Dreams truly do come true... one of mine happened for my 40th birthday (May 1997), when my youngest brother, Joe, handed me a front row (and center!) ticket to see you perform at the King Center in Melbourne, FL.  Even though back in 1981 I had seen you and your band put on the most ROCKIN concert EVER at the Capitol Center in Landover, MD, it couldn't compare with what it felt like to be sitting directly in front of you, hearing you sing and play your guitars and piano, feeling as if you were singing only to me... WOW!!!!  I will cherish the memories of that evening for the rest of my life. :)  Dan, thank you so much for sharing with us your incredible talent.  Always know that you have touched so many people's lives in such a positive way. Heartfelt kindness and best wishes to you and your family ~Ann Kobilis and Family~

Yes, you do not know me and I don't know you.  And the struggles you have been going through the past 2 years are personal and none of my business.  I did want to share this thought with you.  I have enjoyed your music for as long as I can remember.  During the good times and the bad.it's been a comfort to listen to your songs and retreat to a calm, peaceful place in my mind.  Even today I find it ever so comforting to listen to your songs. Thank you for sharing your talents with me and the world.  It's been so wonderful. I wish you all the best and hope you have more good days than bad.  I trust you are surrounded by your family and friends, those who mean the most to you.  ~ Ellen King

Dan and Jean, My prayers are with you.  I just happened to come across your need for prayers on the web.  May God wrap around His gentle arms are you and heal you.  I know how powerful prayers are.  Please also pray to Father Solanus Casey.  He has performed many miracles.  Dan, you've been one of my favorite artists for many years and I've had the pleasure to see you many times in concert.  I was one of many yelling "I love you, Dan".  You have brought me many hours of peace by listening to your music.  Thank you very much. Love ~ Janice Zezulka, St. Clair Shores, MI

Hi, Dan! I "googled" your name recently and was so disturbed to learn of your illness.  Sure wish you and your wife the best! I started dating my husband back in 1977 during the "Nether Lands" era. I moved from Virginia to attend college at Arizona State and this album kept me going.  And, I was lucky enough to be able to see you perform with Tim Weisberg while at Arizona State - on the campus, I think!  I subsequently realized how deeply in love we were and moved back home to attend Va. Tech. However, I started listening to your music when "Souvenirs" was released.  My goodness, the years have flown by.  I still listen to your music, now on CD, and just wanted you to know how much you have touched our lives.  Best of luck to you and may you conquer your illness!  You will certainly be in our thoughts and prayers! ~ Connie Naff

You are one of my ULTIMATE favorite performers.  Best wishes for your  full recovery. ~ Jayne Parker

Dearest Dan,  Your music has touched my soul since the 1970s.  You have been given a God-given talent to be able to put music and words together and be so meaningful to sooo many people continuously over the years.  May the wind be at your back and your sails full.  You and your family are in my thought and prayers.  Godspeed on your journey ~Vicki

I did not know you had prostate cancer until I went to your web page.  God bless and keep you both.  Now for the reason I write.  I was putting on my makeup and heard your song "The Leader of the Band" come on the cable t.v.  I thought "What a talented singer and what a beautiful song."  It brought back memories of my father, who passed away a few years ago. As tears welled up in my eyes, I thought that you should know that your music affected me greatly.  I had to look at the cable T.V. picture, which shows the songs, singer etc., to see who sang it, as I had no idea.  I don't follow musicians very closely. Thank you for making my morning. I hadn't realized that I hadn't thought of my father as the leader of all of us 8 children for too long. ~ Kimberly and Kenneth Hayes

Dear Dan, My wife and I always have loved  your music . As a matter of fact "Longer" was the first song at our wedding 24 years ago. Let me tell you that beautiful song, still brings tears to our eyes and a good feeling to our hearts. Your incredible & impeccable writing and playing is and has always brought out the sentimental side of both of us. Thanks Dan for the music and the memories. All the best on your recovery .God bless and take care. ~ Bill & Janet Mayer

