leader of the band free mp3 download Dan Fogelberg. The late Dan Fogelberg (August 13, 1951, Peoria, Illinois ? December 16, 2007, Deer Isle, Maine) was an American singer/ who had several gold and platinum releases in the late 1970's and early 80's. During his solo career, under assistance of Eagles manager Irving Azoff, he rose to prominence and epitomized the soft rock 70s sound. He also voiced his concerns on social and ecological issues, including the No Nukes concerts, and worked in the studio with a diverse variety of musicians including Van Morrison, Joe Walsh, Tim Weisberg and Ricky Skaggs. The youngest of three sons, Dan was born in Peoria, Illinois, the son of Margaret (n?e Irvine), a classically-trained pianist, and Lawrence Peter Fogelberg, a high school band director, who spent most of his career at Peoria Woodruff High School and Pekin High School. Dan Fogelberg's mother was a Scottish immigrant and his father was of Swedish descent. His father would later be the inspiration for the song . Using a Mel Bay course book, Dan taught himself to play a Hawaiian slide guitar his grandfather gave to him; he also learned to play the piano. He started his music career at age 14 when he joined his first band, The Clan, which paid homage to The Beatles. His second band was another cover combo, The Coachmen, which in 1967 released two singles on Ledger Records: "Maybe Time Will Let Me Forget" and "Don't Want To Lose Her." Another was the blues band, Frankie and the Aliens, who toured regionally during the 1980s covering songs by Cream and Muddy Waters, among others. After graduating from Woodruff High School in 1969, he studied theater arts and painting at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and began performing as a solo acoustic player in area coffeehouses including the Red Herring Coffeehouse where he made his first solo recordings as part of a folk festival recording in 1971. There, he was discovered in 1971 by Irving Azoff. Fogelberg and Azoff ? who started his music- management career promoting another Champaign-Urbana act, REO Speedwagon ? moved to California to seek their fortunes. Fogelberg became a session musician who played with pop-folk artists like Van Morrison. In 1972, he released his debut album Home Free to lukewarm response. His second effort was much more successful: the 1974 Joe Walsh-produced album Souvenirs and its hit song "Part Of The Plan" made him a major star. Following Souvenirs, Fogelberg released a string of gold and platinum albums, including (1975) and (1977), and found commercial success with songs like "The Power Of Gold." His 1978 Twin Sons of Different Mothers was the first of two collaborations with jazz flutist Tim Weisberg. 1979's Phoenix reached the Top 10, with "Longer" becoming a #2 hit and wedding standard in winter 1980. This was followed by his Top 20 hit "." , released in October 1981, was Fogelberg's critical and commercial peak. This double album song cycle included four of his biggest hits: "Leader Of The Band," "," "Run for the Roses", and "," based on a real-life accidental meeting with a former girlfriend (Jill Anderson). In 1984, he rocked a little again with the album . Fogelberg released in 1985. Recorded in Nashville, it showcased his (and some of the industry's best) talent in the bluegrass genre. Vince Gill, Ricky Skaggs, Doc Watson, Jerry Douglas, David Grisman, Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen were among those who contributed to the record. In a world defined by "life in the fast lane" Fogelberg described the music as "life in the off-ramp." 1987 heralded a return to rock with Exiles, while 1990's The Wild Places was a tribute to Earth preservation. In 1991, he released the live album Greetings from the West. , released in 1993, was Fogelberg's last studio album for sony records. In 1997, Portrait encompassed his career with four discs, each highlighting a different facet of his music: "Ballads," "Rock and Roll," "Tales and Travels" (which displayed his talents as a narrative songwriter) and "Hits." In 1999 he fulfilled a career-long dream of creating a Christmas album called First Christmas Morning, and in 2003, Full Circle showcased a return to the folk-influenced, 1970s soft rock-style of music for which he and other singer- from his era had gained popular recognition. Fogelberg also used his music to address social issues, including peace and Native American concerns. He was particularly outspoken about his commitment to the environment and to finding alternatives to nuclear power. To that end, Fogelberg included "Face The Fire" on the Phoenix album and performed at a number of the Musicians United for Safe Energy "No Nukes" concerts in 1979 and 1980. His live concerts won acclaim across the nation over the years. Fogelberg said one of his proudest moments came in 1979 when he played New York City's Carnegie Hall for an audience including his mother and father. Most summers, Fogelberg would perform with full band or in solo acoustic setting; the formats allowed him to show the breadth and depth of his talent as a singer, guitarist, pianist and bandleader. In 2002, fans showed their appreciation by choosing Fogelberg to be one of the first 10 inductees into the Performers Hall of Fame at the Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, Colorado. In May 2004, Fogelberg was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. He underwent therapy and achieved a partial remission, which did not eliminate his cancer but reduced it and stopped its spread. On August 13, 2005, his 54th birthday, Fogelberg announced the success of his cancer treatments and he thanked fans for their support. He said that he had no immediate plans to return to making music but was keeping his options open and enjoying spending time with his wife, musician Jean Fogelberg. Fogelberg maintained residences in Deer Isle, Maine and at Mountain Bird Ranch, a 610-acre property near Pagosa Springs, Colorado that he bought in 1982. The ranch was put up for sale in 2005. After battling prostate cancer for three years, Fogelberg died on December 16, 2007 at his home in Maine with his wife Jean by his side. Soon after his death, Fogelberg's wife, Jean, announced that a song written and recorded for her by Fogelberg for Valentine's Day 2005, Sometimes a Song, would