A personal favorite of mine passed away today at his home in Maine.
This is one of my favorites of his, a soulful tribute to his father, who inspired him to be a singer/songwriter. It’s worth a listen in tribute to one of the great songwriters of the 70′s and 80′s.
This phrase comes from the 1978 "Jonestown massacre" in which most members of the Peoples Temple cult, blindly following their leader Jim Jones, committed suicide by drinking cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.
Radically Tolerant - of all people, irrespective of race, faith, circumstance. As a person, you will be treated with the respect and dignity you deserve as an individual created in the image of God.
Radically Intolerant - of slipshod reasoning, emotion without intellectual substance, bad ideas, lazy thinking, cowardly ad hominem attacks, the preposterous notion that 9/11 is some government conspiracy (proceed directly to the Loony Bin; do not pass "Go"; do not collect $200), the designated hitter, and the Dallas Cowboys.
Osborne: A Contrarian's Guide to Knowing God
Schlossberg: Idols For Destruction
Ogden: Unfinished Business
Marshall: Reclaiming God's Original Intent for the Church
Yancey: Rumors of Another World
Frazee: The Connecting Church
Pearcey: Total Truth
Postman: Amusing Ourselves to Death
Bork: Slouching Towards Gomorrah
12 Responses to “Dan Fogelberg: 1951-2007”
I literally burst into tears. I knew he had cancer, but didn’t know he had died. I saw him in concert years ago. He’s a longtime favourite of mine. I pray for his wife.
Thanks for posting this. I think I’ll post my own tribute as well.
jen elslager ~ Dec 16, 2007 at 11:38 pm
That is sad. My wife and I used to listen to him all of the time in college and after we married.
We did get to see a concert in Erie in the late 90′s. I’ll bet some don’t realize that he was equally proficient on the guitar and piano.
Mark Merritt ~ Dec 17, 2007 at 2:15 am
I do not know where his journey took him late in life. His lyrics did not seem to portray a Christian world view, although I always found a way to read my view into them, such as with these three beautiful lines.
Warren Throckmorton ~ Dec 17, 2007 at 6:24 am
No, I never really sensed a commitment to Christ, although I hadn’t really heard much about him for a long time. His death caught me by surprise.
Byron ~ Dec 17, 2007 at 10:47 am
Have you seen his Christmas lyrics? Perhaps he did believe in Jesus later. I hope so.
— John 3.16-18
Heart Hotel Night Manager ~ Dec 17, 2007 at 7:07 pm
Didn’t you originally want one of his songs at your wedding?
Ed Martin ~ Dec 17, 2007 at 9:22 pm
As a matter of fact, I did, “Longer”, but it was shot down by the preacher who married us. Whatever…
Byron ~ Dec 17, 2007 at 9:24 pm
Wow, preachers, killjoys.
DOH!
Warren Throckmorton ~ Dec 17, 2007 at 9:27 pm
One of the coolest things I have ever seen at a wedding was one where my Mom was the organist and played Longer as one the couple’s requested musical pieces.
And of course, if you know my Mom, you know that she had no clue who Dan Fogelberg was, had never heard the song before, and that style is very much NOT her style. But she ended up actually liking the song and did a great job with it.
And when I was doing the wedding DJ thing, Longer was consistently one of my most requested songs. Except for when I did the biker gang weddings. They didn’t seem to request Dan Fogelberg too much.
Paul - SteelerDirtFreak ~ Dec 18, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Did he know the LORD?
Tim Edwards ~ Nov 11, 2010 at 6:57 pm
Not that I’m aware of, Tim.
Byron ~ Nov 12, 2010 at 5:08 am
He did a song called, “Don’t Lose Heart” that causes me to think he was a Christian. I’ve just been reading up on him to try to find out, and came across your website, here. I sure hope he was.
Teresa Robinson ~ May 24, 2011 at 3:49 pm