I've been a great fan of yours since I was young (being 41 myself. In fact, I find myself humming or singing some of his songs (especially "Lonely in Love". GREAT SONG) but certainly not nearly the treat as hearing it sung by you.  With a couple of my father's good friends and even a great friend that is close to my age having dealt with prostate cancer, I can only say two things:  I am so lucky not to know personally what this is like, and for those who do--including you--best wishes and I hope and pray for your recovery.  Even further, best of luck in all your endeavors and have a happy life my friend. ~  Ben Gibson, Memphis, TN

Dear Mr. Fogelberg, I only just read that you are battling cancer and I wanted to wish you a miraculous recovery and good health.  You have brought much happiness to so many with your music and beautiful voice and I thank you for it - and for the memories of years past when I listened to a song of yours just today. God bless you always and I wish you a "refuah shlema," and good health.  Be well.  My thoughts are with you. ~ Joy Beth Epstein

Dear Dan, I will forever be grateful for the first time I saw your first record album while working at a local Utah record shop. I had mistaken you as a musician I saw one night that looked Indian with long hair that got up during the middle of one of his songs and walked off the stage because no one was listening. I tried to find him to tell him how beautiful his
voice was but never saw him again. Then, one day I was putting records away under the artist name when I saw your face on a record cover and thought you may be this same guy I saw years ago so I purchased your record, took it straight home and feel in love with your music from the first words "To the Morning".

Thank you so much for daring the odds and taking a journey sharing your God given voice and talent and sharing your loving personality with all of us! I will forever be grateful to fate for all the beautiful lyrics written and sang by you, for the blanket it has wrapped around me when I needed to be comforted and warmed to the way it makes me act silly when I'm
having a great day! I wanted to leave you with a message I have remembered from the first time I heard it.     True love is neither physical, nor romantic. True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been and will not be. Some people will never understand these words but, I'm pretty sure you do.

Dan & Jean.. I hope all the thoughts and prayers are helping and you are dong well and we will be hearing more from you soon.  Please be well.. Your music has brought so much to so many.  Take care ~ Cheryl

Hey Dan- Just happened upon your website. I'll keep you in my prayers. Hang in there and know that many fans are hoping and praying for a full recovery. Take care ~ John, Wilmington, NC

Howdy Dan,  Here's a prayer for your cancer to leave your body and  your road of discovery to open into endless new horizons for you to share  with us all. We met on the River of Souls tour in beautiful Tampa Florida  where my Home
Free 8-track got to go full circle.  My dear sweet mama, who  will be 83 in May, just last week informed me that her paternal grandmother had  a maiden name of Vogel, which was changed from Fogel one generation before, and  here was
the heart stopper for me, that one more generation back had been Fogelberg, but  was changed to avoid the Jewish sound of the name...so I greet you again with an understanding of why your life, music and your heart-felt lyrics have meant so much to me.  Full Circle, indeed.  Mitakuye Oyasin ~  John Kravet at Gram's Place in Tampa

Hello Dan, It is amazing the power that music has and how it can touch people in so many ways!  It can really heal the soul. I have been playing guitar for close to 40 years and your music and your passion has inspired me since I first heard Home Free in 1976. I now play for a contemporary Christian Band and your music comes out in every song that I write and play. Thank you for this blessing. We have a great God, one that has the greatest healing power of all and I pray today and everyday forward that he will continue to heal you. God Speed My Friend ~ Eric Bryant and Family

Mr. Fogelberg, Hello! My name is Joe Wilhelm Franklin. I ' discovered ' you after college in the middle to late 70's and have been a big fan ever since. My wife and I moved from Texas to New Hampshire in 1987 when I entered medical school in my middle 30's. Being a poor medical student couple, we have many fond memories of driving  around New Hampshire listening to your music on our cassette player in our Nissan pickup. I have always very much enjoyed your music and, with a spare moment at  work, decided to look up your name and see if I could find your concert  schedule.
I read your 'news' section on your official website and was devastated  to learn of your diagnosis of advance prostate cancer. I cried. I'm not sure if it has to do with your vulnerability which you have laid  out in your songs over the last 30+ years, which now has been broached, so to  speak. Certainly, I may have put you on a pedestal and wanted you to be infallible ( which is unrealistic and unhealthy ). Perhaps I connect you to a simpler time in my life and in society and want to keep the image untarnished.  I'm not sure. Regardless, though you do not know me, your music has had a profound influence in my life.

