Hi Dan, Like so many others, I greatly miss you and think of you often.  I was just reading the emails that fans have sent you, and they filled me with such emotion that I just had to take a moment and write you.  It is so heartwarming to be able to actually feel the love that is sent to you. I can imagine how it must fill your heart.  You are so loved!  Isn't it wonderful to know that when you poured your heart out into music and lyrics, so many souls felt a kinship and held you close to their hearts? You beautiful soul has touched and influenced men, women, and their children.  It's just amazing.  ~ Shirley Merrill

Dear Dan,  Several years ago, I looked forward to taking my wife to your show.  When I heard the news, I was stunned. My jaw dropped. As your music has been so great, I hope that things take a turn for the  better and one day you will be back in Morristown, NJ again. All the best ~ Mark Z

Dear Dan -- I've also been through prostate cancer and have been a big fan since college days.  We even look alike!   Best wishes, as you make your way through... ~ bruce

Dear Dan, I have loved you and your music for years. I know most of your songs by heart and have always been a fan of your beautiful melodic voice. I was attempting to download some of your CDs today from the computer to my ipod. I googled  images just out of curiosity to see if you`d aged. Pretty shallow huh? I suppose I was interested in comparing your aging with mine. The last picture I had seen of you was from the Greatest Hits so needless to say its been some time. You know, it's just not fair, men really do get better with age. At the risk of making your wife, and my husband, (who I am 25 years happily married to)  incredibly jealous, lol, I have to tell you, you were always very cute, but now that the beard is gone and your eyes show the wisdom and richness of age my heart is skipping a beat!  I am currently 53 and every so often it occurs to me that I think of 43 as young. How did that happen? 

Dan, I went through the cancer thing 4 years ago, and I lived to tell the tale. It was horrifying and enriching all at the same time. Initially it was mostly horrifying. I had no family history of breast cancer, and it was the last thing I expected. How could this happen to me? I heard the "C" word and I instantly assumed the "D" word would follow.  Fortunately for now it has not. I can tell you that having breast cancer and the perspective its given me about the priorities in life has been a gift. I am not so sure it was a gift I ever wanted, but I can see now that my life has become much richer because of it. As I was receiving radiation treatments  in that scary room with the lead door all by my lonesome, on that cold steel table, I would picture the beams from the radiation machine as Gods healing rays into my breast. I prayed for acceptance no matter what the outcome and that gave me some peace. I hope you find yours Dan. Love to you and yours ~ Lise Ireland

Hi Dan. Just a brief note to let you know that I continue to think about you and your family and pray for your complete recovery daily. And I mean EVERY DAY. Your musical genius continues to inspire and elevate me every time I listen to one of your albums/CD's. I hope that again one day if you are willing, you will grace us with more of your incomparable talents. To me you have left a musical legacy that will never be touched. Take care, Dear Friend, for that is how I feel toward you through all you have conveyed to me over 30 years through your music.~ Greg Tuttle, MD, Chapel Hill/Durham, NC

I think that the words of your songs have been some of the most moving words I have ever heard.  And I know that countless others agree with  me.  Your music is a gift that has such a quality of magnificence, and I am eternally grateful to you for it. ~ Eric

Dan, just found out this evening that you are sick.  It struck me like it was my best friend, even though we've never met.  I was blessed to see you in concert in Lubbock and Amarillo Texas back in the 90's.  You have some of the most touching music that's ever been performed.  God bless you and yours.  May you live to be 100.  If not, I'll shake your hand at the gates of Heaven. ~ Bobby McLeod

Dear Dan, I cannot let another day pass without expressing the admiration and love I have for you and your music.
What a beautiful soul, who has shared his experience and insight put to wondrous song.  I saw you in concert once, and I wish that it would have been more.  However, I have the memories of seeing and listening to you under the stars, and thinking about it makes me smile.  I have been a fan for over 30 years, and I begin my mornings with "To the Morning".  It is a great way to start the day.  I have collected a lot of your music over the years, and I love having such an array of songs that reflect my feelings, or how I want to feel.  You have made a profound difference in my life; helped me to relate and get through rough times, and to appreciate and enjoy the beauty in life and living.  My wish for you is to be well and happy and
perhaps someday share yourself once again with your audience. You have given me and many, many others a gift that will always be treasured. Thank you ~ Paula

We met around 1978 in Nashville. I was a friend of Marty Lewis. Your music has been an inspiration to me and you leave an impossibly rich legacy to music lovers everywhere. I still listen to Home Free when I wake up early on a Saturday morning and dwell on the beautiful memories it brings back to me. Thank you for contributing so much to my life. Peace to your soul. ~ Mark Shifman

Dear Dan, Sending you loving thoughts and prayers. Thanks for all the wonderful music you have given us through the years. Your voice has been in our lives for many years and always will be. I don't know if you ever visited Alaska, but you have many fans here. We play your music in our breakfast/lunch restaurant and just through that I can tell you, many people sing along and the young people ask, "Who is that?" and get really turned on to your lyrics and voice. Thank you Friend ! Today here in Homer Alaska, the trees still have many golden leaves, but with freezing at night we know snow is coming. The mountains and glaciers across Kachemak Bay have been beautiful, the glaciers are white and blue. Lite snow on top. The sunrises have been spectacular -orange and purple streaks in the sky. Maybe you can visualize the rolling ocean swells, seal otters and seals cruising along the beaches -- air so crisp its as though you could reach out and touch the mountains 7 miles across the bay. The steady hum of the fishing boats around the harbor and the busy seagulls and eagles all around, and you will know our life and why your music is our music. Till next time, know we love you and are helping fight this battle with you. Love ~ Brad & Barbara Gamble, Homer, Alaska

