Fogelberg's father, Lawrence Fogelberg, was a musician, educator, and band leader. Dan has spoken extensively how his dad's influence as a musician shaped his life and career.
"Leader of the Band" emerged as part folk-rock song and part extraordinary thank-you note. Fogelberg sings, "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 papa, I don't think I said I love you near enough."
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When he sings the chorus, “The leader of the band is tired and his eyes are growing oldBut his blood runs through my instrument and his song is in my soul,” it's hard not to consider one's own life and family legacy.
In 2017, Grammy Award-winning singer Zac Brown recorded the song for a tribute album to Dan Fogelberg. He dedicated is version to his father.
"One of the worst things I think that can happen to people is if they don't express the love to their father and their mother while they're alive." said Fogelberg, "There's always difficulties in family relationships, but I think it's one of the most important things you can do in your life is to make sure that's all done while everybody's still around."
Fogelberg's father, Lawrence Fogelberg, died at age 71 on August 5, 1982. Fogelberg never stopped performing the song in concert, always noting what it meant to him personally. Dan Fogelberg died on December 16, 2007, at just 56 years old.Listen to Dan Fogelberg discussing what "Leader of the Band" meant to him:
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