Dear Dan and Jean.  I think I was a junior in high school when I first heard Souvenirs (still my favorite).  I'm 50 now.  Wow it seems like yesterday.  1976 I think it was that I saw you and Fools Gold at the Paramount Theater in Portland, Oregon.  I have been a huge Dan Fogelberg fan ever since.   For some reason I was wandering thru youtube a couple of days ago and did a search on your name hoping to catch glimpse of you.  I have to say the best thing I found posted was a video someone had submitted of a turntable playing "There's a place in the world for a gambler."  It made me want to cry.  It also made me go home, get into a closet that harbors my old turntable and albums and rediscover Dan Fogelberg and albums.  I had almost forgotten that I had all those albums.  Is there anyone who has written as many songs as you have?  Well I won't go on and on.  I just wanted you to know that I, like so many others,  wanted to thank you.  For all of it,  the music, the memories, the tears and that fluttery feeling I get when I think of your music.  I wish you and your family happiness, peace and a breath of fresh air.  My thoughts and prayers are with you. ~ Debbie H

Dan, You have spoken to me throughout the years with your amazing music and I have followed your art with great inspiration in my own life and music. My thoughts and prayers are with you. ~ Jeff Dugas

I am listening to your music as I write this. Thank  you. You made this world a better place with your music. I lost my Dad to  prostate cancer. You are in my prayers.~ BK

Your music has meant a lot to me in my lifetime.  When I'm blue, or when I'm happy, your music is always playing.  We saw you at Devon, PA, and also Harrisburg,PA.  We would love to see you again.  Our prayers and good wishes go out to you and your family.  Just know that your music is a source of joy and comfort to so many people.  We are fighting along with you.  Please keep a positive outlook.  We need you.  Fondly ~ Carol and family

Dan, I have enjoyed your music for many years and feel somewhat of a kinship with you. God bless you during this difficult time. I will keep you and your loved ones in my prayers. ~ Susan M. Wiese

Dan, Please accept my best wishes and a speedy, 100% recovery from prostate cancer.  As I am in my late 40s, I have taken your advice and begun yearly screenings to catch and diagnose this dreadful disease.  

I was a freshman at the Naval Academy when "Phoenix" was released.  That album, and all your other music, inspired and uplifted me during a very difficult time of my life.  I was fortunate to see you live on your "Innocent Age" tour, and at Wolftrap a couple of decades later.  You are a kick-ass guitar player, and I will always cherish seeing your live performances. ~
Andy Smythe

Dan - You've always been an inspiration - and you continue to be one. May love, hope, peace and faith be yours always. ~ Tom and Lynn Costa

So sorry to hear of your illness.  I hope that your fans can bring joy and laughter to you, as you have to us with your music.  You are in my prayers...really!  Take care and be well. ~ Joy - Woodland Park, CO

I haven't been to the website in some time and came to see if there was any update. My Dad was just diagnosed and will likely be doing seed radiation as at 81 surgery is not a consideration. I hope that your treatment has been successful and that you'll be around at least as many years as my Dad. I've had the pleasure of being at two Red Rocks performances and hope one day you'll be able to perform there again. Best wishes and prayers. Thanks for all the great music. ~ Cindy Capen

Hello Dan, Although your music was part of my young years, through the years and experiences one goes through, I lost touch with it for a while.  Recently I stumbled across one of your albums in my CD collection, and played it, only
to realize how much I had missed listening to you.  Immediately I went on the net to see what new CD's I could find, and was shocked to hear of your condition.  I look at your page regularly to see new, hopefully positive developments. I just wanted to wish you all the best, and thank you personally for your music. All the best.

Greetings from Iowa.  Thank you for your beautiful music, and best wishes as you regain your health. ~ A Friend from River City, Iowa.

Hi Dan: Haven't written in awhile...but you are in my thoughts and prayers. I listen to your CD's and watch your DVD often. Billy and I send our love and prayers ~ Gail

Dear Dan, I have been listening to your music for the past 30 years and had the privilege of seeing you in concert in 1981.  Your music has touched my soul in so many ways.  In traveling to Maine for vacation, I couldn't help but sing your song "The Reach" (one of my favorites) as we traveled. My heart and prayers are with you and Jean at this time.  My husband and I will always treasure your music.  You are truly an inspiration. God Bless You ~ Charlene and Michael in PA

Hi Dan and family! Well buddy, I sincerely hope everything is going well for you. When I got back from my early morning run and I put your "Greetings From The West" Live CD at full volume! Brilliant! Simply won-der-ful and I must thank you for giving me years of enjoyment! Dan, again I hope all is going A1 for you. As they say; "No news is good". Here´s hoping!!
From a fan in Seville,Spain (originally from Cork,Ireland), regards ~ Johnny "B" Good.

