Tim McGraw says of Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors, his eighth album and his most ambitious recording project to date. "It has every element I've always wanted to have in my music. It sounds real and it sounds soulful, and it's a lot more me than any record I've ever made."
With a decade-long hot streak that encompasses 19 Number One singles, six multi-platinum albums, sales of over 25 million albums and an enduring status as one of country music's most popular and respected performers, McGraw would be in an ideal position to rest on his laurels and coast for awhile. But that's exactly what he's not doing on Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. The 15-song collection finds McGraw breaking most of the rules of how mainstream country records are made—and coming up with some of the most compelling and accessible music of his career in the process.
The self-effacing Louisiana-bred superstar has never been shy about bucking trends or defying expectations, but with Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors he's topped himself. In his ongoing pursuit of new creative options, he's bypassed Nashville's standard method of cutting tracks with session musicians in favor of recording with his longstanding live band, the Dancehall Doctors. The result is a rivetingly real tour de force whose superb songs are matched by gritty, inventive arrangements and loose, effortlessly soulful performances that enhance the songs' emotional impact while driving McGraw to some of his most impassioned vocal performances to date.
That sense of earthy energy and emotional investment is prominent throughout Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors, from the breezy romanticism of "She’s My Kind of Rain" and "Watch the Wind Blow By," to the slice-of-life insights of "Red Ragtop" and "Home," to the openhearted intimacy of "I Know How To Love You Well" and "All We Ever Find," to the rollicking, good-timey feel of "Real Good Man" and "That’s Why God Made Mexico," to the vivid songcraft of "Comfort Me" and "Sing Me Home"—not to mention a memorable interpretation of the Elton John classic "Tiny Dancer" that's already become a staple of McGraw's live concerts. In addition to the Dancehall Doctors, the album also features guest vocals by Kim Carnes on “Comfort Me” and Eagles Don Henley and Timothy B. Schmit, who add their distinctive voices to "Illegal."
"My previous albums were done in pretty much the Nashville way—the session guys came in and laid down their tracks and then I sang," McGraw explains. "I'm proud of all of those records, but I wanted to capture some of the feel and groove that I loved in my favorite records when I was growing up. It's almost unheard of for a country artist to record with his road band, but my guys have been with me for a long time, and they're an important part of what I do. And it was time to get that on a record."
Underlining the new disc's status as a McGraw career landmark is a high-profile multimedia launch that includes the artist's first-ever network TV special, shot in his hometown of Start, Louisiana and airing on NBC November 27. Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors is also accompanied by a McGraw-penned book chronicling the making of the album- "Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors: This Is Ours"- which is the first of two books to be published by Simon & Schuster. A book on fatherhood will follow in 2003.
In keeping with his desire to pursue a more organic recording approach on the new album, McGraw and his band—along with trusted producer Byron Gallimore, who's overseen all of McGraw's prior albums—loaded a 53-foot semi truck full of instruments and recording gear and retreated to the isolated environs of Allaire Studios, located in a 1920’s mansion atop a mountain in upstate New York's Catskill mountains. Far from the standard clock-punching studio routine, the longtime brothers in arms worked in a creatively stimulating freeform atmosphere, building the tracks from the ground up, experimenting with new sounds and taking the songs in unexpected directions that reflected the project's risk-taking nature.
"Making this record was the most fun I've ever had in the studio and the most rewarding musical experience I've ever had," McGraw asserts, adding, "It was all about making music, and being up on this mountain far away from everybody else allowed us to focus on the job we were there to do. It was like being in a submarine and not having time to think about anything other than our mission."
Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors showcases the seamless instrumental rapport of the Dancehall Doctors—lead guitarist Darran Smith (who co-produced the album with McGraw and Gallimore), steel guitarist Denny Hemingson, acoustic guitarist Bob Minner, bassist John Marcus, fiddler Dean Brown, keyboardist Jeff McMahon, drummer Billy Mason and percussionist David Dunkley—who've been an integral element of McGraw's live show for much of his career. Indeed, most of the Dancehall Doctors have been with McGraw for more than a decade, with the newest member having joined in 1996.
Tim McGraw
"I think that I sang more honestly on this record, and I think that came from the honesty that the music was played with," says McGraw. "Everybody's playing their ass off and giving it everything they've got. It's a bunch of guys who've known each other and lived together and played music together for a really long time, and it feels real because of that."
