[Vision2020] Dan Fogelberg

[lfalen]

Thanks Carl, I'll look for it.
Roger
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From: Carl Westberg carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:13:10 -0800
To: lfalen lfalen at turbonet.com,  Tom Hansen thansen at moscow.com, vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Dan Fogelberg

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> Dan Fogelberg's solo efforts were wonderful, and if you haven't heard it, I'd recommend an album he did with Tim Weisberg  that was released in 1978, called "Twin Sons of Different Mothers".  Great stuff, too.  Carl Westberg Jr.
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> > Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:57:38 -0800
> > From: lfalen at turbonet.com
> > To: thansen at moscow.com; carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com; vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dan Fogelberg
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> > Dan Fogelberg was very good. I have been playing his songs.
> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: "Tom Hansen" thansen at moscow.com
> > Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:27:50 -0800
> > To: "'Carl Westberg'" carlwestberg846 at hotmail.com,  vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Dan Fogelberg
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> > > "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg
> > > 
> > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy3GHCy49Dw
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > An only child
> > > Alone and wild
> > > A cabinet makers son
> > > His hands were meant
> > > For different work
> > > And his heart was known
> > > To none --
> > > He left his home
> > > And went his lone
> > > And solitary way
> > > And he gave to me
> > > A gift I know I never
> > > Can repay
> > > 
> > > A quiet man of music
> > > Denied a simpler fate
> > > He tried to be a soldier once
> > > But his music wouldnt wait
> > > He earned his love
> > > Through discipline
> > > A thundering, velvet hand
> > > His gentle means of sculpting souls
> > > Took me years to understand.
> > > 
> > > The leader of the band is tired
> > > And his eyes are growing old
> > > But his blood runs through
> > > My instrument
> > > And his song is in my soul --
> > > My life has been a poor attempt
> > > To imitate the man
> > > Im just a living legacy
> > > To the leader of the band.
> > > 
> > > My brothers lives were
> > > Different
> > > For they heard another call
> > > One went to chicago
> > > And the other to st. paul
> > > And Im in colorado
> > > When Im not in some hotel
> > > Living out this life Ive chose
> > > And come to know so well.
> > > 
> > > I thank you for the music
> > > And your stories of the road
> > > I thank you for the freedom
> > > When it came my time to go --
> > > I thank you for the kindness
> > > And the times when you got tough
> > > And, pap, I dont think i
> > > Said i love you near enough --
> > > 
> > > The leader of the band is tired
> > > And his eyes are growing old
> > > But his blood runs through
> > > My instrument
> > > And his song is in my soul --
> > > My life has been a poor attempt
> > > To imitate the man
> > > Im just a living legacy
> > > To the leader of the band
> > > I am the living legacy
> > > To the leader of the band.
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > >  
> > > 
> > > Seeya round town, Moscow.
> > > 
> > > Tom Hansen
> > > Moscow, Idaho
> > > 
> > > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
> > > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> > > 
> > > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007) 
> > > 
> > >   _____  
> > > 
> > > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> > > On Behalf Of Carl Westberg
> > > Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 12:09 PM
> > > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > > Subject: [Vision2020] Dan Fogelberg
> > > 
> > >  
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> > > Just heard of the passing of singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg at the age of
> > > 56.  "Leader of the Band" and "Same Old Lang Syne" are two of the most
> > > haunting, beautiful songs of the last few decades.  RIP.   Carl Westberg Jr.
> > > 
> > >   _____  
> > > 
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