Dan, I just recently went through Prostate procedures and understand the need for testing. I'm 48 years old and have started being tested yearly for Prostate Cancer. We do miss your music and the ability to see you live. I'm sure  everyone
agrees that your health is more important than being on the road.  However, what a way to come back after beating this disease and doing a benefit  concert. Especially in South Carolina! I too will join your cause for frequent Prostate screening. Please  get well and return to the stage. We, again, miss the beautiful music you have given us and look forward to your return. ~ Bobby Ray, Florence, SC

Dear Dan, I have been a fan of yours since I bought your first album when I was 12 in 1972. I finally saw you in concert in 1984 and have never stopped thinking about it. Your work has touched my life deeply probably because of the similarities in our families. I was saddened to hear you were unwell. The last posting you left of the website says 2004. I just want to know that you are still OK. We would have loved it if you had contributed to LIVE EARTH since most of the groups today don't know how to write a song about the environment like you have written so many. Our good wishes and prayers are always with you. We hope to see you again soon, on TV or in concert. Your fans want you back. Sitting Among Souvenirs ~ Lisa Galli-Lise

Dan, I've loved your music from the beginning.  I just discovered "Don't Lose Heart" and it is a beautiful song for anyone going through a tough time.   Trust God to bring you through this!! ~ Gail A. Muller

My brother worked at a record store back in the early 70s and he brought home one of your records, and never got it back.  I started with Souvenirs and I have them all now.  I am a singer and songwriter, and I have always felt that your music is what I would like to have written.  So simple and yet so perfect.  I have seen you in concert twice, with a band and solo, both great.  Loved it, and I wish you the very best.  Stay strong, and live well. ~ JB

Heard your sad news way back when and listening to your CDs, as we do every fall, could not help wondering how it is all going for you.  Just wanted to let you know I came across something amazing a while ago about orthomolecular medicine and what amazing things it can do for cancer.  Most practicing physicians are located in Canada, but please look into it.  I would want someone to let me know if the shoe was on the other foot.  Godspeed! ~ rm

Dear Dan, Hope you are feeling well and have a very hopeful spirit. We just celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary on 9/11. (What an anniversary date! )  "Longer" was our wedding song and we still feel touched by it even today so many
years after.  We miss your fall concerts at Westbury Music Fair. They were always around our anniversary. Ed also was diagnosed with prostate cancer having been given a pretty grim diagnosis after which he underwent radical surgery in 2002.  We are so grateful to God and your music for getting us through this. Ed is cancer free today and continues to be monitored every few months. We pray for your continued recovery and hope you will be writing beautiful songs again soon. Best Wishes ~ Ed and Mary Ann

I often find myself saying a prayer for you and sing the words that you have written that fill my heart and soul.  I am with you. ~ Laurie LaViolette

Please know how often you are in the thoughts and prayers of all of us who have been touched by your music. I am so glad that you have a wonderful woman to love and to love you!! After all---that it is what this journey is ultimately about. Much love and hope to you both....

Dan, Your music has been with me through the ups and downs of my life.  I miss you and think of you often.  I hope all is well.  You and Jean are in my thoughts and prayers.  Thanks for always being there with the perfect song for whatever was ailing me or making me smile. Love you always ~ Debbie W.

Every year, October brings out my yearning for Dan Fogelberg music-- listened to all my Ipod downloads all day today-- thinking of many good memories your music has brought to me and wishing the best to you.

We have had no word from you in a great while.  That tells me that you are doing what you need to do for your battle with this illness.  I am hoping that you are winning that battle.  I hope that this autumn finds you strong and healthy. Best wishes to you and your family.  ~ CLE

Dan - I must say to you that your music has had the strongest emotional impact on me than that of any other artist -   period.  Exquisite melodies and touching lyrics and phenomenal vocals and harmonies... you are a unique creative force ... I have every one of  your recordings. Some examples among the many (I'm listening to these songs below again as I write this email...)

1)    'Stars' - the first song of yours I ever heard on the radio. I went out and got the vinyl LP that same day and played it over and over- still have it -
2)    'Souvenirs' - "and down in the canyon, the smoke starts to rise... it rides on the wind til it reaches your eyes... when faced with the past the strongest man cries". So powerful. I grew up in Monterey also and the lyrical reference of the poem on the leaf helps build the images... 
3)    "Scarecrow's Dream", "Sketches", "False Faces" ...a tour de force ...the sequencing of these songs is so powerful. 'Lover twice yearly, that last battle nearly, cost me the fight. Broke though the ice and got cut down to size and escaped through the night False Faces and meaningless chases - I travel alone ' .....  Wow.
4)   "Windows and Walls" - when I first heard that song it really struck a chord, the image of my own elderly mother at the time and the similarity of her situation at that point in her life brought an overwhelming flood of emotion ... 
5)     "The Innocent Age" - such a great tribute to the mid 60's and Buffalo Springfield and other pioneering inspirational bands.  Reminds me of the enthusiasm and creativity of that era.. and the sadness of its passing...'yearnings unanswered reckon the wage you pay to recapture the innocent age'....
 
I've seen you perform live (only!) 4 times at various venues in northern California - all great shows. The most memorable was Greek Theater Berkeley 1977 (outdoor show w/ Fools Gold).  Tremendous connected vibe with the crowd - everybody left happy .. most connected crowd ever and I've seen hundreds of concerts. In closing, thanks for many many great musical experiences and continued good health.  Please tour again soon - and come to Santa Barbara to play please! ~ Derek, Santa Barbara