Tim McGraw has never been one to do things halfway. Growing up, he maintained an equal devotion to music and athletics, but was irrevocably drawn to the former while attending Northeast Louisiana University. After teaching himself to play guitar and cutting his teeth playing solo in local nightspots, he decided to try his luck in Nashville. Moving to Music City on little more than a wing and a prayer, the young upstart hit the local club circuit and wasted little time in establishing himself as a singularly charismatic performer.
After signing with Curb Records and releasing his self-titled debut album in June 1992, McGraw achieved his commercial breakthrough with his second album, 1994's Not A Moment Too Soon, which became the year's top-selling country album and spawned a pair of trademark hits, the rambunctious rocker "Indian Outlaw" and the sensitive ballad "Don't Take the Girl." The latter tune became his first Number One hit, and McGraw progressed from struggling club act to headliner almost overnight, eventually winning Academy of Country Music awards for Album of the Year and Top New Male Vocalist later that same year.
Tim's third album, 1995's All I Want, debuted at Number One on the Billboard country album chart and spawned three Number One singles, including the anthemic "I Like It, I Love It." The album was followed by the Spontaneous Combustion tour, which becomes the year's top-drawing country tour. The tour also featured opening act Faith Hill, whom McGraw would marry in late 1996. The same year, McGraw went behind the scenes as producer, helping to launch the multi-platinum career of Jo Dee Messina, all three of whose albums he's co-produced in collaboration with Byron Gallimore.
McGraw's 1997 release Everywhere yielded no less than five Number One singles, including "It's Your Love," which became the most-played single since Billboard began monitoring airplay; and "Just to See You Smile," which became Billboard's longest-running modern chart single, spending 42 weeks on the chart. Everywhere, which the Country Music Association named Album of the Year, also marked McGraw's first official co-production credit on one of his own albums.
1999's A Place in the Sun debuted at Number One on both the Billboard Pop and Country charts, produced four more Number One singles including "Something Like That" and "My Next Thirty Years," and won the Country Music Association's Album of the Year and Male Vocalist awards. McGraw spent much of Summer 1999 on the wildly successful A Place In The Sun tour, with opening act the Dixie Chicks, as well as performing for the second year in a row as the featured artist on the George Strait Country Music Festival tour while playing a series of low-key "Bread and Water" club shows for charity.
McGraw spent the second half of 2000 on the Soul 2 Soul 2000 tour, which teamed him with Faith Hill and played to sellout crowds in 64 cities (including a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden), becoming one of the year's five top-grossing concert tours in all genres and number in country music. The end of the year saw Curb's release of Greatest Hits; while the best-of collection spent nine weeks at Number One, McGraw's enthusiasm was focused firmly on his next album of new material.
2001's Set This Circus Down was a musically and thematically ambitious effort that confirmed McGraw's commitment to expanding his artistic reach beyond country's accepted commercial boundaries. In a move that's virtually a sacrilege in Nashville terms, Tim chose not to use a photo of himself on the album's front cover, instead commissioning an artist to create a bittersweetly evocative package that elaborated upon his musical vision. His adventurousness was vindicated when fans embraced the soulful delivery and reflective lyrical tone of the smash singles "Grown Men Don't Cry," "Angry All the Time" and "The Cowboy In Me." Meanwhile, the iconoclastic personal statement "Things Change" made history as the first country song to ever chart from a downloaded version, after McGraw debuted the song on the CMA Awards show.
Also in 2001, McGraw took home the CMA's Entertainer of the Year award and five Billboard Music Awards, as well as his first Grammy, for Best Country Vocal Collaboration on "Let's Make Love," his duet with wife Faith Hill. His summer concert trek, Tim McGraw on Tour, with friends Kenny Chesney and Mark Collie as support acts, was also the top country tour of the year.
But, as Tim McGraw sees it, his massive past successes are merely the foundation for the exciting new musical phase that commences with Tim McGraw and the Dancehall Doctors. "I see this record," he says, "as a step towards getting on the path that I want to be on musically, making great records as a band and then being able to go out and play the same stuff that we played on the records."
"This whole project," he states, "has already gone way beyond my original expectations, so for me it's already a success. It feels like we've stepped up and opened a door to a whole new place musically, and now it feels like the sky's the limit. It's also the only country record I can think of that has a mellotron on it. We may get run out of Nashville for that—either that or everybody will start using them.”
