:00 a.m. He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side," Fogelberg's PR agency said in a statement. "His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him." Born Aug. 13, 1951, in Peoria, Ill., Fogelberg was a musical prodigy who composed his first song at age 14. Playing campus coffeehouses at the University of Illinois in Champagne where he studied art, he met future manager Irving Azoff, who at the time handled Midwestern bands like R.E.O Speedwagon and would also go on to manage the Eagles. Moving to Los Angeles in 1971, Fogelberg signed a recording contract with Columbia's Epic label and released his first album, Home Free, in 1972. Fogelberg became very active in the West Coast music scene (guesting on albums by such fellow singer/songwriters as Jackson Browne and Randy Newman) and in Nov. 1974, with future Eagles member Joe Walsh producing, he released Souvenirs, which would eventually go double platinum on the strength of its lead-off single, "Part of the Plan." Fogelberg left Los Angeles around this time and eventually settled in Boulder, Col., where he released five more platinum albums that featured his trademark soft, tender delivery and his poignant lyrics, including 1975's Captured Angel (#23); 1977's Nether Lands (#13); 1978's Twin Sons of Different Mothers (#8, a collaboration with jazz-pop flutist Tim Weisberg); 1979's Phoenix (#3) and the 1981 double-LP The Innocent Age. Four of The Innocent Age's singles -- "Hard to Say," "Leader of the Band," "Run for the Roses" and "Same Old Lang Syne" -- were Top 20 hits, and his last big hit was 1984's "The Language of Love" (#13), an uncharacteristically hard rocker. 1985's High Country was a collaboration with bluegrass artists Doc Watson, Ricky Scaggs and David Grisman, and later in his career he focused on writing music with environmental themes, an issue close to his heart. His last album was 2003's Full Circle, his first album of original material in a decade. Fogelberg received his cancer diagnosis in 2004, which forced him to cancel a planned tour later that year. After his diagnosis, he urged others to get tested. He is survived by his wife, Jean. - Rolling Stone/AP, 12/16/07.
