"Blessed are those who sing the song of hope and whose hearts will always believe."

Sending positive thoughts and healing prayers your way, Daniel. You are surrounded by a strong supportive circle of friends and fans. We are here.

As a 31 year old Montanan who's grown up on your music I'd like to say that I don't think the world would be the same place without your imprint having been left on it. As a health care worker I wish you the best in life and in treatment. ~ Sean Satake, Missoula, MT

Hi Dan!  Wanted you to know that I'll continue to pray for you!  And to let you know how profoundly your music still affects me.   The first time I ever heard your music, it was the song "Wysteria" on an Atlanta radio station.  I was already a musician, having studied piano from age 8 and already beginning to sing a little. I was also 16, in high school, driving my very first car, and literally almost ran off the road (no comments on my driving...ha).  I went out and bought "Home Free" and was stunned.  The first time I heard "To The Morning" on the radio, I had enough sense to pull of the road....<G>.   I've loved your music, your lyrics and your brilliant talent ever since and have been privileged to hear you in concert many times in Atlanta.    And of course, I suffered along with you at all the rainy Chastain Park concerts in Atlanta!   Did you ever do a concert there when it didn't rain...lol?    But hey, I won't ever forget everyone in the audience all huddled together under umbrellas, listening to those amazing, amazing songs.  I ended up getting my Masters degree in music...and there are a handful of musicians who have inspired me to always strive for the best. And you are one of them.  Hope you know how many people you have blessed.   I'm a Christian and truly believe in the power of prayer, so I'm going to keep lifting you up to Him for healing and a complete recovery.  I'm definitely counting on seeing you and hearing you again!   Enough for now...words are definitely inadequate to express how much joy you've brought into my life! You are a treasure. Be blessed ~  Randy Anglin in Buford, Ga.

I first heard your beautiful music when I was 18 and beginning college. "To the Morning", "Be on Your Way" and "Looking for a Lady" are my favorites to this day. Your music touches my soul. Your poetry pours into me. I have been privileged to hear you perform several times. And now I have heard the horrendous news about your cancer. I was trying to find a copy of the
Home Free CD to send to my best friend from college and found your web site. Tears have been flowing down my face as I try to comprehend this. My prayers are with you--for healing and comfort. "Thank you" seems so trivial-but I do thank you for your music. I am the person I am today because of it. ~ Pam

Hi Dan, like several others who posted here recently, I checked your web site hoping for an update with good news about your health.  I'm listening to Greetings from the West which I just found at Bart's in Boulder and as always am moved by every song - especially this live recording, as I wonder how you're doing.  I think of you sometimes when I'm in the mountains around Nederland, like on a recent hike near Caribou Ranch with wonderful fall colors.  Sending you healing thoughts and wishing you and Jean the best.  ~ Bev

Thank you for years of memories...my sincere, warmest wishes for a speedy recovery.  My thoughts are with your entire family.

Hi Dan, I am sad to hear of your news and wish you the best. Your music has touched so many lives! Every time I hear one of your songs I always think of Peoria, my home town also. I’m not sure you remember me or my family. I believe you hung around with my older brother, Jeff. He was your age. When my brothers and I hear your songs played at weddings we always reminisce of Peoria and Arcadia. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family. ~  Tim Urban, Defiance Mo.

Dan, My wife Pam and I have loved your music, words to live by for the last 30 years.  We celebrated our 25th anniversary this summer and are so saddened by your illness. Our thoughts and prayers go out to you and Jean  We listen to your music and pray for your recovery. God bless.  ~ Richard and Pam Lane

Dear Dan, I just wanted you to know how much I have loved your music and lyrics over the years. "The Innocent Age" was my favourite album way back as a 19 year old and for many years your songs brought me such comfort and joy that I wish for you that now . I don't think you could realize how many people you gave your wonderful gift to and we would give it back tenfold if it helped you at this time. Good luck and love from all your Aussies mates ~ Sue , Melbourne Down Under

Dan, I was searching the internet today and found your news. I was shocked and at the same moment saddened by the news of your illness.   You see, I am a 42 year father of a 4 year old and twin 9 month baby boys. I was in Boulder in 1981-1982 when your music hit me the hardest. I listened and understood the loneliness in your songs, but also felt the overwhelming feelings you worked to convey.  It was timely, but also so powerful in staging a certain point in my life where growing up and growing older collide.  I first heard your music in 1981.   I was a high school senior who always looked at the more personal and feeling sides of people. Your music gave me a sense of understanding and insight into my young world. Even today it is engrained in my life and times.  When I hear certain songs it takes me back to Boulder where life was natural, beautiful and ever-changing. Years later in 1999 my wife took me to one of your concerts. You played by yourself. I believe over 13 guitars were used.  I was overwhelmed by your casual nature.. but also by your lonely insights as the "song writer and traveler" where your brothers shared different interests.  I have 4 brothers and a sister. We are all different but very close. I wish you the same in your family. I wanted to tell you to "fight" this illness. look into your heart, your soul and don't give up.  You've been a beautiful and powerful inspiration to many people. and you're not done.  My prayers, my wishes and my support go out to you and your family.  I wish you the best and I thank you for the times I have shared through your music. Get well, be well and move forward! Sincerely ~ Ty