"You've got to keep challenging yourself if you want to stay alive as an artist," McGraw concludes. "The thing is, I just love doing this so much, and I look at it as a challenge to dig my heels in and keep getting better. To me, this is my life's work—besides my marriage and my kids—so I have to take it seriously, and I want to keep building on it."
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Verfasst am: 24.06.2007, 11:36 Titel: Here is a native Pagan Album for you to download
A collection of tracks taken from many of the best selling albums that featured pagan, Mayan, cultural, Native american, Celtic themes. A themed best of collection.
and this cd-album are all mp3 files and this is a free download
you found more cd`s and e-books into the folder "MUSIKSTAMMTISCH"
have you questions about the downloads, please send me a message here or on my yahoosite..... *lol* not yahoo, my space or imeem, hihi
...have fun my friends _________________
toksha ake wacinyuanktin ktelo - I shall see you again
Verfasst am: 29.11.2007, 19:21 Titel: about The BossHoss
about The BossHoss
The BossHoss is a band from Berlin which started
in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions
of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example
"Hot in Herre" by Nelly,
"Toxic" by Britney Spears
and "Hey Ya!" by OutKast.
They incorporate stereotypical American cowboy
behavior into their act. The wear stetson hats,
tank tops, large sunglasses, display whiskey bottles,
and yell heehaw. The band refers to their music style
as "Country Trash Punk Rock.
Members:
* Boss Burns (Alec Völkel; Vocals, Washboard)
* Hoss Power (Sascha Vollmer; Vocals, Acoustic Guitar)
* Frank Doe (Ansgar Freyberg; Drums)
* Hank Doodle (Mathias Fauvet; Mandoline, Harp)
* Guss Brooks (André Neumann; Acoustic Bass)
* Russ T. Nail (Dean Micetech; Electric Guitar)
* Ernesto Escobar de Tijuana (Tobias Fischer; Percussion)
Band History:
2004 -
The band was formed in Berlin by Boss and Hoss and named after the ononymous song by the The Sonics. They were featured in the trendsetting music show Tracks (on the French/German tv channel ARTE) and played live during the Kiel Week. In late 2004 they signed a record deal with Universal Music Domestic Division.
2005 -
Release of their debut album "Internashville Urban Hymns" and a promotional contract with the ice cream producer Langnese, for which they covered "Like Ice In The Sunshine", the theme song from a Langnese's TV spot. The band played about 180 concerts that year.
2006 -
BossHoss provided the soundtrack for the soccer movie "FC Venus".[8] Release of the first single „I Say A Little Prayer“ on April 28 and the second album "Rodeo Radio" on May 19. Half of that second album were own songs, the other half cover versions. After they had released that second album, their first album rose into the charts again, sold 100'000 copies until the end of May 2006 only and became a gold record in Germany. BossHoss played a lot of concerts in Germany and at summer festivals all over Europe.
2007 -
BossHoss will play in Canada in March, at many European festivals during the summer and a tour in autumn is also scheduled. The third album is to be recorded in March and released in September.
Albums:
- Internashville Urban Hymns (2005)
- Rodeo Radio (2006)
Singles:
- Hey Ya! (2005) (OutKast cover)
- Hot In Herre/ Like Ice In The Sunshine (2005)
(Double A Side Single with covers of Nelly
and the Langnese theme)
- Christmas-CD (2005)
(Last Christmas (George Michael of Wham)
& Riding Home For Christmas)
- Say A Little Prayer (Bacharach-David)[
/ You'll Never Walk Alone (Rodgers) (2006)
- Ring, Ring, Ring (De La Soul cover)(2006)
- Rodeo Radio (2006)
Verfasst am: 30.11.2007, 14:17 Titel: about Alan Jackson
about Alan Jackson
As the first artist signed to Arista Records' country division,
Alan Jackson's first single, "Blue Blooded Woman,"
peaked at a dismal No. 45 on the country charts in 1989.
Clearly, things improved substantially with the next single -- the title
track from his debut album, Here in the Real World --
and the hits haven't stopped yet. Fifteen years into his career,
the superstar has sold more than 40 million albums and scored
more than 30 No. 1 singles -- 21 of which he either wrote or co-wrote.
Jackson was born Oct. 17, 1958, in Newnan, Ga., to a blue-collar family.