Dan - Thanks to my I-Pod that my 3 children got me along with Itunes - I have reconnected with your music that I loved going back to the 70s! I came across your website and was saddened - but relieved - that you are recovering from prostate cancer. I am close to your age - so your letter offers good advice. I am an avid lover of the mountains and ski frequently in Colorado - Beavercreek with my family. I travel extensively with my work and can enjoy your music once again. All the best ~ Jack Snyder, New Jersey

Dear Dan, My wife and I just recently saw your SoundStage concert.  I had just the day before learned of Michael Botts' passing and so watched with great intensity, reminisence and sadness. Even with that you guys still rocked.  Your finish with "Power of Gold" long play was absolutely the best I've seen or heard anywhere. My wife, who has been a life long fan, still reminisces about your 1997 Solo Acoustic Tour concert at Red Rocks.  She was 7 months pregnant with our fourth child and wasn't about to miss it for anything.  You gave us a real treat with three encores! You are a true performer who treats his fans with great  respect.  We sincerely hope to see you soon again in concert or studio.  Our prayers are with you and Jean.  God Bless ~ Max and Karen Batson, Castle Rock, CO

Dear Dan, Great to hear you are better and fighting. I went to the U of I when you were there in early 70's era.
I was and am still amazed how your songs are crafted and sung by you. Your songs have always touched me from Home Free to now. Your concert at in 1971 with REO Speedwagon was one of my all time favorite concerts ever. Thanks for the great music touching my heart so deeply with your songs. ~ Barry

I'm very late in getting in on this, I'm afraid, but I just found out you were fighting this disease.  I had thrown in my CD of Captured Angel while I working tonight and realized I hadn't heard anything of you since my wife and I had attended your concert in Sandy, Utah several years ago.  Hoping that there might be a new album or tour in the works, I went web surfing and quickly found out that you were ill.  Wow!  All that and the CD is only to "Man In the Mirror". So let me say that I'm very sorry to hear that you're having to fight this ugly disease.  I'll add you to the my prayer list and pray that the Dove will infuse you with peace and, if it is His will, complete healing. Please know that your music has touched my soul and been a part of my life since I became aware of music other than the 45s my sisters listened to.  That was about 1970.  I have been an evangelist for your marvelous mix of poetry, melody and harmony ever since, and am still deeply moved by so many different pieces you have recorded, as well as numerous concert memories. The first time I saw you perform in Utah you were a little hoarse from having spent the day at Alta.  I thought it was great--I moved to Utah to ski Snowbird and never left.  I'll hope for you that you get a chance to get back here sometime soon and make some more turns. May God bless you real good.  If he gives you a small fraction of the blessings you've given to me through your art, you'll be healed immediately and live to happily be 120. Blessings on you ~ John Gumpper, Salt Lake City

Dan, I am so happy to hear that you're doing better!  When I first learned of your illness, I took it rather personally, since your music has always played such a big part in my life.  I have so many fond memories of my roommate (and best friend still) singing your songs in our apartment CONSTANTLY way back in the early '80's, arguing about who was actually going to marry you one day since you were the perfect man for each of us (and you were . . .)  Well, Dan, I couldn't wait for you forever, so I managed to move on and fall in love with someone else (still together 20 years later).  I'm glad to see you've moved on as well (ha ha) and now have an absolutely lovely wife, Jean, who I'm sure is your rock and soulmate. So much of your music has touched me personally.  For starters, instead of the traditional wedding march, I walked down the aisle to "Longer" - I can't think of a more perfect wedding song and I still get choked up when I hear it.  Another song that has special meaning for me is "Leader of the Band".  It always makes me think of my mom, who passed away when I was 18 years old.  The line "I don't think I said I love you near enough" haunts me every time I hear it, and I swear I tell my family and friends "I love you" constantly because that song really hits home! Your music has been so inspiring over the years and has brought so much joy.  Stay strong and keep positive - you are fighting and winning.  You
have the love and support of more folks than you can even imagine, and I hope you know how many lives you have touched. God bless you and keep you in his care. Love ~ Liz Taylor (yep, like the movie star - the last name is another reason I married Tom!)