I do pray for you and your health. I pray for you and Jean and the strength, peace and faith to sustain you in these times.
I  pray for us, your fans, that we may join our prayers to yours and not lose sight  of the loving God who holds each of us in the palm of his hand. I pray that  someday I may meet you and shake your hand and say " Thank you! " for a job well  done.
God bless you, Dan and Jean. He has us, through you, immeasurably. An admiring fan ~ Joe Wilhelm Franklin, MD

Greetings from the East, Dan.....I pray that this note finds you on the road to recovery. I haven't written for quite some time but I think of you so often-just about every evening when I sit down to check my e-mail I also check your website for any updates on your condition-hopefully no news is good news! Your name came up in conversation over the weekend when some old friends were over for a visit. It's funny--whenever we get together with old friends (I'm talking friends we used to hang out with in our twenties), they always ask ME how you're doing.  I guess I have quite a reputation for being one of your greatest fans. They all know what I've gone through to see you in concert every time you were in NJ, NY and PA between 1978 to present (twenty-something times?) And I can't forget that very memorable show at Red Rocks while on vacation in CO. I just wanted to send you a heartfelt "I MISS YOU".  Summers just aren't the same without a Dan Fogelberg concert (or two) to look forward to. I hope and pray that you are feeling good and getting stronger every day. Love~ Maureen (Asbury, NJ)

The first time I heard your music Dan I was a Freshman in High School in 1975.  But, oh what a voice we all fell in love with.  I saw you numerous times in Nashville and was never disappointed.  I cannot say how it felt when I learned so many months ago of your illness. I was stunned.  I work in pharmaceutical research and know there is so much out there currently that I hope you are taking advantage of.   We hope and pray to God that he heals you and your family continues with many more years of beautiful music. ~ Rita Etter, Nashville, TN

Kind & Gentle Sir:  Until the past hour I had no idea that you had  been going through what you have!  My heart is truly saddened and I will  pray with all of my soul that you make a full recovery!  For a couple of  weeks I have had you on my mind.  Singing "Old Tennessee" in the car and  only yesterday purchasing on CD (I have the LP, of course) "Captured  Angel."  I worked at Tower Records West End in Nashville for 11 yrs., 10  ms. & 3 days until December when the entire corporation liquidated.   Over that time there is no telling how many people that I turned on to the  immortal Dan Fogelberg!  In January I went back to work in the same  building for the F.Y.E. Company.  Yesterday I was behind the counter and  begging my boss to please put in the player something decent to hear in the  store.  I already had pulled "The Innocent Age" and the  "Captured Angel"  CD's to purchase and had them nearby.  I told her I was buying them and  could we listen to "Captured Angel."  She put it in and we heard the whole album.  In a few minutes I waited on a man and wife and they had "The Innocent Age" in their purchase.  I just hollered out loud and the man said he had heard me and my boss talking about Dan Fogelberg and they turned around and went back and picked up the CD!  I was thrilled!  Let there be no mistake, Dan!  You are a true songwriter-poet-lyricist-melody maker  GENIUS!  I have always had the highest regard and love for your  music.  I'll never forget the day me and my friend, Terry, were together  and I bought "Captured Angel" on LP.  
I stayed with him for a week while  his mom was out of town and we played that album over and over and over  again!  We were overwhelmed and I have been ever since with your phenomenal  talents!!  I am a struggling songwriter and I will gladly put you at  the top of the list for my inspirations!!  I had never been to your website  till tonight.  Something just guided me there.  I am so proud that I  went so that I can, now, add my prayers for your strong spirit and soul!!   Godspeed, dear friend!!! ~  Rickey Lewis Westbrooks , from "Old Tennessee"  Centerville, Hickman Co., TN (Home of Minnie Pearl)

