"Hope is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles." ~ Samuel Smiles

Dan, You and your family are in my prayers-keep strong, and never give up. And never doubt that you have made an impact in people's lives, and that you continue to do so. Thank you for your music.  Now, kick this thing and celebrate!  ~ Chi

Dan, I have been thinking of you lately and decided to see what your webpage was all about. My heart sank as I read the news. My prayers are with you daily. Your music and poetry has deeply touched my life and pulled me through many trials and tribulations with bipolar disorder and alcoholism. You have contributed an unexplainable depth and purpose in my soul. Gratitude is an inadequate word but all that I can grasp right now. Years ago, (before web pages and the internet), I made an attempt to write to you and share a poem that I had written. Don't know if you ever got it; it was about a raindrop. Anyways, you will always have my affection, admiration, respect and love. Your voice has spread a blanket of warmth and hope in my world. May the Father of us all hold you in his hand and keep you safe.  With love ~ Nancy C. in Alabama

Stay strong in your thoughts and dreams... this is your saving grace, as it has been for many people.  You have touched the lives of many, including me.  Remembering the songs from my childhood always gives me a push in those times when I need it most.  My prayers are with you, always. ~ Laura

Dear Dan, I pray God's comfort, peace, strength and healing be upon you during this difficult time. I've been blessed by your music since I first heard it back in 1976. Your beautiful songs have touched my heart and it has always inspired me to keep on writing. I'm looking forward to your next project so get well soon! The power of prayer is awesome and I won't stop praying for you ~ Rupert Tripp Jr., Hilo Hawaii

Dear Dan I just wanted to say a big thank you to you from me here in Australia. I am 46 now and your music had a big influence on my life as a young man. You obviously have a God given gift in the message of your lyrics. Your music helped me thru both good times and rough times and for that alone I am still grateful. I will do my best to pray for you and your family often as I have seen The Lord Jesus heal my dad from throat cancer some years ago. Even his doctors testified to the amazing recovery he experienced. My family and I are thinking of you and your family and please be encouraged by the huge influence your gifts and talent has had on so many people including myself......thank you. ~ Ron Rutter...Ulladulla NSW  Australia

Dear Dan and Jean, Just another fan here who has followed your music since I was 21... You are an awesome musician and poet.  I became so proud after reading your biography. WOW. You really stuck to it. Very admirable! Your song "Next Time" has been my life theme to pick me up after too many bad relationships... and kept me going. Now I am with my Life Mate. So I need a new song to make my theme. Sorry to hear about the times you are having .. BUT DAN You have already BEAT this!  Just claim it in your soul like your passion for music. Make this your history...
 
I bought every album and then CD... Read every lyric and pondered all those words you came up with. Problem is I didn't get to see you and I will pray to see you play in person.. So, that is my wish for both you and me .. that you are MAJORLY HAPPY and HEALTHY, and do one more round of concerts  in the next 5 years..  I promise I won't miss it and thanks for "Next Time".. It helped me get by.

Dear Dan, I'm a Presbyterian pastor who has followed your music off and on through the years. I have a fond college memory chatting up a beauty in a record store as we were looking at one of your albums. I've long admired your lyrical gifts, as I tell our daughter, "anyone with the guts to rhyme forest primeval and mountain cathedral is Ok by me." I've tried to learn some piano again and use some of your songs, such as "Longer". I was stunned to hear of your illness. I see too much illness in this calling. Know that you and your family are in my thoughts and prayers, both of lament and hope.~ David Crowley

Dear Dan: "Don't Lose Heart."  I just spent my lunch hour downloading that song and playing it over and over while reading the lyrics from your website. Just love to hear you raise that lilting tenor voice.  It has to be your most beautiful song.  And it's full of good advice for you right now. Praying for you. ~ From just one more fan

Dan, I've been a lifelong fan. Own ALL of your albums and have admired your gifts since " Home Free ". Every time you've been in the Tulsa area, I've caught your show. I've never written to a celebrity. It's not my thing I guess. However, having heard of your " struggle ", I want you to know that you truly are on my prayer list. I am a sonographer by trade and work at a cancer hospital and see victories over this disease all of the time. You CAN kick this thing off your porch. Rage against the night and know that the sun will rise. Do not give up HOPE. I thank the good Lord every day for giving you triumph over this. Prayer works!  In numbers, it can't be stopped. BELIEVE! We stumble through our lives never really knowing how much of an impact we may or may not have on others. A mystery! Your music is a stone tossed in the water whose rings continue to move outward and touch lives in a way that gives joy. May you and your wife fare well in all things. ~ Paul, Tulsa,Ok.