Dear Dan,   What would my high school and college years have been without your music??????  Even your song, "To the Morning" was our high school graduating class of 1979's song!  Your music, concerts and words have been an inspiration to me for all of these years, and I thank you.  I am sorry to hear about your illness.  I will keep you in my prayers and thoughts.  You are a truly gifted artist, and I feel blessed to have had you provide the soundtrack to many of my life's great experiences.  God Bless you!  Happy Days to you and your family. Love ~ Mary Lynn

Dear Dan, I am so happy to hear that you are doing better, please keep fighting, I always look at the picture of you with your hat on in the pictures from the 70's era, keep your hat on, and keep fighting. Live to be 100 years old!  I pray for you and I somehow feel you know when someone is helping you. I was listening to an old tape of yours the other day, and "Lazy Susan" came on, that took me back to my teenage years, and for a brief moment, I felt I was there, that is how long you have been with me. Keep getting better. ~ Christine Page

Dan: I looked up at 'a ring around the moon (last night, and felt a comforting) chill in the air', and sent you some good thoughts - as I have at many moments in the past year since hearing about you having advanced prostate disease. At the time I first heard about it, it was a shock, and I was very upset; and yet, it is all too common.  I applaud and thank you for "the sermon" to all of us guys here.  A moment of embarrassment and discomfort in a brief "digital" exam surely is desirable to the alternative. I notice that you have no plans to tour or record in the [near] future, as is it completely understandable and a righteous thing to take as much time as you need for yourself.  Speaking as a two-time cancer survivor, I just want to remind you to keep singing and playing all "your wooden boxes", in the living room, in the yard, on the ranch - where ever - ESPECIALLY *for yourself*.  It is GOOD for the soul.  I am a musician and a performer too.  You have shared the music with all of us many times  - and it was good, because it came from deep inside.  And it was, many times, the music and lyrics that
brought us through our own tough times. Use it now, for you. And remember, "whatever does not kill [you] makes you stronger". May the highest spirit(s) continue to bless you and Jean.~ Drew Ferraro

Dan: I've written before and check this site often for updates.  I cannot tell you how relieved I am to hear of your good news.  It is really an answer to prayer.  I watched your DVD Live at the Fox Theatre in St. Louis last night and again for my staff this morning.  What a great piece of work like all of your others.  I tell everyone that my first concert I attended was in Birmingham in 1972 when you were on a summer tour with Fool's Gold.  I was 9 years old and am 43 now.  I've seen you countless times and am looking forward to seeing you again.  I now
promote Montgomery, AL's Riverfront including a lawn seated Greek Amphitheatre and would love to have you play here.  Please keep up the fight and thank you for your work, your letter and your words of encouragement for every man out there.  Please know what an influence you have had on so many lives and how loved you are by so many.  You will beat this disease.  Take care and God Speed.  Branch Kloess, Montgomery, AL

I have been checking your web site from time to time and am happy to hear  that you are progressing and feeling better.  Like many of your fans, I  feel that I know you to some degree as a result of listening to your music for  the last 30 years or so!  You are one of my favorites and I hope to  personally see you perform on stage soon again.  I saw you perform in  Columbia, MD many years ago, and it ranks as one of the best concerts I've been able to attend - I hear some of your old tunes today and the music takes me back  to nights cramming for an exam in college, or driving late at night returning  from a visit to see my girl friend, now my wife, from our school days.   Many memories that I'll carry with me as long as I shall live - God Speed and God Bless - you continue to be in our thoughts and prayers  ~ Steve A. Cantu

Dear Dan and Jean, I was seeking information on concert dates and learned of your battle with prostate cancer.  Best wishes for a complete recovery and joyful peace. ~ Terri and Tadd