be sold on the Internet and all proceeds would go to the Prostate Cancer Foundation. The song was released on Valentine's Day 2008. She further announced that this song would be included in a collection of eleven previously unrecorded songs (nine originals) to be released on a CD provisionally entitled "Love In Time". WATCH: Dan Fogelberg Pays Tribute To His Late Father With “Leader Of The Band” Fogelberg would often tell stories about his dad allowing him to “conduct” the band when he was just four years old. “It was an amazing feeling,” he recalls. “It felt both very magical and powerful. And I was fearless.” “Leader of the Band” A Sentimental Hit. Fogelberg would record this song for his 1979 album Phoenix . However, the song felt too sentimental for this particular album, and it wasn’t released until 1981 on the album The Innocent Age . His father would pass away the following year. Fogelberg did not intend for the song to become a hit, but it definitely did resonate with children’s love for their fathers. There is one very personal line in the song: “Thank you for the freedom when it came my time to go.” This is in reference to Fogelberg dropping out of college. He would attend the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana but decided to drop out to pursue music . Of course, this is not what most parents want to hear. Fogelberg’s father was disappointed but supported his son regardless. It obviously worked out, as Fogelberg got a record deal and became one of the top solo artists of the ’70s. When the song released as a single in 1981, it peaked at #9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in March 1982. It would soon become Fogelberg’s second #1 song on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. Check out the video below to see Fogelberg talk about his father as the inspiration for the song and also perform the sentimental hit. Leader of the Band | Listen to Dan Fogelberg Leader of the Band MP3 song. Leader of the Band song from the album Love Songs is released on Oct 1995 . The duration of song is 04:15. This song is sung by Dan Fogelberg. 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Singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg, a platinum-selling artist and longtime Colorado resident, died today. He was 56, and his death came three years after being diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. “He was a gentle guy,” said longtime concert promoter Barry Fey, who was diagnosed with early stage prostate cancer in late 1997. “I went to his wedding in Pagosa Springs. It wasn’t a glitzy thing. What you saw was what you got with him. Dan was very unpretentious.” Fellow artist Richie Furay wasn’t a close friend of Fogelberg’s, but they met multiple times, including when Furay’s band Poco was driving through Nashville, Tenn., and later when Fogelberg invited him to sing on 1981’s “The Innocent Age,” Fogelberg’s seventh album. “Dan was one of the sweetest people I’ve ever known,” Furay, formerly of Buffalo Springfield, told The Post. Furay posted a note on his website Sunday evening: “I am saddened today with the news of Dan’s passing. He was a wonderful person who touched many people with his unique talent of communicating the songs in his heart to such a large audience. “Our sincere heartfelt prayers go out to his wife and family. He will be missed but will always ‘live on’ in the music he has left behind.” A post on Fogelberg’s website Sunday afternoon said he died peacefully. “Dan left us this morning at 6 a.m.,” the post on danfogelberg.com read. “He fought a brave battle with cancer and died peacefully at home in Maine with his wife Jean at his side. His strength, dignity and grace in the face of the daunting challenges of this disease were an inspiration to all who knew him.” After dropping out of the University of Illinois at Champaign, Fogelberg met Irving Azoff, then a rising regional music businessman. The two had plans to head to Los Angeles. Azoff left and gave Fogelberg $200 for the trip west. But Fogelberg ran out of money in Estes Park, where he stayed for a week while waiting for Azoff to wire him cash. It was enough time to sell him on Colorado. “Living far away from the madness of Los Angeles has allowed me to focus on what’s real in life — so music is a joy, a legacy,” he told The Denver Post in 2001. Fogelberg bought a Nederland spread from Chris Hillman — of the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers — and he wrote and recorded many albums there and, later, at his ranch near Pagosa Springs. Fogelberg had lived in Maine for the past three or four years. “For those of us here in Colorado who grew up with his music, we knew that his best music stemmed from the joy he took in the solitude here,” said friend G. Brown, a longtime Denver Post music critic and now the morning show host on KCUV-FM (102.3), where he’ll host a tribute to Fogelberg at 9:20 a.m. Monday. “It’s now been 30 years since he released ‘Nether Lands,’ and he wrote that up at his place, which was like 9,000 feet up. I remember the road in front of his house, he called it the Ho Chi Minh Trail because it was impassable for most of the year.” Fogelberg’s greatest-hits collection has sold more than 3 million copies in the U.S., according to figures from the Recording Industry Association of America. Four of his studio records — including “Souvenirs,” “Nether Lands,” “Phoenix” and “The Innocent Age” — have sold more than 2 million copies each stateside. The first time Chuck Morris met Fogelberg, the artist was playing Morris’ famed club Ebbets Field in downtown Denver. Touring with Fogelberg was his old friend and manager Azoff, now a management legend with a client base that has included the Eagles, Journey and Christina Aguilera. “And I’ll never forget that night,” remembered Morris, now the president of promoting giant AEG Live Rocky Mountains. “It was a sold-out crowd, and Irving said, ‘This guy’s going to fill up arenas in two or three years.’ And he was right. “He was a really great guy — just sweet and nice and a brilliant singer-songwriter. Of my favorite two or three songs ever, one of them has to be ‘Leader of the Band,’ which was about his dad. There have been great songs written by artists about their fathers, but I don’t think there’s a better one than that.”