Dear Dan, I am sorry to have lost track of your music after "Leader of the Band".  Reading your Bio indicates you have gone on to even greater things!  I am going to try to catch up on those new songs. But in the meantime, I am sending my best wishes and positive healing energy to help with your recovery. ~ Annette Hall

Dear Dan, I will be brief since I've left several messages over the past months. Just wanted to let you know you're still in my thoughts and prayers. I'm a loyal fan who loves you :-)  I'd love it if you could post an update on your website, it's been a long time since we've heard any news from you. You're a treasure, you're music is a gift to us all. God Bless you.~ Rose Pargiter, Knoxville TN

You are in on my mind and in my heart today.  I just learned that my mother (who is battling brain cancer) is cancer free!
Her PET scan came out clean!  There is hope!  Always hope! Let "His" light shine!  Keeping you and your family in my prayers.  ~ Traci Suzanne Marvel

Dear Dan, you have been on my mind lately.  I know I shouldn't worry, but we (your fans) do care about you so much and pray for you often.  I pray that you are feeling well and that God will give you and your family strength and courage to face each day.  I am certain that God has already blessed you with that strength.  I hope you are able to enjoy this nice Fall weather we
are having.  I always think of your songs when I see the seasons change. Your music has a way of soothing my soul like no other can.  It's also comforting to read everyone's heartfelt wishes for you.  We all share such a connection to your music that I feel in a way we are all like kindred spirits..and I hope you can feel all of our love right now. ~ Sherry

Dear Dan, thank you for your lyrics of inspiration. I hope to hear continuous positive news of your fight. Whenever I am on an awesome hike in a Redwood Forest and no one is around, I sing loudly the tune "Sutter's Mill". :') ~ Tony- Whittier, CA

Dear Dan, We miss you! We think of you every day and send only love your way.  We want to know how you are feeling. Please come home to us soon. Loving wishes ~ pat

I have grown up listening to you through my parents, my mentor, and now myself.  I am a dance teacher and am now passing along your music to my students.  Your music and story-telling has been so important to my life.  Thanks and may you overcome your illness.

Dear Dan, Your music has been a cherished part of my life.  One late night in the 1970s I ran out of the house to escape the craziness of my brother's wild party and went to my best friend's house.  She calmed me down to sleep with your album "Souvenirs".  You've deepened my days with your music and given me words for feelings that sometimes couldn't be named.  Out of gratitude for all you've given us I pray for your healing to be complete.  Love and Much Appreciation ~ Teri, St Louis MO

Dear Mr. Dan Fogelberg,   The year The Innocent Age album was released I was in my mid-twenties.  The songs from that album were absolutely magical to me.  Music has forever been a major element in helping me to remain sane throughout my lifetime.  You see, I come from a family of seven children, three of whom were born with a rare form of Muscular Dystrophy called SMA, or Spinal Muscular Atrophy.  I was one of the three.  When someone must spend an entire life in a power-wheelchair they have no alternative but to grasp for those beautiful things that will strengthen and empower the mind and the imagination.  So we sang the songs of our generation together.  Your music, your heart, was instrumental in helping my sister, my brother and myself to live our lives happily, and with true fervor. Few burdened by severe disabilities are happy, well-adjusted people -- but, thanks to the beauty of your songs, my family was one that survived SMA.  Do you now see why I must refer to you, dear sir, as Mr. Dan Fogelberg?  Not incidentally, you recorded This Endris Night, and took my breath away.  The Lord Himself must have smiled through His tears.  You and wife and family are in my prayers, Sir.  Sincerely ~ Rebecca E. Hays

Dear Dan, I just wanted to tell you I have been a huge fan ever since my best friend and I got into her older sister's albums one day after school in 1977.  The album was Home Free and I have been hooked ever since.  A fellow employee gave me The Wild Places as an apology gift many years ago and I have to say that has been my favorite  CD of all time. I also want to tell you that I have been an O.R. nurse for 17 years and we do so much prostate cancer surgery.  I know you have a positive outlook and I will say a special prayer for your complete recovery. Thanks for the music, and how blessed you are with such talent.  I wish I had a fraction of it! Sincerely ~ Lisa Drury, Longwood, FL

Dearest Illinois Brother.....you have been blessed with a gift that few are given.  Thank you for sharing "all that you are" with us all.  Many ungiven blessings remain in your name so stay faithful, positive, and enjoy every day to its fullest. ~ Pete & Cecile - Augusta, GA

Dear Dan, Your life touched mine and I thank you.  I have loved your music for.oh my, is it 40 years?  I hope you have enjoyed your "Run for the Roses" and feel that your life has been a good one.  You have been along with me for the ride and I cherish the music you have given me. I was so very lucky to see you in Rama about five years ago. ~ Judy in Barrie, Ontario.
 
Dan: A good friend of mine who is also a consummate musicologist turned me on to your "Souvenirs" album back in 1974.  Right off, I thought of another good friend of mine, Mike Carrigan, because his voice is exactly like yours.  I bought your "Souvenirs" and brought it over to Mike's and played it for him.  We had been jammin' on guitars for a while before that, doing some Valdi, Brewer and Shipley, etc.  Well, wasn't long before Mike learned most of the songs off your "Souvenirs".  We performed them at campfires and parties and finally in Hamilton Ontario's CHCH TV station in 1977 on a program called "New Faces" (which every week featured the talent of a different Ontario community) when it featured Wainfleet where
both Mike and I reside.  Both Mike and I, long time fans of yours, were crushed when we heard about your health issues.  Life deals out its share of cruel blows without rhyme or reason.  Still and all, both Mike and I hope that you will get through this and manage to keep enriching everyone's life with your beautiful songs and music.