Dear Jean and Dan,  We just found out about it. Thank God things are looking a bit up!  I have loved your music for 30 years, and now my Daughter is getting to love you! Keep up the good fight! Love~ Steve, Chris, & Kierstin, Nampa, ID

Dear Mr.Dan, Where do I start? My life and those I love so much has been touched by that curious thing called cancer. When I heard about yours I was quite upset. Cancer is  nondiscriminatory-the most beautiful  people sometimes endure its wrath. That bothers me so much. To see such beautiful souls have to fight so hard.... I don't know you or your family, but I think you must be a a fine individual surrounded by loving souls. This must be an incredible  journey for you and them as it was for me. Know that I hear your music and feel so many things. Your music reminds me of pure first love, the mountains, and the loss and poignant pain we all feel in this human experience. I heard you last singing at Deer Valley, Park City Utah. You transported me to a wonderful and tumultuous time in my life. I look forward to hearing you again.  Be well. We love you. ~ m from Utah

Dear Dan and Jean, I was saddened and shocked to hear the news regarding your health and am so pleased you are winning the battle.  I've only been a fan for the last two years having rediscovered one of your songs on an old tape recording I made back in the 80's.  Hearing it made me stop in my tracks (it really was a spine tingling moment!) and  I've been searching out every past recording ever since and chastising myself for not having done so years ago! I can't begin to fully express what it is your beautiful music has meant to me over these past few years.  It has touched my heart and my soul and I know that my life has been made far richer for having been able to share in it.  Thank you seems so inadequate but I truly mean it.  I thank God that he brought your music into my life and I prayer for you and your wife, that he will bless and strengthen you as your music has blessed and strengthened me.  What a truly beautiful gift you have given to us all! With love and prayers ~ Louisa, Surrey,England.

Git 'er done, Dan.  From a couple long-time fans.  ~ Joe in Sweden/Darren in Missouri.

Dearest Dan, I have been wondering where you've been, seeking you out for concerts...etc. Finally searching for your website, I was in shock to learn of your illness and relieved to hear you are doing well. Whew! I want to thank you from my heart of hearts for all the beautiful music you have given, for the 30 some years I have followed you, listening to everything of yours I can get my hands and ears on. Watching you grow, your music flourish, your life expand....You are a STAR m'dear, and the golden sparks of music you shine forward has cast rainbows upon my own life.  I thank you for all that you are, all that you share, all that is magic :)  Keep on, dear one, and may you be blessed with love and health seven times fold. Sage & Spirit ~ Jennequin

Dan and Jean, You're both in our thoughts. My husband, Scott, will be 6 months post-BMT  (bone marrow transplant) next month. We know how harrowing cancer can be; how  shocking emotionally, traumatic physically and debilitating mentally. After  being diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma, one of the rarest non-Hodgkin  lymphomas, given 8 months without treatment and 3-4 years with chemo alone,  Scott now has a shot at a nice, long, normal life.
 
I want you to know that your music got me through some very tough times  this past Fall when he was in Johns Hopkins for seven weeks. Sometimes it helped  me cry the stress out, sometimes it just helped. Period. I'd drive home from the  hospital, sit on our deck and look out at the river listening to your music and  just let it all out. Knowing you've been going through a rough spot of your own  has made it all the more poignant. Love, family, friends - these are the things that matter most in life. And,  of course, laughter. Lots of that! Everything else means nothing. Take are of  yourself... and, Jean, remember to take care of you,  too. The very best wishes to you both. ~ Carol & Scott Belskie, Prince Frederick, MD

Dan, the first time I ever went to one of your concerts was at Red Rocks on a rainy night, the opening act played in pouring rain. Just before you came on, the rain stopped and the clouds cleared and it was the most wonderful night that I have ever experienced before or since at a concert.  I was sitting high enough that I could see the lights of Denver sparkling in the distance and you did an acoustic set and the sound of your voice was magical and as clear as the night air.  I have since moved away from Denver, but when I think of Colorado, I think of that night and how you sang what was in my heart and I thank you for that gift. I wish you and all the ones that you love, all the very best. ~ Pat MacVittie

