An Evening of Dan Fogelberg Music at the sold out Lyric Music Theater in South Portland, ME on January 26, 2013. What a night! Photo by Susan Lessard.
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Dan Fogelberg was a multi-platinum selling artist, with hits such as "Leader of the Band", "Longer", "Same Old Lang Syne" and a large and diverse catalog of over 20 albums. He passed away in 2007 after a three year battle with prostate cancer. Dan remains a huge influence and musical hero of Don's. On November 13, 2012, Don released a double CD, Kites To Fly: Celebrating the Music of Dan Fogelberg and in January, 2013 began presenting live performances of this music around his own busy schedule of Don Campbell Music shows. FOR A CURRENT LIST OF MUSIC OF DAN FOGELBERG SHOWS, PLEASE SEE BELOW IN NEWS SECTION. |
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Making, Sharing & Celebrating the Music of Dan Fogelberg
Celebrating the Kites To Fly CD release at the Bull Moose (music store) in South Portland, Maine, mid-November, 2012. Posters all designed by Don's brother-in-law, Peter Shevenell. These are available at shows or through our website store. 
Kites To Fly CD photo shoot of Don along the coast of Maine at Spring Point Ledge Light on the campus of SMCC in late August, 2012 with photographer Susan Lessard. 
Nashville studio, May 2012 - recording a part for Stars. 
Don records the song, Stars, for the upcoming CD in his Nashville studio, May 2012. 
The famous two pines along the Illinois River in Peoria where Dan spent time. Great tour from Hugh Higgins on March 1, 2012. |
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May 2013: We are proud to announce additional Music of Dan Fogelberg shows around our regular Don Campbell Music shows and show traditions. This information is also available on our Tour calendar page. |
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Veterans Day - Thank you to our Veterans and families of Veterans for your service and sacrifice.
Nov. 11, 2012 - Another busy day in the office, studio and road today! We'll be posting another excerpt from the Kites To Fly liner notes this evening but wanted to first say thank you to all of the Veterans and their family members.
Countdown to Official Release! Celebrating the Songs. Saturday report!
November 10, 2012 - A note from Tonya: Last year, Don wrote a song called "Maybe Someday You Will". It's going to be on his Spring 2013 CD release. I love the melody and there's imagery in the lyrics that hits sad and beautiful all at once in a subtle yet powerful way. Dan Fogelberg was a master in that department. Today I'm sharing a short excerpt that Don wrote about Dan's "Heart Hotels" from his November 1979 Phoenix album. "Heart Hotels" is song one on disc one of the Kites To Fly Double CD. Enjoy your day! From Don about "Heart Hotels": One of the great characteristics of Dan Fogelberg’s lyrics… never afraid to talk about the different rooms, chambers and contents of his heart.
Countdown to Official Release! Celebrating the Songs. Happy Friday!
Nov. 9 - Hello Friends! This is another note from Tonya...Today's excerpt from the new Kites To Fly liner notes is a passage Don wrote about Dan Fogelberg's "Run For The Roses" from the Innocent Age album of 1981. Have a great day, friends!
"I’ve decided that it is impossible to watch the Kentucky Derby without thinking of this song. Dan Fogelberg wrote this song especially for ABC Sports and the 1980 running of the Kentucky Derby. Interestingly, Dan used a unique technique as a songwriter here — the listener is actually the horse he’s speaking to. This could be a risky thing to do for many songwriters, but not for Fogelberg, as it totally works. I really love the harmony violins that Tom Yoder plays here, especially the note choices we made together at the end of the tune." Countdown to Official Release! Celebrating the Songs.
Nov. 8 - Today I thought I'd share an excerpt from the liner notes Don wrote about a song called "Scarecrow's Dream", a Fogelberg song from the Nether Lands album released in May, 1977:
This is a beautifully haunting song that I listen to every autumn. Only Fogelberg could convey lyrically how it feels to be a lonely scarecrow, affixed, unable to experience all of the great things in life that man gets to enjoy. “I hang in the hopes of replacement, castles tall, I build them all, but I dream that I’m trapped in the basement,” “Between the worlds of men and make-believe, I can be found.” There’s obviously no escape for this inanimate, man-like, thought-filled, human wannabe. In my opinion, this song is a masterpiece. I’ll never look at a scarecrow the same way again. Countdown to Official Release! Celebrating the Songs. And UPS!
Nov. 7, 2013 - Hello Friends! This is Tonya writing this morning, and according to my iPhone, our shipment of CDs from the manufacturer is local! "On Vehicle For Delivery"! It's an exciting day around here! Today I decided to share an excerpt from the liner notes Don wrote about The Sand And The Foam from Dan's 1981 Innocent Age album. Don sets it up by quoting lyrics from the song: “Time stills the singing a child holds so dear, and I’m just beginning to hear… gone are the pathways the child followed home, gone like the sand and the foam.” I often witness my two-and-a-half year old nephew Cam having fun, singing nursery rhymes with my 75-year-old Mom when she babysits for him. These are songs she used to sing to me as a child. They bring back great memories. Dan was right. All too soon, we give up the music of our childhood. And those little trusty paths we took home before it got too dark — they’ve all grown over.
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