Dan, We're all still praying for you.  I've been in radio since college (1972) and have played songs from darn near all your albums (from "Home Free" on) on radio stations from WDBQ, Dubuque to WQUA, Moline to WLS, Chicago and more in Philadelphia, Tampa and Milwaukee.  Have seen you perform many times and hope there'll be a day when you get back to the stage.  I've always hoped I'd have the opportunity to interview you.  Hasn't happened...yet...but when the cancer's totally gone and you announce the next tour, I'd love to put a microphone in front of you for 10 minutes.  Should you decide not to return to performing, I'll still have that microphone handy and waiting for you. 

Your music is always with my wife, Ariel and I...always.  We've got your cds in the car and in the house.  One of the first things we do, when we go on a road trip is dig out some Fogelberg...cry our way through Nether Lands (how could a person not cry after hearing the opening of that great album?).  You really have done the "leader of the band" proud. ~ Bob Bateman

Your songs have been my companions for many years.  I hope the prayers and thoughts of so many bring you comfort and healing now.  Thank you for  sharing your soul and spirit with us. Please draw strength from us now whom you  have
touched so deeply.  Many blessings ~ Tee

I'm hopeful your recovery is going well.  I have been a fan for many years.

Dear Dan, You are quite simply the best lyricist on the planet I have ever encountered. An inspiration, a true empath, a real wordsmith. I cannot thank you enough for having enriched my life with your wonderful songs and for giving me the inspiration to aspire to be as great a song writer as you are. A tough challenge I know, but a worthy goal to aim for. Your ability to reach the very heart of the listener is a rare gift and one you were especially given so that you might share it with us in order that we may better understand our own emotions.

To learn that you have an emotional and physical battle of another kind right now is devastating. I am sure you are very uncomfortable right now. But, I am here to tell you that my own father contracted Prostate Cancer at 80 years old. He was terrified of course. But he is now 85 years old and fully cured. This thing can be beaten and I have no doubt that you, a man of such inner power of understanding, can beat this thing as if it were no more than an awkward line in a song seeking the right rhyme. The power of positive thinking really can help the medication do its job so never ever think otherwise!

Dan, this World needs people like you. You are as important a resource as air itself. Your words give people hope and support and substance to their lives. In short Dan, we need you too much for you to ever consider not recording again! Perish the thought! So, here's what you do. You take a good long look in the mirror and tell yourself that the man you see is too important to be beaten by this challenge and that together, you and the man in the mirror, you are going to beat it. I know I speak for every fan when I say that our thoughts and prayers are with you at all times, so we will be right in there pitching with you. Dan, we all love you, even though we only really know your music, and we are right here for you - right now - always.~ Trevor Krueger

When I was broken hearted, my friend Jerry played the album Nether Lands.  I fell in love with song after song after song.  Later, on a cold January morning when Larry proposed we kissed and danced in my living room to "Same Old Lang Syne."  I was spellbound and unable to leave my car while listening to "Run For the Roses."  Reading all the email good wishes to you, I see we all sound the same.  We all have personal, intimate and intense feelings toward you.  Your music became the background, the wallpaper, and the fragrance in some of our dearest or most painful memories.  When we hear a song it can take us right back to the very moment we heard it.  It's remembering sweet kisses and the hope of new love, it's why I was late to church listening to "Run For the Roses", it was why I couldn't listen to "Same Old Lang Syne" for years after Larry left me.  It was humming and singing along and the melodies that kept us company.  You wrote us your love songs, you sang them to us, it endeared you to us.  Each and every one of us who write, love you, we simply love you.  Your heartbreak has become ours, your struggle has become the focus of our prayers.  We all want to ease your burden and lift you up.  We all sound alike Dan.  We all hurt with you because you were the dearest friend we never met.  I have thought, "No one loves Dan Fogelberg like I do. He danced with Larry and me, he filled my VW bug with the thrill of roses and races, he showed Jerry how to heal my broken heart, Dan and I sang a duet to 'Dancing Shoes'." But I sound like everyone else, it's not about me, it's about all of us.  I am another loving voice wishing you clouds and blue skies and mountains with trees and years and years to enjoy the best God has to offer you. Thank you, dear friend, for all of it! ~ Carol Wilson, Huntington Beach, California

Dan, Thanks for lift, the insight, the passion and the stunning music.  The first time I heard your music was in a High School creative writing class.  A girl played "The Long Way" and I was impressed.  I bought Souvenirs that week and
it blew me away. "Part of the Plan" has been my life's theme song.  But it was "There's a Place in the World for a Gambler" that floored me.  So simple yet so deep and soulful, I can listen to that song all night long and not get tired.  I was
hooked and have purchased every album since. I will not bore you with my opinions but I will say that The Innocent Age
will go down in the annals of music as one of the best of all time; brilliant. Dan, you have a lot more hearts to touch. Here's hoping that you let it shine for many years to come.  I wish you and your family well. ~ Gary

