Dan Fogelberg

Dan Fogelberg was the kind of artist who could make you feel genuinely emotional about your own life just by tuning in — and I mean that as the highest compliment. Growing up in Peoria, Illinois and honing his craft at the University of Illinois, he took that Midwestern sincerity straight into the studio and never let go of it. "Leader of the Band" is one of the most unabashedly tender tributes a son ever wrote for a father, and "Same Old Lang Syne" captures the bittersweet ache of running into an old flame with a specificity that still feels almost uncomfortably real. He wasn't chasing cool — he was chasing truth. A guitarist, mandolinist, and genuinely gifted melodist who left us far too early in 2007, Fogelberg belongs in the same breath as the best soft rock storytellers of his generation.

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Name (English)

Dan Fogelberg

Name (Japanese)

ダン・フォーゲルバーグ

Reading

だん・ふぉーげるばーぐ

Born

August 13, 1951 – December 16, 2007

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Rabbit

Origin

Peoria, Illinois, United States

Occupation

singer-songwriter / composer / singer / guitarist / mandolinist

University

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Official sitehttps://www.danfogelberg.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Fogelberg
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B0
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201047

Tags

• Illinois
• singer-songwriter
• composer
• singer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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