My best wishes and prayers goes out  to Dan and Jean.  I have been a fan for over 25 years ....  I also play a lot of  Dan's songs. My uncle Bill went through a lot of radical surgeries for his prostate problems, and almost lost the battle... he is now doing exceptionally well, with  no signs of it coming back. I actually learned a lot of my style of fingerpicking from watching Dan play at live performances, so thank you so much for that. I will take your advice, being 50 this past year, and have the PSA tests. All the best, hope to see you back in St Louis one of these days...  ~ Mark Nast

I just wanted to write and let you know how deeply I have been moved by your music over the past 30 years that I have been listening.  Your words and sounds have touched my soul and will be with me for the rest of my life.  Such a great gift you have given to so many.  I wish you well, now and always.

Dear Dan:  It is an odd aspect of our culture that  someone who has the gift of touching past our hearts and souls into our spirits can be, by necessity, a stranger.   Your beautiful music, angelic voice, and introspective wisdom nourish and  enrich us with a rare, intimate insight into the essence of the human condition  and the magnificence of our world.  You will never know me, but you will always be one my dearest companions.  Thank you for sharing  your gifts with me.  I am glad that  I get to say that to you because I think it every time I listen to your music. I  will keep you and your wife in my thoughts and prayers.  I wish you a lifetime of blessings.  ~ Mary Brennan

I was SO relieved to read the August 2005 update letter from Dan. Inasmuch as I am sad that Dan is not returning to the stage anytime soon, I am glad that he and Jean have been given the opportunity to spend more time together. Way to go, Dan! P.S. My dad passed away at 90 years old last month, and "Leader of the Band" truly epitomizes him. We will be playing it at his memorial service next week. Thanks for that. ~ Nancy Prior, Lake Forest Park, WA

Hey Dan,  For whatever reason, I've not kept up with your career since I saw you in Anaheim (for the 12th time) a few years ago.  Tonight I ran across your website and learned about your health.  I feel compelled to take a moment to let you know of the impact you've had on my life since I was a teen in the 70's. Dan, simply put, your music has been one of the greatest gifts ever given to me.  Your words have been a source of inspiration, education and entertainment to me since the 70's.  Your songs seem to have been sort of a sountrack to my love life.  From making out in the back seat of my 1980 Chevette (it can be done, I tell you) to falling in and out of love on more than a couple of occasions.  I do a lot of writing and, to this day, I always seem to be referring to your lyrics for your style of writing to help me through whatever issue or block I'm going through.  It doesn't always work but it's where I start for some reason.
   
Tonight my thoughts, prayers and energy are with you and your wife, my friend,  just as your words have been with me through many of my tough times.  My father is a prostate cancer survivor of 13 years now and I know it can be done, given the proper environment.  I'd like to share what my father said to me during his battle.   While walking near his favorite fishing place he shared his thoughts:  "Dan, I'm completely at peace with whatever happens to me.  I've lived a very full life and I have no regrets at all.  I've loved your mother well and have done everything I know how to earn her love in return and that's always been enough for me... but I'm not done living yet... I will do whatever it takes to keep me here with your mother, your brothers and your sister... I'm not ready to go and the Lord can not have me until I've exhausted every ounce of energy I have to live."  He said that to me in 1993.  He is cancer free since 1996.  Fight like hell, Dan.    We all want you here with us. ~ Dan Engle,  Seattle, Washington