Dan, I can't say how many times I have listened to your music. It's nothing you haven't already heard. I'm 47,from Nashville, I remember Natchez Trace. You keep on keeping on. We're waiting on you! With all you have given, you just ask and we'll give back! Take care ~ Chris

Woke up yesterday morning with "Stolen Moments" in my head (for no apparent reason). Started thinking about how long I have considered you to be, in an odd way, my friend. Good heavens I was 14 when I heard "Part of the Plan" for the first time......that's 30 years ago!!!!! Dan, thank you so very much for sharing your gift of words and music. Wishing you and Jean
all the Light in the world.  ~ Susan, NJ

I don't know what compelled me to come to Dan's website tonight, but I am so glad I did.  I've been a fan since the beginning and "Souvenirs" and "The Long Way" are still my sentimental favorites, although being a Kentuckian, "Run For The Roses" is mighty special too!  Dan, there's a prayer in my heart just for you tonight.  Take care, my friend.  ~ Sandi Otte, Safety Harbor,FL

Hi Dan, hope you are doing well these days. As I battled Lung Cancer last year and beat it, this is one of the prayers I repeated everyday...I BELIEVE IN THE HEALING POWERS OF THE UNIVERSE AND IN ITS ABILITY TO RESTORE HEALTH.  
MAY THESE POWERS GUIDE ME TO A COMPLETE STATE OF WELL-BEING.  With Much  Love & Light ~ Debra

Hello Dan, I want to tell you that my prayers are always with you, just as your music is always with me. I have been a fan of yours since your first album and I never get tired of listening to any of your music. I hope your spirits are high because that's what will keep you going. Love ~ Patty from New Hampshire

I just wanted to let you know I am still praying for your recovery and thinking of you and your family. I hope all is going well with your treatment and your recovery continues at a swift and steady pace. Prayers and love ~ Julie Wilson Hopkins, Arkansas.

Dear Dan,   I am praying for you and hope your strength and fight will lift you to overcome this. I play your music every time I pick up my acoustic guitar.  Thanks for inspiring me with all your beautiful music over many of these years.  My best wishes to you always ~ Suzanne

I have been a fan of your music since 1972, and I remember eagerly awaiting each new release as a teenager growing up in East Texas. I would run out to get a copy as soon as word reached me that a new LP was out or I happened across the next LP at the local music store.. Over the years I have listened to the music I love so much. It has remained timeless for me and has allowed me to heal in times of pain and struggle. I was dusting off some old tunes tonite and revisiting some of my favorite Fogelberg songs and for some reason I decided to check out your website.

I am deeply saddened to hear of your cancer and feel compelled to express my sincere gratitude for your music. I wish all good things for you and your family and pray that you will recover. I hope you knows that you have deeply touched the lives of countless people and will continue to do so through the years. God be with you and yours. Best Wishes ~ Gary Chamlee

Wow...I'm completely out of touch.  I had NO idea of what you are going through, Dan.  Back in the late 70's you touched my heart with your music and inspired a career of my own in music.  Since then I've had a successful run in the music industry and eventually opted to apply skills and talents in humanitarian outreach.  Along the way, Dan, your music has constantly
lifted my spirits and given me a spirit compass with which to guide my life. My prayers go out to you, my brother in music, in the hopes that you have clarity and peace in your life.  Know that you are deeply appreciated and loved for your gifts and talents and no matter what platform you are given, you are a voice to be heard. I'm calling my doctor tomorrow. Blessings to you ~ Brian Crowe

I had to share this.  My 76 year-old mother recently caught your concert on PBS.  She told me "I don't know who this is, but he's wonderful!"  I told her "That's Dan Fogelberg."  She wanted to know where you've been all her life.  I wound up bringing her all of my favorite DF CDs and we spent several hours over the past 2 weekends just enjoying your music.  As it turns out, her favorite song is "Hard to Say."  She told me that it reminds her of my dad, who passed away a couple of years ago.  Although the song makes her cry, it also makes her smile (which is something she hasn't done much of lately).  Thanks Dan.
~ Tammy R