Thank you for your music and your wisdom (Get checked early and yearly!).  Since '83 I have been a fan and have appreciated your thoughts and creativity.  I hope, through these times, you find strength and joy in your family, your friends, and the abundant creativity with which you were blessed.  Godspeed, light, and love ~ Steve

To Dan Fogelberg, I was shocked to just find on your website that you are dealing with prostate cancer. Hopefully at this time it is under control!   Anyway, I'm one of those people who connected with your music,  really like no other, about
1979.   In fact,  I was just listening to the Phoenix album as I drove to my office to do a little work.  My wife and I have made it to several of your concerts and were thrilled by the experience.  I include you in the very top of all rock stars;  with McCartney, Lennon, Henley, Dylan,  and with the top classical composers; Grieg, Chopin.  All the best the universe has to offer!! ~ Paul Norberg

Hi Dan, I'm writing today because of a weird circumstance. My wife and I are heading to Chicago tomorrow for Beatlefest. Three days of Beatles songs and sound -alike bands.We were sitting around the pool today and heard "Part Of The Plan" on the radio. It sounded soooo good !We thought the guitar solo sounded just like George Harrison...what a great song! Then we started talking about how great your music was and how much we've enjoyed it over the years. Then we find out you were born in Peoria. A neighboring city to us. We live in Terre Haute,Indiana. There is just something special about being from the midwest. Thanks for all your music. We're praying for you and know that everything is in God's hands. You are an angel my friend. You've touched so many people's lives and we hope you continue to do so. I'll put "Leader Of The Band" up to any of the Lennon/McCartney classics! That is one of the greatest songs ever written!!! Love ya! Thanks! Friends ~ Don and Marcia

As always, my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.  I wish you well in every sense of  the word. ~ Linda B.

Dear Dan, I have been thinking about you.  I hope and pray things are positive for you.  One of my best friends just had a scare with Prostate Cancer and he is ok for now.  You and your songs have given me so many things: joy, comfort, love, life, and on and on.  My prayers are with you and yours. Much love ~ Kim

Dear Dan, Thank you for your contribution of your wonderful music to the world.  My husband and I were married in 2005, and chose your lovely song "Longer" as the song for our first dance.  I was looking on your website to see if I could surprise my husband and take him to one of your concerts. Your music will be with us and our (future, unborn) children
always.  Take care and be well. ~ Jill, NYC

Dearest Dan and Jean, may the Divine Energy around you & within you bring Good Health,  Peace, Joy & Happiness.
Happy Birthday on the 13th Dan, I Love You and your music, I listen to it   every day of my life ~ Debra, Miami.

Dan: As I was going through a box of memories, I came across a "Tour 1982" t-shirt and had to look you up and see what you are up to these days.  I did not expect to find you fighting for your life against prostate cancer.  You gave me such a wonderful gift throughout the years with your music.  Thank You!  I have decided to take that 25 year old vintage concert t-shirt and put it up for bid on Ebay with 60% of the proceeds going to the Prostate Cancer Foundation.  I wish I could do more... With Love and Light ~ Scott M. Weekley & Michael LePiarz

Dan, I hope your condition is improving and you and your family are coping well and one day soon we will hear the good news of your full recovery. Sincerely ~ Lance Myers. Cheyenne, WY

Thank you for the pleasure you've given me and my son and his friends (17 year olds). I admire you and enjoy not only your music but even the notes you've written on your web-site and media sound good to my mind's ears. They are so very well-said (concise, balanced, gramatically correct, clear and perfectly right in their content.) Again, we greatly admire you and enjoy your music and hope for the very best life and times for you and yours.

Periodically I check the web site to get an update on how things are going. Whenever I want an inspirational moment I put in my DF cd's.  My thoughts and prayers are with you and hope you get back in the studio or better yet, in front of an audience.  Like the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, CA.  You're missed on the music scene.  May God bless you and your wife. ~ Barbara

Dan,   Here's wishing you all the good fortune in the world as you continue with your struggle. I do sincerely hope that you consider making more music in the future as your ability to tell a story through your lyrics, as well as your intricate melodies makes you one of the very best at your craft. I've personally always thought that you were (are!) one of the most under-appreciated artists of my time. Regardless of whatever path you choose to pursue in the future, I wish all the love, luck and happiness in the world. ~  Ron Mason

I grew up in Peoria at the same time you were starting. [I was born by a river.] I was shocked to hear that you had been ill and were no longer performing.  Your music has been a pleasure and inspiration to me since your very first album.  I wish you all the best, and may you maintain your determination and strength in dealing with your challenges.