Jackson's father was an automobile mechanic. Caring for a household
of seven, his mother helped instill a sense of integrity and small town
values. While in high school, Jackson met his future wife, Denise,
at a Dairy Queen, and their lasting marriage
has produced three daughters.
Playing in country bands in Georgia, Jackson worked as a mechanic,
used car salesman and forklift operator to pay the bills while writing songs.
He and Denise moved to Nashville in 1985, but his first impressions
of Music City were a tiny basement apartment and a genre whose radio
prerequisites had almost nothing to do with his own songwriting.
That same year, Denise met Glen Campbell in an airport when
she was working as a flight attendant. She told Campbell about
her husband and gave him a tape. Campbell gave her his business card
and suggested that Alan should call his publishing company.
Soon after, Jackson became a staff songwriter at Campbell's music
publishing company.
Jackson hit No. 1 three times in 1991, with
"I'd Love You All Over Again," "Don't Rock the Jukebox"
and "Someday." In 1992, he released the spooky video for
"Midnight in Montgomery," which won a CMA Award.
That same year, he returned to No. 1 with "Love's Got a Hold on You"
and "She's Got the Rhythm (And I Got the Blues)." In 1993,
he spent four weeks at the top with "Chattahoochee,"
which propelled the corresponding album A Lot About Livin'
(And a Little 'Bout Love) to sales of more than 6 million copies.
"Chattahoochee" won a CMA award for single of the year
in 1993 and song of the year in 1994. Jackson took
his first CMA entertainer trophy in 1995, coinciding almost exactly
with The Greatest Hits Collection.
Following several novelty hits, like "I Don't Even Know Your Name,"
Roger Miller's "Tall, Tall Trees" and Tom T. Hall's "Itty Bitty,"
Jackson then found inspiration (and chart success) in more challenging
material, such as Harley Allen and Carson Chamberlain's "
Between the Devil and Me" and Kieran Kane's "I'll Go On Loving You."
Although Jackson's albums emphasize his original material,
he frequently tips his hat to the sounds that molded his music.
Prime examples include "Summertime Blues"
(a country version of Eddie Cochran's 1958 rockabilly smash)
and "Who's Cheatin' Who" (a remake of Charly McClain's 1981 hit).
He took an additional step with the 1991 album, Under the Influence,
offering his versions of songs made famous by Merle Haggard,
Charley Pride, Conway Twitty, Don Williams, Gene Watson,
Mel McDaniel and others. The album netted Jackson another
Top 10 single with "Pop a Top," a Nat Stuckey song that was
a major hit for Jim Ed Brown in 1967.
Other highlights included Jackson's take on Hank Williams Jr.'s
"The Blues Man."
Others have had major hits with Jackson's compositions as well.
Among his credits are Randy Travis' "Forever Together"
and "Better Class of Losers," Clay Walker's "If I Could Make a Livin'"
and Faith Hill's "I Can't Do That Anymore."
Already one of country's most respected songwriters,
Jackson ascended to yet a higher level at the 2001 CMA Awards
show when he debuted "Where Were You
(When the World Stopped Turning)." His song about the 9/11
terrorist attacks in New York City stunned the awards show audience
and ultimately proved to be the most honest,
heartfelt song written about the tragedy.
In 2002, "Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)"
won Jackson his first Grammy, as best country song. At the 2002
CMA Awards, the song netted Jackson song of the year
and single of the year honors. That same year,
Jackson received the CMA's album of the year award
for Drive while being named male vocalist and entertainer of the year.
He tied Johnny Cash for the most CMA wins in a year.
Drive went on to sell 4 million copies, and the title track spent several
weeks at No. 1 as well.
Jackson remains a favorite of the Nashville business community,
but he has occasionally commented on the country music industry
in songs such as the No. 1 hit "Gone Country" (co-written with Bob McDill),
"Three Minute Positive Not Too Country Up-Tempo Love Song"
and his CMA award-winning collaboration with George Strait on
"Murder on Music Row." By then accustomed to sold-out concerts
at huge arenas throughout the U.S., Jackson gained rave reviews
from the big city media in 2002 when he took his show
to the tiny confines of New York City's premiere punk club, CBGB.
By 2003, Jackson had achieved enough chart success to warrant
the release of another retrospective of his recording career.