Dan - I'm listening to "Souvenirs", after just having bought the CD after all these years!  Most of your music I have on cassette and of course, still have my albums from when I was a dreamy-eyed, romantic teen in northern CA in the late 70's.  Listening to it now, your music is still the most beautiful I have ever heard.  The early stuff -- "Souvenirs", "Dancing
Shoes", "Nether Lands", "Twin Sons Theme"-- brings several feelings and memories to me.  The first is that it brings back great memories of my time in high school when it seemed that me and one of my best girlfriends were the only ones in the world that seemed to know of you and that you were our special secret; the second is that my then-boyfriend, now husband, took me to see you twice even though he wasn't into your music, but did it cause he knew it made me happy; third is that I had the words to "Since You Asked" printed in my wedding program and my husband agreed cause, again, he knew it made me happy; the fourth is now that I'm 44, I can listen to your music on my headphones and think of it as my own special thing; and last, I hope and pray that you are beating your life's challenge.  Whatever life brings you, I really admire you because it seems that you have done things the way you wanted to, with the love and respect of your family and friends.  That crazy time with Irv Azoff in H'wood makes me wonder however...there must be more stories there!   Please know that you and your music will be cherished for all time.  Thanks again for making my heart fuller. ~   Lynne Andersen Randolph, Sacramento, CA

Dan, Keep up the good fight. ~ Jim Swift PC 1999

Dan and Jean - I just wanted to let you know that there are and always will be continued prayers for your continued well being. Dan, You have given so very much to so many that there is no doubt in my mind why your light keeps shining! You have meant so much to me all my adult life - some 30 years - and I continue to find great joy in all you do.
I know you must take all the time you need - but..... remember the love is always out here for you , and Jean, and your music!!!! Just one more? Peace, Faith and Love to you both ~ Kelly Schumacher

Dan- Having been an avid admirer of your music and lyrics for all of my adult life, I was distressed to hear of your battle, and encouraged to hear of your progress.  I today live in Israel and work with a company that produces
natural tomato Lycopene, which has been proved by clinical studies to shrink cancers of the prostate, and avoid the spread.  My prayers are with you, and wish you a speedy recovery, and long life with those you love and cherish. Sincerely ~ Mickie Tsiben

Hello there..just heard about your battle with prostate cancer and I wanted to offer you my prayers and words on encouragement. I know several men that have battled this disease successfully due to faith and the great advanced medical treatments available. I would also like to take this time to thank you for touching my heart with your incredible songs over the years. Many of your songs got me through some rough teenage years and then several more challenges on my continued journey called 'life'. You were able to express what I was feeling. Wishing you continued good health. KEEP THE FAITH AND STAY POSITIVE. With prayers and appreciation... ~ Ronda Ramsdell

My husband and I have enjoyed your music ever since our college days. My musician friends introduced me to you when they sang "Part of the Plan" at their coffeehouses. "Longer" was the song we first danced to at our wedding and my husband and I have been married now for 26 years come May.  I just recently heard about your battle with cancer and wish you the best of health for the future.  I just bought The Very Best of Dan Fogelberg today and every song on it is bringing back so many memories for me.  I love your music as much today as I always did.  ~ Debbie

Dear Dan, Please continue to get well. I've been praying for you for about a year now - actually your Greatest Hits record is one of about two that is left in our old stereo system (Turtles is the other one) So I see it all the time and think of you. Sincerely ~ Jamie

Hi  Dan, Since  hearing "Longer" in 1979 while serving in a UK prison I  decided to find out more about your music. Since then your music has encouraged  me to become a better person. Over the last twenty years I have collected your  albums and have been truly inspired me. I was  devastated  to hear of your PC and send you my sincerest best wishes and prayers. God bless  you and your music ~ Stephen J Riley UK

Hi Dan! Wow!  "Praise God from whom all blessings  flow"!!!!!  I am very thankful that you are doing so much better and that  you and Jean are weathering the storm so beautifully!  Your Christmas CD is  my all time favorite and I have been listening to your music from the  start!!!!  It is beautifully done and magnifies Christ--the reason for  Christmas.  In this world--I appreciate that more than ever!  Thank  you. You will stay in our prayers. ~ Carol Anne Shrum Hanks and Billie Hanks, Jr., Salado, Texas