I am sorry you have to go through this. You have my prayers and best wishes.  I also just wanted to thank you for all the music .It meant a lot to me back in the 70's and 80's when I was growing up.  I grew up with an alcoholic dad and it was nice to have a male voice that sounded beautiful and said beautiful things and gave me a  vacation from my reality. Anyway this isn't about me, it's about you. I wanted to share that piece of info so you would hopefully realize I wasn't just being polite.  I am hoping just by the number of letters of well wishes you also would be given back something that you could use to brighten your day. ;-)  ~ Mary Grace

Hi Dan! It´s been a while since I´ve actually checked this wonderful site out, in your honour, but it would be so nice to get some official word on you and your health. Anyway, since that´s not forthcoming for now, I just like you to know that a fan in Seville, Spain who comes from Cork, Ireland is thinking about you and your music. Your music is rarely away from the CD player. A goodnight from Seville ~ Johnny (B) Good in Spain.

Dan. I've been a loyal fan of yours for years. Your music is simply The Best. Sending good thoughts your way.~ Kathie from Arkansas.

Dear Dan -- woke up this morning with "Nether Lands" on my mind. I always have you on my mind and as all your fans  I love you and know God will heal you and grant you  long life.Please write some more songs for we love your music and let your spirit lead  you to life. You are my favorite singer and I have always been inspired by you. Well God bless til next time.

Hey Dan.  I have been a huge fan of yours for 30 years! Your songs always inspire me. You are truly a great talent.  I pray that you recover quickly and do whatever your heart desires.  God Bless You..~ LuAnn, Lawrenceville, Georgia

Dan - I can't tell you the huge part your music played in my life.  I first heard Nether Lands driving up Boulder Canyon for the first time.  I ended up living in Colorado for 23 years and each time I looked at the mountains, your music went through my head, and that album is still my favorite.  I wish you strength and peace in your journey to recovery.  You and your family will be in my prayers in this difficult time.  Just know your music has touched many many lives. ~ Karen - Warren, MN

Hi Dan I'm an italian fan!! Thank you for your music and your feelings that followed me for so many years, and very good luck for your illness, and excuse me for my bad english!! Love you ~ Alex

Hi Dan!  Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart for sharing your, wonderful whimsical, imaginative,creative, inspirational, beautiful rockin music. Your music always takes me on a journey. I love you and wish you to get well fast! We will never leave you. ~ Anita Faragher

Dan, Funny how one presumes the right of familiarity when addressing someone they've never met, yet seem that there have been shared times, through their art....your songs. But we are a funny breed, we humans, presuming and asserting and impacting.... Some of those impacts have been positive, sometimes quite poignant too, as your words and music and voice have impacted upon me, and I am sure many others as well. Your songs evoke many different yet powerful emotions; they have added texture to my sadness when sadness wrapped itself around me, with the plaintive sound of the violin introducing me to the passions contained within the haunting song "These Days". Even as I was already familiar with your works on Souvenirs and Home Free, the imagery that comes to mind when I think of your music will forever be the cover of Captured Angel-a beautiful(in a contemporary style) yet fragile angel looking much like a deer caught in the headlights, vulnerability and a sense of being forlorn etched in her face...strength and fragility, innocence and sensuality...contradictions everywhere-not unlike what our species seems to be filled with.
   
I have shared my life with your songs, and indeed, with your art-this is something you have never known before, but I think it something worth being reminded of-the power of art and the more important-the power of one's passions and principles. You have an affinity with the Earth-its environments and denizens, as do I. Your songs speak of that too, not of just the human condition, and from that point they are also successful-and for that too I thank you. Take care Dan. I wish you and Jean well.
~ Michael Alvarez-Toye, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

Hi, Dan.  Just sending some good wishes your way.  Your music has been a huge part of my life for more than 30 years (yes we ARE old - ha. ha. Embrace it!)  I am a fan of many types of music but yours touches my soul like no other and for that I thank you.  Stay strong, keep the faith, and know you are loved (truly) by millions.  Much love to you and Jean. ~ Liz

Dear Dan,  I don't know where to start. I have been such a HUGE fan of yours for the last 20 years. I have always felt you are my favorite male vocalist. I can't tell you the number of times when I've been sad or depressed that I listen to my man Dan & all is much better. I saw you in concert in Tampa,Florida ( I Think) and I remember being mesmerized by your cute self and
wonderful talent, I was with my boyfriend at the time who was also a big fan. He played acoustic guitar and we would sing some of your songs together. I so enjoyed your homepage, it brought back so many great memories. Thank You for all the fabulous music & happiness you have given me. Sincerely Yours ~ Wendy Patton