You've been with me, through your music, since my sophomore year  of college. Like so many others have written, my memories are often defined by  your music and lyrics. I pray blessings on you and your family, and God's peace for you all. ~ Jamie

Danny, I hope you won't mind if I toss this out to the hundreds of fans who are sending their good wishes and prayers to you.  With your upcoming birthday, wouldn't it be grand if everyone donated a gift to the Prostate Cancer Foundation? I challenge all fans to do just that!  I hope that you and Jean are having a great summer and enjoying life to the fullest. 
Best wishes ~ Dianne, Peoria County

Stopped by as I do from time to time to say hello and express my "well-wishes".  Joy and Good Health...~ Wade in Michigan

Dear Dan and Jean,I am writing to express my wishes for your strength and inner peace during this journey.  Your music has greatly influenced my life and continues to inspire me as I paint (landscapes) and work as an art therapist with the elderly (often playing your music in the background while they create---they love all of your work). I was so sorry to hear of this setback for your life and music but hope that you will be inspired now as never before. I live near the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories in Long Island, NY where great work is being done in cancer research. There is tremendous hope in research and I will pray daily for a full and complete recovery for you!   With love and wishes for renewed inspiration ~ Johanna Cutolo, Long Island, NY

Mr. Fogelberg (I won't presume to call you Dan, as I do not know you well enough) I want to wish you, Jean and your extended family complete restoration and a miracle of health.  As to your music I have every tape you ever made and some in duplicate because I wore them out.  There isn't one song you ever wrote that did not touch me in some way.  I personally LOVED the River of Souls album and I will tell you that you are right that they did not promote it enough it was wonderful.  Of course I have and love Nether Lands, Phoenix, Windows and Walls, and all the songs on The Innocent Age album.  I loved "The Reach" and "Nexus" and though I have played guitar for over (here goes my age lol) 34 years and sang at
coffee houses and did quite well I pursued being an attorney after I was a forestry major. Weird change I know.  However I want to incorporate them now as I see the urgency to do something about our environment.  I was in Durango and
Telluride and the Four Corners area, Mesa Verde etc just recently and you have been on my mind.  I pray for strength for Jean and your brothers and your mom. Thank you for your music, inspiration and the best music I have EVER EVER
HEARD. Hugs, warm wishes and truly love from a very, very loyal fan ~ Victoria Norwich

Dan, We think of you often and pray for your well being. Fight the good fight and know the number of people you have touched with your music are out there living in a world that you made better through your music. You are a tunesmith and a word painter. Our love has been nurtured through your music and  our love continues to grow. We have been in love with each other and your music for 27 years. This is a better world because of you. Get well. We thank you for being a part of our love for this life. ~ Jan & Ron Fawley

Dear Dan, My prayers and thoughts are with you and Jean as you go through this battle.  For so very many years I have enjoyed your music and concerts that I guess I just thought you would always be there...and so you will I have a 16 year
old son who was "raised" on your music (and a video!) who aspires to be, "as fantastic as Dan ". He said to me just the other day, after listening to "Innocent Age" in the car, "Mom, I don't think I could ever be as good as he is, no matter how hard I try."  The point I'm TRYING to make it this -- you have been a constant "companion" for me since I "found" you in 1971, and now you continue this journey with my son. Thank you so much from both of us, as you will always be part of our lives through the inspirational music that you have created and shared. May God bless you. He has us-- in giving us the opportunity to hear and feel the heart of you.   With Sincere Thanks ~ Leslie Burns-Still, McDonough, GA.

I'm sure you have heard all of same messages from your fans.  How you inspired them to new heights, how you helped them to learn to play guitar, and so on.  So, it's not going to be original of me to tell you that you have been one of most inspirational songwriters of my life.  From the first time I ever listened to Home Free I was hooked. "This guy is good," I thought and waited impatiently for your next album to be released.  Each album you wrote seemed to get better and better, quite an accomplishment for an entertainer and put you in an elite group of songwriters, such as James Taylor, Billy Joel, Cat Stevens and that includes you as well.  No other music fills me with joy then your acoustic songs and the power of each of them.

In my car is a 5 CD changer.  It is filled with Souvenirs, Nether Lands, Twin Sons of Different Mothers, Phoenix and The Innocent Age.  The songs fromthose albums have gotten me from the loneliness of being stationed in Guam while in the Navy, through the break-up of my first marriage and onward to using "Dancing Shoes" when my second wife and I danced atour wedding on the beach in Guam (this year we will be celebratingour 26th anniversary.) I cannot tell you how much
your music as buoyed me through the good and bad times the last 30+ years.  Thank you.  Be well and good luck.~
Lee Patrick Anderson, Swedesboro, New Jersey

Thank you for your wonderful music. I still have an album from way, way back but no longer a turn table. :) Thank goodness for itunes. I wish you a speedy recovery and healthy life ahead. You have given so many so much and moved us. All the best ~ Harriet