I really can't begin to tell you how much your musical gifts have meant to me over the years. I just want to thank you again for sharing your gift and wish you well. ~ Joni Coons

Dan, We've never met, but I feel like I know you thru your music. Thank you for sharing your talents with all of us. This is a quote from you that struck a chord (pun intended) with me: "You've got to just follow your heart and do your best work. For better or worse, I have followed my heart. There is no doubt in my mind or heart that everything I've done is exactly what I intended to do." Not many people are able to look back and say that.  You've touched many lives. Take comfort in knowing that you and Jean are in the thoughts and prayers of many people. Namaste ~ Chris S - Avon Lake, OH

Wishing you well.  Thanking you for your  wonderful music. God bless.

Dan - Just a note to let you know that one of your songs has a new special meaning to so many.  I am not sure if you are aware of the FoBs (Fans of Barbaro).  This is a group of people from all over the world, from all walks of life, who have come together in honor of Barbaro.  FoBs are carrying forth his legacy by working to end horse slaughter in the United States, funding laminitis research in the hopes that other horses won't suffer what Barbaro did, and increasing safety awareness at race tracks.  Anyway, in reading several postings this past weekend, it seems that I am not the only one who can no longer listen to "Run for the Roses" without losing control.  I heard it for the first time since Barbaro's death a couple weekends ago, and could not contain the tears.  (It used to be only "Leader of the Band" affected me that way.)  It now seems to be a very common reaction among FoBs.  Once again, one of your songs has touched the very depths of who we are.  Although written many years ago, the song exemplifies Barbaro and his "lifetime of chance" and, although we all had hoped for a much different outcome, I, for one, am proud to have been afforded the opportunity to have "joined in his dance." Be strong, be well, and know that you are loved. ~ Mary from Illinois

Hey Dan, It's been a while since visiting your website ....thought I'd check in and see if you were doing any better. I do hope so. I remember the first time I heard your music way back in 74. I had just gotten an apartment, a one bedroom flat....and there were two hippies living underneath me....both of them played guitar and sang, but one of them
stuttered kind of badly....but once he started singing, he had the most beautiful voice I had heard. He loved singing your songs and actually I heard your music through him before hearing your album. My favorite one he sang was "To The Morning". He taught me some songs and we'd sit around and pick your songs. I would pitch in and sing along and really came to appreciate your blessed music. One more thing before closing. I met a young lady back in 87 and immediately fell in love with her. I sang your song to her "Looking For A Lady". We were married the next year. She told me not too long ago that it was that song I sang to her was when she fell in love with me. Thank you. I sure wish I could pick some guitar with you one day. Sure do hope you're feeling a bit better. God Bless ~ David Donnelly

I know our prayers have been healing.  God Bless you Dan, you and your music have been such a huge part of my life. ~ Marie

I look forward to seeing you soon in concert Dan. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Hi Dan! I had no idea you were ill until I did a search on you to see if you were touring anytime in the near future. As the relative of someone who has survived prostate cancer I can definitely appreciate your sermon on a prostate exam. This should be a yearly requirement for every male over the age of 40. As someone who grew up with your music I wish you nothing but the best and hope that you consider touring again at some point. The song "Same Old Lang Syne" has special meeting to me at one point in my life and I really connected with that. May God be with you! Best wishes and regards ~ Louis M. Cusano

Dear Dan & Jean - Please know that you are in our thoughts & prayers. My husband & I saw your show at the Turning Stone Casino a few years ago - wonderful show! Best wishes to you.~ Tery & Barbara

I'm about the same age as you are, although I can't believe I'm as old as I am.  It's only my body, not my spirit, that has aged.  I'm still in the early 70's somewhere, being young.....

Your music has been amongst the most beautiful of our generation, inspired and poetic.  One song of yours in particular, was a poignant favorite of mine -"Same Old Lang Syne". I had a lover in my late teens that I never forgot...he was my first.  And as I stumbled along in life, making the wrong choices in love, your song brought back all the memories - and I sang along, pouring all my angst into it. May God grant you a comfortable and content rest of your life......light and life and love.....carrying over to the Other Side..