It was released in two versions -- the two-CD Greatest Hits Volume II
and Some Other Stuff and the single disc Greatest Hits Volume II.
The album's first single, "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere,"
was a duet with Jimmy Buffett. The No. 1 hit was named vocal event
of the year at the 2003 CMA Awards and gave Buffett his first
chart-topping single -- and his first major music award.
That same year, Jackson won his second male vocalist CMA award
and his third CMA entertainer trophy.
In 2004, he hit No. 1 with "Remember When"
(from the album What I Do and toured arenas with Martina McBride.
He offered Precious Memories, a gospel album originally recorded
as a gift to his mother and mother-in-law, in early 2006.
Later that year, he offered the critically acclaimed Like Red on a Rose,
produced by Alison Krauss.
You find some CD`s in the download area from Alan
~U-ne-ga-wa-ya~ _________________
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Verfasst am: 01.12.2007, 15:16 Titel: about John Berry
John Berry....
has one of the most powerful and distinctive voices in country music.
It’s a stunningly rich, majestic tenor that he uses to its full effect.
With multiple gold and platinum albums and nominations
from the Country Music Association, the Academy of Country Music,
and the Grammy's, he has clearly forged an appreciation from the music
industry and fans alike. One such fan includes former President
George H. Bush and wife Barbara, who invited John
to sing for Mr. Bush's birthday party.
Born in Aiken, South Carolina, and raised in the Atlanta, Georgia area,
John grew up in an eclectic musical household. His father listened
to concert pianist Van Clyburn, his mother had a strong taste for gospel,
and his brother became an opera singer. John gravitated to both soul
and country music and began recording his own albums at home in 1979.
Two years later, John started performing solo acoustic shows
in northeast Georgia, then expanded around the southeast, building
a strong name and following. As his reputation grew,
so did the demand for his self-styled recordings.
He eventually made six self-produced albums,
with the last one selling over 10,000 copies.
He was finally signed to Capitol Records in 1992.
John had his first #1 single in 1994 with “Your Love Amazes Me,”
with “She’s Taken a Shine” and “Standing on the Edge of Goodbye”
following suit. Other Top 10 releases included “You and Only You”
"I Think About It All The Time", "What's In It For Me",
"If I Had Any Pride Left At All", and “Change My Mind.”
"Standing On The Edge", as well as his edgy top 10 hit
“Kiss Me in the Car,” showed off John’s songwriting ability.
Making a difference is John's motivation, and he sees music
as a profoundly important calling. He has conscientiously
used his influence to improve both the global and local communities.
He has contributed his time and talents for several children's charities,
and lent his name to such causes as adult literacy and Cystic Fibrosis.
John has been quoted as saying “If there are things we can do
that may help make a difference in the lives of others,
we should make the most of that opportunity".
John has been actively recording his own albums with
his new independent label, Clear Sky Records. His album Songs
and Stories was released in May 2002, and has sold over 25,000 copies
at shows, online, and through his Fan Club. For the 2003 holiday season,
he re-released his live Christmas CD, O Holy Night Live,
formerly titled Christmas Live. That CD has been snapped up by fans also,
creating the need for a fourth pressing.
During the summer of 2003, John hit the road with friends
David Lee Murphy and Lee Roy Parnell on the "Paintin’ the Town Tour".
While on the tour, John and David Lee wrote the romantic single
“Will You Marry Me?,” which received high praise.
On reviewing the single, music critic Robert K. Oermann says John
has “still got the goods". Also, that "There's something special
about saying something in a song for people who might not be able
to express themselves in such a nakedly emotional way.”
Bill Lewis at WYTZ in Benton Harbor, MI, predicts “Will You Marry Me?”
will make those single guys want to run out and get the ring for their
lady and married couples will want to renew their vows.”
One fan did just that. He was inspired by hearing the song on the radio
to “pop the question” to his girlfriend when he heard the song on the radio.
This fan even called John’s Fan Club to get the CD early,
in order to use it for the special event.
This past Spring, John hit the road for what proved to be an amazing tour,
appropriately named "The Love Tour", in support of "I Give My Heart",
his latest album of classic love songs. This CD includes the new hit single
"Will You Marry Me". "I Give My Heart" is available at Wal-Mart, Best Buy,
Musicland, and Borders stores. _________________
toksha ake wacinyuanktin ktelo - I shall see you again
Verfasst am: 26.12.2007, 21:28 Titel: Dan Fogelberg
Dan Fogelberg ist gestorben
Ob Jazz, Folk oder Pop: Der US-Songwriter Dan Fogelberg wandelte
federleicht zwischen den Genres hin und her.
