Dear Dan, Every few weeks I can't wait to pull out my Dan Fogelberg cds and escape into my youth. Thank you for your wonderful music and the memories. Actually, right now I'm listening to your music. I can still vividly remember your 1982 concert in St. Louis at Keil Opera House. WOW! What a great performance. Then in 1994 I took my 4 year-old daughter to your concert. She was the youngest and shortest person in the crowd but she loved your music as well. A friend of ours attended the high school where your dad taught. Mark speaks very fondly of your dad. I would love to hear that your health is getting better.  May God continue to richly bless you and your wife. Peace and J.O.Y. always ~ BL in St. Louis

Dear Dan, Did you know that you have friends in Germany? Well, you have - and not just a few! I know already for quite some while about your illness and my thoughts are with you and your family. I include you in my prayers every day. I'm writing just to let you know that  - though thousands of miles away -  you and your music are a part of me since I first heard a song of you. I was sixteen and played guitar in my spare time. Then I heard "Nether Lands" and it touched my heart. I was immediately captured and haven't been released yet. I enjoy your words and music again and again. I'm 42 years old and your music, words and wisdom still straighten my life up. May God bless you and make you well again, Dan. ~ Guido from Cologne/Germany

My husband and I have traveled several times to see you in concert, the last time was to Lake Tahoe during 2003. My husband introduced me to your music and it will always be special to both of us. You introduced us to Beth Nielsen-Chapman who opened for you at a concert in Omaha and we became huge fans of her music too. Thank you for your music, sharing your talent, and lending opportunity to others, not only in your professional life, but also in your personal battle with prostate cancer. We miss traveling to see you but certainly understand where your energy belongs now. Someday we plan to travel to Maine so we can look out on "The Reach" but until then, I play the song and can imagine it because your music illustrates as well as it sings. We hope you are well and living the life you want! Best regards ~ R & T Omaha NE.

Thank you for touching my life with your music.  Such depth and heart in each song. ~ Dan W.

Hello friend. I'm a huge fan who's roughly your age. I was so pained to have heard of your illness. Please know that you are blessed to have so many whose hearts are with you. Over the years, you have touched so many with the beauty of your music, and your unmatched soulful lyrics. Now it is our turn to give the love back to you, my friend. Please find strength and promise in the hearts of all you have touched. Thank you, Dan. ~ Steve Arm

Dear Dan and Jean, My thoughts and prayers are with you. I would just like to say a huge "thanks". I learned a lot from your music, listening to it non-stop growing up as a teenager. What I learned is that you need to listen to the lyrics, not just the melody. People like yourself and the late Jim Croce were and are wonderful poets with huge insights to life and mankind in general. True "wordsmiths" as I like to call them. It's almost as if you sat and agonized over lines to get the perfect words, maybe it was easy, maybe it came hard. Regardless, they are some wonderful songs you must be very proud of. What a great legacy to leave to the rest of the world - to know the rest of us will go around humming and singing this music for years to come! A simple thanks for taking the time to create these gems. ~ J. Freed, Granville NY

Dear Dan and Jean,  Since learning of your illness in 2004, not many days have gone by that I haven't prayed for the two of you, and wondered how you are doing.  I hope that you are feeling well, and that you continue to do so.  Like so many others, you have been a HUGE part of my life since the 70s.  Thank you for sharing your gift. You just can't imagine what your music does to me!  You mean so much to so many. God bless you, always~ Marsha from NJ

Dan, as I have wandered many "wild places", I daydreamed of running into you along a forgotten mountain trail, away from the circus of life. In these places, fame means nothing so I imagine conversations of life and spirit without the burden of notoriety. In such places, music and poetry can be pure, unjudged. Life is reduced to its simplest forms. In that simplicity, beauty can be perceived in its fullest. These imaginary conversations possess those qualities.
 
