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good fathers have on young men's lives and young women's. In a canon of personal songs, leader of the band stands out as Dan Fogelberg's most treasured. It's a loving tribute to his musician father, Lawrence Fogelberg. Released in late 1981, it peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. and hit number one an adult contemporary.
Here is Dan Fogelberg with his story of his love song. to his father. If I think I could only have written one song in my life. It would have been a good band. Because what that meant to my father.
and to me. There's no way I could quantify that or even explain it. Um My father passed away over ten years ago now, and He got to hear that song. He got to see this, enjoy the success of that song. People were calling him on the phone and interviewing him.
in his last days. You know, who is this man, the leader of the band, you know? And he just he loved that, and I loved that, because I respected him so much. I mean, he gave me everything I am, really. My mother and he were both musicians and The idea of being a living legacy is really the truth.
I don't think I'll ever be as accomplished a musician as he was. But um I've had a different gift. It came to me in a different way. I've been able to reach and touch people with these songs. And that one has probably touched more people more deeply than anything I've ever done.
An only child alone. and while a cabinet maker's son His hands were meant for different work, and his heart was known to none. He left his arm and went his loan and saw a terry way. And it gave to me a gift I know I never can rip Hey. Every night.
When I sing that song, I feel him. He's there with me. It's a difficult song to sing some nights. A quiet man of mere. Music denied In a simpler fate.
He tried to be a soldier once, but his music wouldn't wait. He earned his love through discipline, a thundering velvet hand. His gentle mean of sculpting souls took me years to understand Some nights it's ebulent.
Some nights it feels great. I celebrate his life.
Sometimes it's very sad because I really miss him. I miss having that guy, you know, that strong central. figure in my life that I respected so greatly.
So My life has been Poor attempt to imitate the man. I'm just a little Living legacy. To the lead. of the band.
So I think in the long run, that song is maybe one of the most important I've written. Simply because It has helped bridge the gap. Between fathers and sons, or daughters and fathers. You know, there's a lot of women that have said too that it helped them to communicate their love to their father. And to be able to solidify that relationship.
and express that relationship while there's time. Living out this life of yours and come to know so well. You know, 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, I mean, 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.
Well well everybody's still around. I thank ye father Muses. And your stories of the road. I thank you for the free When it came my time to go. I thank you, Father.
The kind And the times when you got up. And papa. I don't think I said, I love you near. Maybe now The leader of The bend is tired and his eyes are growing old. you But it's Butter.
through my Instrument, and a song is in my soul. My life has been the poor But dead. To imitate the man. I'm just a little Living legacy to the leader of The bed. I am a living legacy to the lead.
Leader. The man. When the song leader of the band cemented our relationship, there was nothing left unsaid. when he passed away. And a terrific job on the production, editing, and storytelling by our own Greg Hengler himself.
A father. And what a story Dan told. What a tribute. And what a thing to do for your dad. and imagine how moved he was.
Dan said, What it meant to my father and to me. There's just no way I can quantify it. Every night when I sing that song, I feel him. I miss having that guy. Dan said about his dad, that strong central figure in my life.
I respected so greatly. And my goodness, there are two kinds of fathers out there. And you're listening. The guy whose son says that about you. or daughter, and the guy who son or daughter doesn't.
and get busy being that first guy. It is the most important song I ever wrote, because it helped bridge the gap between fathers and sons. and fathers and daughters. The song cemented our relationship, Dan said. and there was nothing left unsaid.
when he passed away. The story of a song. The STORY OF LEADER OF THE BAND A Father and Son song. A love song. Here on Our American Stories.
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