Hi Dan, I'm a 49 year old man living in the Raleigh, NC area, and I've listened to your music since I've been a teenager.  I've always enjoyed listening to you, and your music leaves me with such a peaceful feeling.  I especially enjoy your song "Same Old Lang Syne", as I have easily put myself in your place in that song more than once.  My grandfather on my Dad's side passed away of prostate cancer back in '86, and my Dad has also lost two other brothers to cancer.  His two sisters had breast cancer, but have pulled through.  I know the devastating effects cancer can have, and I totally agree with you to make sure you get your exams annually.  I will be approaching 50 in February, and will be getting my first PSA test, and have been getting a prostate exam annually for quite some time.  I wish you the best in beating your cancer, and my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.  You have been such an inspiration to me growing up, and have been a part of my life.  Take care.  ~ Ron

Dan,  Words can't express the influence you have had on my life and I'm certain many thousands of others.  You honed your music skills to perfection, add to that your unbelievable song lyrics and you are in a league all your own.  Thanks for all the great songs that I listen to more than often.  Yes, I get my prostate exam every year.  My best friend, a guy I work with, was diagnosed with prostate cancer a couple years back.  He is cancer free now and I will continue to believe that soon you will get the same report.  I'll play "Leader of the Band" and "Make Love Stay " in your honor tonight on my acoustic guitar.  How did you come up with those? Simply brilliant, leader!  Get well very soon and send more songs!! ~ Phil

I've never e-mailed a famous person before, but I feel compelled to do so now.Your music has defined my relationship with my husband of 28 years. "To the Morning" was one of the first songs we heard together. We've spent many an hour listening to and singing with your music. "Scarecrow's Dream" has the line "garden gate, an empty plate, waiting for someone to come and fill". It was many years after I started my catering business that I realized how applicable that line is for my business. I do not use it however!! Anyway, I heard of your illness and wanted to write and wish you well. You will be in our prayers and thoughts. Thanks again for your wonderful gifts of music to us all. ~ Cindy Gibson

Dan, Don't think that your fans have forgotten you. We haven't.  I wish you the best of recoveries. Get well! ~ Mark

Our thoughts and prayers go out to Dan for a full recovery, and hopes that the love Dan & Jean have will get them through this tough time. Dan's music has been an inspiration to us through our 30 years of marriage. The fine music of "The Innocent Age", helped us through the uncertainty of being new parents, for our daughter was born just several days after that album was released. Best wishes ~ Dan & Jean Farmer, Glen Allen, VA

Dear Dan , As I write this email, I am listening to Home Free.Your music has been a source of comfort, inspiration, wisdom, and insight into life for me. You have an immense insight into the human experience. I hope you know how many many lives you have touched and brought joy to. I am a registered nurse,and both of my parents have battled cancer,my father did not survive, but my mother is alive and well after almost 5 years after her diagnosis. You and your loved ones are in my frequent  prayers and thoughts,and yes I endure the annual ritual of the digital  prostate exam and psa tests. Please take care of yourself,and heal your body, mind and spirit. Sincere thanks and gratitude for over 30 years of beautiful and wonderful music.Best Wishes ~ Jeff White, Omaha, NE

Hi Dan, I have been listening to your music since your first album came out.  You have such a beautiful sensitivity, passion and depth to your writing and music.  Your music inspired me to write and play guitar.  I never had the opportunity to see you in concert, until a few years ago when you were in Seattle, WA.  It was a perfect setting with the moon over the water and a sailboat cruising by.  My 9 year old son Christian attended with me.  We both cherished the evening.  My son Christian has been playing guitar since then.  You were part of his inspiration.  We will both be praying for you and your wife, sending positive thoughts your way.  Your faith will keep you strong. Peace & Blessings ~ Jennifer

Dan: I shall keep this short. Lost my dad to cancer a couple of years ago, and it was devastating. Heartfelt appreciation for your attention to details in that we men must have exams. "Forefathers", and "Anastasia's Eyes" have been a staple of mine for almost 17 years. Stay Strong Brother ~ Drew

Dan, When I was a teenager in high school, I discovered you and sang "Part  of the Plan" all day and night. When I was away at college, your music was what helped get me through feeling homesick.  When I married my high school sweetheart, we danced to your music.  When I gave birth to our two  children, your music filled the birthing room.  When I turned 40, my  husband surprised me with tickets to Westbury Music and a chance to meet you,  but you had to cancel due to a boating accident.  It would have been the 10th time I've seen you in concert.  My dad died in June and we played "Leader of the Band" at the Shiva. I just turned 50 and I now have an ipod  filled with only your music.  Thank you for filling my world with your  songs. My family and I pray for you and Jean every day.  Stay strong ~ Lyn Puleo, Clifton, NJ

Dear Dan, Once again I am sending up prayers for healing for you.  I beat cancer and I know you can too.  Love to you and your family.  Let us know how you are doing.  We miss you in Tennessee. ~ Angela B, Knoxville, TN