Comments: 26

• Pamela from OregonHeard it again lately, wanted to understand the "why" about the line regarding his father.
• Jerry from MissouriI have enjoyed Dan's music ever since I heard it.
• Eileen from North CarolinaHave loved Dan Fogelberg's music my entire adult life.
• John from MaineI never felt close with my father, this song showed me what I missed.
• Mary from Yuma, AzAlways loved Dan Fogelberg. My first husband was a musician and he wished his sons would think of him this way. Our youngest son is a musician too.
• Bill from New JerseyI wish I knew the dad as band leader story back when the song came out...
• Alvin from Philippines,bacolodReally love this song i felt was love more my grandfather and grandmother this song was so beautiful and meaningful to me thankyou for this song sir dan
• Nina Bleu from OregonSaw him perform in the Forum in LA in 1982. Wonderful concert! This song is beautiful, brings tears to my eyes and brings back such great memories of that era.
• Jack " Tony" Gallaher from TennesseeYour DAD heard every word of that song, and loved you all the more for it.
• Shane from NysWhat a song!
• Libra Boy_mars94 from PhilippinesI love this song a very sentimental one, as l other hand offer it to my mother, who did the sacrifice to build and maintain our family, which made who l am today.
• Anonymous from PhilippinesNow I know why it touched me so much. I love you, Dad.
• James from ChicagoThis song means a lot to me because of how my dad has always been there for me.
  Growing up, I was very irresponsible. Doing drugs, getting in trouble with the law, going to jail, etc.
  But each time my dad was always there to bail me out and offer his financial and emotional support.
  
  One day my mom told me that my dad had not slept for almost 3 days because he was so worried about me.
  I finally made the decision to leave the country and try to find my direction. Getting away may have been the best thing
  that ever happened to me.
  
  Eventually I went to college, got my degree, and met a wonderful christian woman. I will never be able to repay my dad
  back the money he spent on legal fees to keep me out of jail. So the only thing I can do to repay him and to ease my conscience
  for all the sleepness nights and pain I caused my mom and dad is to take care of them now that they are in their retirement years.
  
  They now live in a townhome where I, along with my brother and sister take turns taking care of them. I guess the best thing I
  can do is to make sure that they will never end up in a nursing home. I promised God that no matter what it takes, I will take care of
  them the best way I can. Its the least I can do for them for all the years they took care of me.
  
  Thank you for listening, as it helps me heal my troubled soul when I think about my past and how I let them down.
  Love you Dad and Mom. Thank you for always being there when I was lost.
• Anonymous from Philippinesits a very nice song! now i know that this song has a place in her heart! the meaning of the song will touch your heart!
• Garth from Idaho And Sometimes NevadaWhen my sisters put my Dad in the Assisted living facility, I would go visit him. This was the one song I would play for him. It continually reminds me of my life with my father. I can't play it anymore without tears coming to my eyes.
• Richie Ski from EarthI hope his father got to hear the song if it was released a year before his passing.
• Al from Spain2020 and I hadn't ever heard the song I am ashamed to say. Quite, quite beautiful. Straight on my favourites playlist. Oh to be able to write like that.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn February 28th 1982, "Leader of the Band" by Dan Fogelberg peaked at #9 (for 2 weeks) on Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart; it had entered the chart on November 22nd, 1981 at position #81 and spent 20 weeks on the Top 100...
  And on January 31st it reached #1 (for 2 weeks) on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Tracks chart (also peaked at #1 on the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart)...
  Was his third in a string of three straight records to make the Top 10; started with "Same Old Lang Syne" (#9), then "Hard To Say" (#7), and finally his one...
  R.I.P Mr. Fogelberg (1951 - 2007).
• Brett from Piketon, OhThis song reminds me of my dad. He used to always play this song when I was young. He played it over and over when his dad passed away. I get very emotional when I hear this song for a lot of reasons. Great song.
• Smiley from Harrisonburg, VaAs I choke back the tears I think of my dad, a musician who taught me to play. He died last June 1st, I played the guitar softly as he slipped further. He gained enough strength to play a song with me and died two days later. He was always the leader of the band, I guess because they practiced at the house, he did most of the singing, front man, supplied most of the equipment, hauled it, set it up, tore it down. I helped, later played drums in his band. He taught me bass, then guitar. I'm 60, he died at 83. Dad I didn't say "I love you" enough. GOD I MISS HIM! What a GREAT song, thank you.
• Jeff from Beverly Hills, Ma"My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man." What a wonderful lyric.
• Nancy Hopper from Crothersville, InI am the only child my Father had. Even though I am a female this songs fits both my Father and I. He was also a Cabinet maker and the last vacation he ever took was to come to Colorado. He tried to raise me like a boy, showing me how to make wooden hammer handles and doing carpentry work.
• Jeff from Boston, MaThis is probably the greatest love song of all time that isn't about sexual love. I think a lot of men especially can relate to the feeling that we struggle to be half the man our father is. When you add the fact that fathers and sons often have difficulty expressing their feelings for each other, a song like this has an amazing ability to evoke those emotions.
• Melanie from Martin, TnI haven't almost been a fan...I have been a fan for YEARS. Dan was one of the major musicians of my college years. There isn't a song more poignant to me than Leader of the Band. Dan was sheer brilliance.
• Mary from Yuma, AzI've almost been a fan of Dan Fogelberg. But I noticed he wasn't all that popular until after his death. This site had two of his songs on, now there are several. It's a shame a great artist isn't recognized until he's gone.
  We love you Dan!
• Mixermatt from Bloomington, MnFogelberg was great in the songs that he did

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