Talk:Dan Fogelberg

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Actually, Dan himself (www.danfogelberg.com) says that he never worked with Van Morrison, except as an opening act in the early 70's. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.108.30.29 (talk) 09:39, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

Surname

What is the ethnic origin of his surname? Badagnani (talk) 01:30, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Well, he's Scots-Irish..

Eenyminy (talk) 22:10, 23 January 2009 (UTC)

His surname is a typical Swedish surname, though. Fågelberg (means 'Bird Mountain') is a typical Swedish surname, albeit uncommon. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.233.146.232 (talk) 01:04, 5 November 2009 (UTC)

For whatever it may be worth, Vogelberg (the German V is pronounced like the English F), which also means "bird mountain", is an actual mountain. Cosmic Latte (talk) 19:00, 24 January 2010 (UTC)

His father was Swedish. How is this complicated? rags (talk) 16:52, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Residences

The bit about Fogelberg's ranch being up for sale was deleted earlier today by someone who added that Fogelberg resided in Maine, yet did not provide a source. I re-added the information about the ranch (which was already sourced), combined it with the information about his Maine residence, and added a source. This should take care of any confusion on the issue. Clockster (talk) 04:59, 18 December 2007 (UTC)

Mother's Maiden Name

The official website (www.danfogelberg.com) says that Dan's mother was Margaret Irvine. I see her listed in this article and in other places as Margaret Young, and in fewer places as Margaret Irvine. Not having any information as to the reason for the discrepancy, I would suggest that the official website should be the trusted source, and the Wikipedia article should be changed. Alanlarue (talk) 22:15, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Updated Release Date for "Love in Time"

I added the following, "Fogelberg's official website lists an updated release date for this project as August 2009."--Thistledowne (talk) 16:12, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Citation

I don't really know how to use Wikipedia but the page lists a need for a citation. You can see what it quotes here in the first few seconds of the video on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYFVEB4j6zI

I didn't put the quotation in but since it said it needed a citation and I had just heard him say that on this video, I figured I'd add it. Help! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.50.88.100 (talk) 03:12, 2 April 2011 (UTC)

Best Know For?

"Longer"?!? Come on, now! I'd say the most popular would be "Same Old Lang Syne." Other more notable (in my opinion) creations are "Heart Hotels" and "Run for the Roses" and "Part of the Plan." But, by a long shot, "Same Old Lang Syne" belongs in first position. However, note that I grew up with him (was in 8th grade when "Captured Angel" hit the airwaves). — Preceding unsigned comment added by Yatescr (talk • contribs) 15:23, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

You could be right. Both Amazon and iTunes currently list "Same Old Lang Syne" as his best-selling song, with "Leader of the Band" at #2 and "Longer" as #3. On the other hand, "Longer" seems to have charted higher, and last.fm users have listened to "Longer" nearly twice as many times as to "Same Old Lang Syne". I would suggest adding "Same Old Lang Syne" to the lead and keeping the other two, as they do seem to be his big three in terms of measurable audience. --Hobbes Goodyear (talk) 20:46, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

location of auld layn syne

the citation for the location of the package store does not support that claim. I was told (told, no citation, fraternity brother story of his), that it was in Champaign.

fix citation, allow alternative possibility. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.203.152.135 (talk) 22:21, 18 September 2013 (UTC)

You might want to review the sources cited by the article about the song, Same Old Lang Syne, which goes into a lot more detail about the origins of the song including the location of the chance encounter and the name of the woman involved. For the encounter to have taken place in Champaign, all those sources would have to be wrong. mwalimu59 (talk) 20:22, 19 September 2013 (UTC)

Style

"1987 heralded a return to rock..." sounds like a dj, or People magazine. This is an excellent article imo, but there are spots where the style slips from encyclopedic. rags (talk) 16:56, 22 June 2017 (UTC)

Sutter's Mill

Seems strange that there is no mention of this now-classic piece of history-based songwriting on either this page or his Discography page article.Starhistory22 (talk) 07:19, 20 December 2017 (UTC)

Religious Background

Aside from the fact that Dan Fogelberg is Swedish and Scots Irish, I would like to know if he ever attended church growing up? Was he Jewish? I also know that Fogelberg translates to "Bird Mountain." Or was he an atheist? (73.207.75.0 (talk) 23:45, 22 August 2019 (UTC))

His first wife.

Correction- Dan's first wife was Peggie Slaymaker from Nashville. I would know because she lived in the same old apartment building as me in '73-74. Not only that but when Dan was on the road she would accompany me to my job working the stage at Muther's, a big rock venue in Nashville on Lafayette St. 2600:100D:B021:6CCC:7847:1568:99AC:2E48 (talk) 17:16, 1 December 2022 (UTC)

OK correction to correction, his first wife Peggie started going by Maggie. Found a post by her current husband who dated her before D.F. and again after her divorce and he states that she started going by Maggie. 98.39.65.185 (talk) 23:27, 1 December 2022 (UTC)