Dan....my wife and I have been fans since we first heard the album Captured Angel.  Have traveled many miles over the years to see you perform in concert.  Our favorites have always been when you performed at Red Rocks.  I still remember the morning my phone rang at work and it was my wife calling after having seen on the news a report about your diagnosis.  Just letting you know what you've meant to us during the years as your music literally saved our faltering marriage.  Back in the 80's from the song "Hard to Say",  the line that says, "its hard to walk away from love, it may never come again". Those lyrics spoke to my heart and put any doubt behind me.  We just celebrated twenty nine years together with a vow renewal ceremony on the beach in Maui.  So thanks to you for what your music has done in my life and Godspeed on your continuing recovery. ~ Randy

Dear Dan, Tanglewood Music Shed, mid-70's --There were 10 of us in the second row, and as usual we were in our seats at least 1/2 hour before show time.  As my seat was as far left as you could get, suddenly my friend Beth shouted, "look"!   We saw your  limo pulling up to the backstage area. Whereas security wasn't what it needs to be now-a-days, we simply slipped under the tent and ran to the backstage area.   We were the only two people there as you  hopped out of the limo.   Being a timid man of few words, I was speechless.     You  looked at us kind of funny and said something like, "wow, look at all the fans", and then walked past us into the backstage area.  Over and over through the years I've replayed this moment in my mind, and if I had it to do over again, I guess I would have asked you  if there were a few backstage seats available, and here's why.  After watching you  put on a tremendous solo performance, Beth and I, and our other friends headed to the backstage area after the show to see if we could catch another glimpse of you.  There were probably 200-300 fans waiting in the backstage area at this point.   As we waited, we could hear the muffled sound of  your guitar and voice coming through the closed doors, as you were now giving a private show to whoever was fortunate enough to be backstage with you.  This "private show" lasted at least a good 45 minutes.   But you never came out and we never caught another glimpse of you that night.   Beth and I often wondered, had we spoken up, and asked you  if we could come backstage, if you would have acquiesced. I would have nailed all the high harmonies at that backstage private show for sure!  Especially on" Wysteria", "when he got to the sad part"........

In the late 70's or early 80's, I took my parents to your solo show at the Centrum in Worcester, MA, and my mother was particularly happy when you played some classical instrumentals, and you actually played a few cuts from the Sound of Music (My favorite things).  That was her favorite part of the show!!   In 1986, I lost my dad, he died suddenly while with me  on a fishing trip.  His favorite song was "Old Tennessee" (which he called End of October).   I was so happy that he got to see you  play it "live".   He used to ask me to play that song for him all the time. 

Fast Forward-2006, being a Christian singer-songwriter myself, and having also played Fogelberg covers for years for all of my friends, I still wonder if a time will come when I will have the opportunity  break bread and become friends with the composer/artist who changed my thinking about what good songwriting is all about.  Songs that tug at the heart, offer hope, and make one feel so good inside. To let you know that you are not alone.    The last time I saw you  was at the Orpheum in Boston about 5 years ago, you were still the vocal and instrumental technician unmatched in a solo venue.  We had tickets for last fall when you had to cancel due to your illness.
Dan, best of luck, I was so glad to read  that you're feeling better.   Sincerely ~ Paul J Savageau

Dan, I am glad to here that you are recovering so well. I too am a prostate cancer survivor. Mine was caught in the early stages and I am 100% free of cancer. Your music has been a constant in my life (especially the Nether Lands album). You have always been a strong influence in my own song writing. Thank you so much for that. My prayers are always with you and your wife ~ Dale Rucklos

Dear Dan, You certainly looked chipper in your Christmas photo of you and Jean posted on your website. The Holidays were probably more cherished this year I am sure! You too seem to be rising to the challenges you surely are facing now. I am thrilled that you have Jean to help you through this and I commend her for her faithfulness and Love for you. I continue to lift you up in my thoughts and prayers. I haven't posted anywhere much over the holidays, but I have held you very much in my heart. At midnight Mass on Christmas Eve I offered my prayers for you and your family and friends. I will continue to pray for you and them  almost daily and always. I often take a moment to give thanks for you and your music and for how much you have really influence who I am, and how much it had touched my life, and the lives of my family and friends. I also have to tell you how many wonderful people I have met through your Fan Websites and at your concerts. You have truly enlightened my life and my love. Hang in there Dan! Much Peace and Love to you and your loved ones. ~ Laura Boughner Richmond, Va.