It seems that in difficult times, our thoughts become focused on what truly matters; our loving relationships with others. In this respect, you are wealthy and blessed. You have touched the lives of millions and though you can't know every individual, you have a loving relationship with each. This is truly a treasure "laid up in heaven", incorruptible. I love your music and poetry. I thank God for speaking to me through your words. May the outcome of your struggle speak of your courage, your heart, and your kindness. I am a devoted friend you have never met. ~Mike Mitchell

Dear Dan - I usually go on your website regularly to see if you´re playing anywhere close. I guess I haven´t kept up and I was quite saddened and overcome to read today on your site about your illness. I have seen you in concert as many times as you were close to me and traveled a bit just to be present when you send out your sounds. Your music, as so many people have obviously told you, has meant so much to me throughout my life of 57 years. I can´t tell you how many times I´ve sung duets with you in the shower, in my car, in sad moments, in happy moments...just a whole bunch. Thank you , thank you, thank you and I do hope to see you again. My prayers and well wishes are there for you...one of your many friends you have never met but deeply touched. ~ Jerry

My heart is crying out to God for you as I write this.  I've listened, danced, laughed and cried to your music since the 70's.  I think I attended every concert you performed in the Houston area since I moved here in 1980.  Your songs touched my soul and they rekindle wonderful memories when I hear them. I will be praying for you and your family and I just wanted you to know how much I appreciated your wonderful music - thank you for sharing it. ~ Pam Baldwin, The Woodlands, Texas

Hi Dan - I'm just a fan feeling more connected to you now. My older sister loved your music before I did. We went to one of your concerts when we lived in Charlotte, NC in the late 70's and we didn't like our upper balcony seats so we sneaked onto the main floor and were much happier!! Those were the days! My sister passed away last year of endometrial cancer. She was 46. She was not only a sister, she was my best friend. I miss her so very much, but I want you to know that whenever I hear your music, I think of her and how much I love her. I know she's in Heaven right now which comforts me enormously. I am hoping that you too have eternal security through our Savior, Jesus Christ. I am praying for you and for strength for your family and friends. Thank you so much for following your dream, making beautiful music and sharing it with us. It warms my heart to this day. ~ Kimberly, Elgin IL

My prayer for you, Dan, is one of complete healing and a newfound calling.  Your talents have touched so many over the years, and I feel that you have many more lives to touch before your destiny is fulfilled. We love your music, your lyrics; we love you!  As a breast cancer survivor, I wish you well on your journey back to good health, and pray for a complete recovery.  You've helped me through many a day and night, though you did not know.  ~ M. Maness-North Carolina

Dearest Dan,  I am so very saddened that you have to walk this long trail, but I am very glad that you have Jean by your side to walk it with you.  I have been involved in medicine for 35 years now and I can appreciate your struggles.  Your music has been a steadfast friend to me since I can remember, celebrating the good times, making the bad times not so bad.  With your lyrics and music, I never felt all alone or hopeless.  You have ever been there for me, and I send my love and support to you and yours through the good times and the bad.  I so wish I could do more for you than pray, be sure that you are in my thoughts and heart "24/7".  If there is anything at all I can do to help, name it.  You have always been there for me, I'd like to be able to repay the favor. Thank you for putting the word out there about prostate cancer, psa's, and dre's.  From your lips to the public's ears. Blessed Be, Dan and Jean, and may God walk your path with you always. ~  Stephanie Mitchell, New Hampshire

Dan, I have enjoyed your music for many many years now. My dad is a big fan of your music. I can remember growing up and my dad playing your albums over and over again. We are sorry to hear about your illness. Praying for your health. God Bless. ~ Holly M. Aucoin

Dear Dan, Your music has touched me so much!  Thank you... thank you... and thank you.  May health, faith and peace be with you always. ~ Jennifer in Saint Paul, Minnesota

Dan, I am older than you by 5 or 6 years, but I have loved your music from the time I discovered it, which was not until 1979.  I constantly play music on my car CD player, and your CDs are among my favorites. We all think we know the persons who write and perform the music. I guess because we feel the notes and lyrics and think what they express is personally understood.  I know I feel that way about your music. I did not know of your illness as I do not usually follow the artists whose music I love.  I know now, My prayer life is of great importance to me,and I promise my prayers for your conquering this horrid affliction. ~ John T. "Tim" Chandler