Jetzt ist er im Alter von 56 Jahren verstorben.
Fogelberg erlag am Sonntag 16.12.07 im Alter von 56 Jahren einem
Prostatakrebsleiden, das bereits im Jahr 2004 diagnostiziert worden war.
Das teilte seine Agentur auf der Internet-Seite des Künstlers mit.
Er starb in seinem Haus im US-Bundesstaat Maine.
In den siebziger und achtziger Jahren feierte Fogelberg
mit Alben und Songs wie "Part of the Plan" (1974), "The Power of Gold"
(1977) und "Longer" (1979) große Erfolge, als künstlerischer Höhepunkt
gilt vielen Kritikern sein Album "The Innocent Age" aus dem Jahr 1981.
Der Sänger und Liederschreiber verschmolz in seinen Songs
so unterschiedliche Genres wie Folk, Pop, Jazz und Klassik und schuf
sich mit seinen sensiblen Kompositionen eine treue Fangemeinde.
Sein sehr persönlicher Stil als Songwriter ließ ihn auch eine Reihe
sozialer Themen ansprechen: Fogelberg setzte sich vehement
für den Umweltschutz und gegen Atomkraft ein und machte sich
für die Rechte der amerikanischen Ureinwohner stark.
(Beautiful mountain scenery, rock formations, and national parks across America
Photos courtesy of Julie K.
Music: Longer (Dan Fogelberg)
Longer than there've been fishes in the ocean
higher than any bird ever flew.
Longer than there've been stars up in the heaven
I've been in love with you.
Stronger than any mountain cathedral
Truer then any tree ever grew
Deeper than any forest primevel
I've been in love with you.
I'll bring fires in the winter
You'll give showers in the spring
We'll fly through the falls and summers
with love on our wings.
Through the years as the fire starts to mellow
burning into the book of our lives
Though the bindings cracked and the pages start to
yellow
I'll be in love with you.
I am in love with you!!!!!! )
Translation
Dan Fogelberg, Lyric Rocker, Dies at 56
Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits “Leader of the Band”
and “Same Old Lang Syne” helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday
dec. 16th 2007 at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer.
He was 56.
His death was announced Sunday in a statement released by his family
through the firm Scoop Marketing and also posted on his Web site.
Mr. Fogelberg learned he had advanced prostate cancer in 2004.
In a statement then, he thanked fans for their support. “It is truly
overwhelming and humbling to realize how many lives my music
has touched so deeply all these years,” he wrote. “I thank you from
the very depths of my heart.”
Mr. Fogelberg’s music was powerful in its simplicity. He did not rely
on the volume of his voice to convey his emotions; instead, they came
through in his soft, tender delivery and his poignant lyrics. Songs like
“Same Old Lang Syne,” in which a man reminisces after meeting
an old girlfriend by chance during the holidays, became classics
not only for his performance, but also for their engaging story lines.
Mr. Fogelberg’s heyday was in the 1970s and early ’80s, when he scored
several platinum and multiplatinum records fueled by such hits as
“The Power of Gold” and “Leader of the Band,” a touching tribute
he wrote to his father, a bandleader. Mr. Fogelberg
put out his first album in 1972.
Mr. Fogelberg’s songs tended to have a weighty tone, reflecting on
emotional issues in a serious way. But in an interview with
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 1997,
he said it did not represent his personality.
“That came from my singles in the early ’80s,” he said.
“I think it probably really started on the radio. I’m not a dour person
in the least. I’m actually kind of a happy person.
Music doesn’t really reflect the whole person.
“One of my dearest friends is Jimmy Buffett. From his music,
people have this perception that he’s up all the time, and, of course,
he’s not. Jimmy has a serious side, too.”
Later in his career, he would write material that focused
on the state of the environment, an issue close to his heart.
Mr. Fogelberg’s last album was 2003’s “Full Circle,” his first album
of original material in a decade. A year later his cancer was diagnosed,
forcing him to forgo a planned tour.
Survivors include his wife, Jean.
~U-ne-ga-wa-ya~ _________________
toksha ake wacinyuanktin ktelo - I shall see you again
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