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You can search for the Our American Stories podcast. Go to the iHeartRadio app to Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. 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 nine on the Billboard Hot One Hundred 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 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 repay.
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 music denied 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 means 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. Oh My life has been a poor attempt. To imitate the man I'm just Just a little.
Living legacy. To the leader. of the bank.
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.
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, you know, 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, everybody's still around. 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.
The leader of the Bend his tired and his eyes are growing old. But his blood runs through my instrument, And his song is in my soul My life has been a poor attempt To wear my date the mask I'm just a living legacy. To the lead. Leader of the band. I am a living legacy.
To the lead. Leader of 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. Lee Habib here, and I'm inviting you to help Our American Stories celebrate this country's 250th birthday, only a short time away.
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Liberty has never been just a word to we Americans. It has guided every one of our endeavors for the past 250 years. And now it takes form in a new way. The 2026 Semi-Quincentennial Coin and Metal Program from the United States Mint. It celebrates the founding ideals that have long shaped our coinage.
Available one year only, this historic collection features new coin designs, limited edition releases, and reissues. Shop new official coins at usmint.gov forward slash semi-q. That's usmint.gov/slash S-E-M-I-Q. Most Mother's Day gifts end up in a drawer, but a song lives in the heart forever. This year, tryjoybox.com is giving away 1 million free custom songs to celebrate 1 million incredible moms.
Just share a few memories, and Joybox produces an original track and greeting card just for her instantly. It's the most personal gift you'll ever give, and right now it's completely free. Make mom the star. Of her own song at tryjoybox.com. One million songs, zero dollars, only at tryjoybox.com.
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