I was unaware of your illness until I heard about it from a good friend. I am deeply saddened.  Your music has touched my life so deeply.  You and your family will be in my thoughts and prayers. ~ Debbie King

Dear Dan, You are the most incredibly talented writer, lyricist, musician, and performer that I have had the privilege to witness.  I attended your concert in Fort Collins, Colorado in the early 80's and was amazed at the quality of your "live" performance.  While I have loved all of your music, my favorite album is "Twin Sons of Different Mothers" with your
"Phoenix" album coming in a close second. I wish you well in your effort to recover from your illness and want you to know how much your music has meant in my life.  "Paris Nocturne" and "Since You Asked" were performed by a pianist and flautist at my wedding.  I even worked with an individual who attended the University of Illinois while you were there and he told me about how he watched you perform at the local clubs throughout college. All of your faithful fans and friends, including me, are awaiting the day that you will be recording and performing again as you still have a lot of wonderful music to share.  May God bless you and make you well again! ~ Kim Thorup

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

Dear Dan, I hope you are doing well and feeling much stronger.  I  listen to you every time I can. Each time it is a new and over powering feeling.  I think I read somewhere once you saying you have hundreds of unrecorded songs you wrote over the years, just tucked away in your recording studio.  I sure wish you would just toss a few together and make a couple more albums for  us to hear. LOL. That sounds selfish, but gosh we need some more decent music out here to listen to and anything old or new from you is such a  treat!   Best wishes to you, Dan. ~ Ali

Hello Dan. I agree completely with you about the common sense of getting a PSA and a DRE once a year as part of an annual physical exam (which many men also neglect until they get a wake up call). The DRE certainly isn't as uncomfortable or as expensive - physically, emotionally, and financially - as being told one has cancer. The DRE can also uncover early symptoms of bowel disorders as well which present by bleeding and can be detected through a simple hemoccult smear. I firmly believe that the two most common causes of death through disease are from embarrassment and procrastination. Best wishes on a full and complete recovery, and thanks for all the great music! ~ John Bullen

Dan, I'm just a guy caught up in a world of providing for my wife and son who takes a pause every time one of your songs is played - thank you for those brief moments of dulcet reflection. I'm not a religious soul myself but I am a spiritual being - something my mother ingrained in me from an early age that I hold on to through the good times and the challenging alike; the first "G" can mean whatever you choose - it's called the 5 "G's" - GOD - GOOD - GUIDES - GUARDS and  GOVERNS. I have found it helpful thru 4 kidney transplants to apply each "G" to the experiences I have been in, made it thru, and to those around me helping to make those experiences happen. Make no mistake there is a force that should one choose to grab on to, can guide one thru the physical mire with amazing positive precision. Positive thinking straight ahead. ~ Peter

Dear Dan, Just wanted to thank you for getting me through some of my toughest times.  Your music got me through some hard times in the '70s. Through the years, as I've continued to listen, I always smile, and am always grateful to you.
You continue in my prayers. Thank you again for all that your music and appreciation of nature has meant to me!  Sincerely ~ Ann

Hi Dan, Patrick Hogan here, formerly of Peoria Illinois. Have enjoyed your music for many years and had realized you were singing your music to a genre I could identify with and appreciate. Saw you in Peoria in the Civic Centre in I believe 1981 in a solo concert and have never forgotten it. My best wishes for you now and hope you can tour again but this time in
Asia. Your music is known by many in Singapore and you are played frequently on the radio.  You have touched my heart, with the music of life. It is not surprising since we were born in the same month and year. A connection with your music is eternal and I hope we can meet some day. Get well soon, Dan. You are needed to speak for those of us without this
talent and capability. All the best ~ Patrick M Hogan

I've always loved your music.  Especially the earlier releases have moved me in a tremendously powerful way.  All my best to you my wishes my prayers my hopes. May your family stay strong during this struggle. My love for your music continues and touches me the way only you can ~ Tracy Davis