Hi Mr. Fogelberg, I have followed your progress and I just want to say I hope all will be well for you. I have numerous songs of yours and what a voice, the tunes are so  heartwarming. I'm happy for you and your wife, as life is a precious thing, not to be taken for granted. Be well ~ Linda L. Drake, Camas, Washington

Dear Dan and Jean, I was just listening to "The Last Nail".  Remembered hearing about your being treated and wanted to know how your recovery was going.  I found good news! It is interesting how musicians/their songs become a part of the listener...to the extent that we 'care' and want to know how you are!   (I'm a painter-and it's not the same).  
Thank you for taking on the task of sharing--crafting -"Life"- and sharing it so eloquently.  A true poet.  A true musician. Stay well! ~ Jessica

Dan, Hello.I just wanted to let you know you are one of my favorites of all time and am glad to hear you are going in the right direction with your recovery.I first saw you perform in 1975 at the Tower Theatre in Philadelphia (Upper Darby really).Your warm up band "Fools Gold" opened and were awesome. You came out with a Minnesota Vikings football jersey with Fogelberg on the back with the number 1 on it. I sat 7 rows from the stage. You opened with "To The Morning". I still to this day remember how great you were,especially back then.I have been to over a 100 concerts and yours ranks in the top 5 of my favorites.Unfortunately ,I also saw Bruce in 1975 right before "Born To Run" came out and that's my concert of all time.Your music is very much a part of me and will always be.So I just wanted to say thank you from the bottom of my heart for touching me and many, many others with your incredible beautiful voice and music. Keep smiling, my friend.  ~  Walt McGuckin

Just wanted to say I was shocked to read that Dan was battling cancer, I was just listening to 'The Wild Places' and thinking how unique his music is when I came upon the web-site. Also it was  his music that got me through the worst week of my life back in 1996, and helped me to decide not to commit suicide. A few days after that Jesus got me and sorted me out, but  I have never lost my gratitude and love for Dan for the strength and emotion in those albums, especially 'Nether Lands'. Listening to the songs also reminds me how far I have come since then, to a place of wholeness and peace.Thank-you so much Dan, and I am asking Jesus to give you complete healing and many many good years still to come, and strength to your family, God bless you warmly. Lots of Love ~ Lucie in Guernsey, Channel Islands UK   xxxx

Dear Dan. May the warmth of the sun and the romance of the moon be reminders of the love and passion you have shared around the world. Your music carried me through both love and loss. I wish you peace and comfort during your recovery. ~ Joan

Dan, I heard you on Soundstage late last night on Rocky Mountain PBS, when you started playing the lead riff from "layla" during the jam at the end of "The Power Of Gold" that was awesome. Anyway, it made me think of you so here I am.  I, too grew up in Peoria along the banks of the Illinois, went to High School at Spalding in the late 70's and early 80's.  I remember hearing your music and buying your records when I could and thinking, you can live by some of these words and the world will be all right. I also could relate to some of the pain you felt growing up there. It also inspired me to become a musician as well. Anyway, I was troubled last year when I heard you were sick.  I also have and am fighting cancer and now reside in Colorado as well, so hearing you were sick as well was upsetting, as if a brother was seriously ill or something.  I hope you get a full recovery and remember the old folks in and around Central Illinois are thinking about you, praying for you and hoping the best for you. Best Wishes ~ Dan Tucker...a.k.a..Danny Django