All the best to you and yours and may you enjoy a long and happy life.  (BTW, I suffered a heart attack on July 6th of this year but recognized the symptoms early enough and called 911.  The ambulance got me to the hospital in time.  A few days later and an angiogram/angioplasty and a couple of stents inserted and I'm still here to enjoy your songs.) ~ André

I've loved your music for decades. In 1984, I walked down the aisle  to "Longer".   It so saddens me to hear the news of your ill health. I'd  wondered what became of you. May you enjoy strength and healing.

To my hero,  I have loved you since I first heard the Nether Lands album when I was 14. I am now 42. I have been to many of your concerts and was left breathless!!!  I wish all the best for you and you're always in my prayers. ~ Tina

Dan - I am 52 today and have followed your musical career since 1975.  I have been touched deeply by your music and the poetry you sing.  Thank you for expressing yourself this way.  I know that you are facing your greatest challenge yet.  My prayers are with you and Jean.  You have lots of us out here....thinking about you - good thoughts that will hopefully provide support for you and yours.  When you are feeling better, go back to Colorado - to Estes Park, and breathe the wonderful Rocky Mountain air.  Close your eyes now, and remember how it was...and how it can be again, one day.  Take care.  ~  Barbara

Your music has had a place in my heart for as long as I can remember.  I saw you in concert, in '94 I believe', in Pensacola, FL.  It was the most enjoyable and unforgettable thing I have ever attended.  Nothing fancy, just you and your music.  It was perfect.  I'm still listening and always will. I send my thoughts, prayers and love to you and your family.  ~ J. Fralick

Dear Dan, I first heard "To The Morning" in a trailer in Branson City, MO. I was the guest of a friend and the dinner was some type of baked-stuffed squash. The host put on the Home Free album on the turn table and I must have listened to that song 30 times.....sitting in front of the turn table and lifting up the needle and carefully placing the needle once again to play. "To The Morning." I then picked up my guitar and learned the song that day. I still hate squash however I will always carry with me the memory of first hearing your voice and lyrics of   "To The Morning"... Thanks! ~ Michael Freemen Bliss

Hi Dan, Hope you are getting better every day. You are always in my thoughts. We all miss your music alot!!!  Just wanted to let you know I love you and pray for you daily. ~ Jacque Thomas

Dear Mr. Fogelberg, I first fell in love with your music with "Home Free"...the original LP!  For all the years since that I have enjoyed your music I thank you.  I wish strength and peace for you and your family in this most difficult of times. ~ Candice

Dear Mr. and Mrs. Fogelberg - My prayers go out to you, and I appreciate your 'getting the word out' about prostate cancer.  It's vitally important, and too many physicians actually forgo the 'finger wave' because it bothers so many men.  Please, guys, no matter how it 'squicks' you, get it done!  It can be a lifesaver.  Studies have shown that a PSA alone is not a replacement
for a digital rectal exam, but an adjunct to it.

On a more personal note, I just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed your music over the years.   There have been times in my life when a song could 'soundtrack' what I was going through and help me survive.  I wanted to thank you for helping me get through my first year of surgery residency with "Part of the Plan".  "Meanings get lost and the teachings get tossed and you don't know what you're going to do next" was the perfect way to describe the trauma room at three a.m. when you're just months out of medical school... Thank you ~ Linda James

Dan, You cross my mind often and I wonder how you're doing.  We have a couple of things in common - We both attended Woodruff High School in the 60's and I too have been touched by cancer - 3-1/2 years as a breast cancer survivor. I have ALL of your songs on my IPOD which I listen to every day as I walk.  I thank you so much for your beautiful music; the lyrics touch my heart.  You've been blessed with such great talent to be able to express yourself in your music. I wish you and Jean health and happiness. May God bless you ~ Jan

Dear Dan, I send you and your family my thoughts and prayers for strength and faith at this most difficult time. Your music has meant so much to me over the years with too many songs to list hear. "The Reach", however, holds a very special place in my heart, as it evokes memories and thoughts of the rugged and beautiful coast of Maine. How happy I was to see the photos of you taken in this lovely state. Thank you for the gift of your music! Godspeed ~Dixie

Dan, We met after your last Ravinia concert; I was a guest of your old college roommate and guitar buddy. Here's sending you best wishes and prayers for healing. Thanks for all the wonderful music over the years. ~ Jim Ware

Hi Dan and Jean, Just thought I'd say hello again. I've been learning one of your songs. "Make Love Stay" ( Live acoustic version ) and admiring how great and wonderfully written, sung and played that song really is. Just wanted to say thank you for all the  great songs you written and performed for us over the years. I've been a fan of yours since my high school days in the late 70's. You've been such a huge inspiration for me as a musician and person and will always be. I've always looked up to you like a big  brother even though I've never meet you. Your music and what you stand for in life has always inspired me deeply. I loved your Wild Places concert and your thoughts and  philosophical views about the environment that we live in. My thoughts and prayers are with the both of you always and I hope to see you in concert again someday. Get well soon !  God Bless ~ Dennis Levasseur Norwich CT.