Dan Fogelberg - To The Morning (97)

Dan Fogelberg plays To The Morning ~ Solo Acoustic in Peoria, IL on 10/26/97.

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[cryintheforest]

So beautiful!!! We miss you so much,Dan! Thank you!!

[SoothesMySoul]

Thank you for posting this! Talk about going back in time with this song. What a wonderful performance Dan did here of "To The Morning", still in that high, clear, beautiful, moving voice of his. So many other fans of Dan Fogelberg's here; yet, when I mentioned him to people in the '70s, '80s, they had never heard of him. Most I know only recognize who I'm speaking of when I mention "Leader of the Band" or "Old Lang Syne". It's wonderful to know he was appreciated, loved; now missed by us all.

[Danfan33yrs]

Below is what I hear Dan saying....

[Danfan33yrs]

“Well,this one goes back even further than that one(Part of the Plan. It actually dates back to the(early dawn of time?) I was actually going to mention this song.I wrote it here in Peoria on(my mother’s?)piano. I was about 17/18 years old. I can still see the day on that morning that I wrote this song,it was a lovely Sunday, I was looking out through the Venetian Blinds. I think when I wrote this, it convinced me that this was what I would do for a living? I always thought I would do, piano(?)”

[Danfan33yrs]

I haven't seen this video until now. I'm speechless. Dan's performance is outstanding, especially knowing he was ONLY 17 when he wrote it! "Genius" seems a mediocre, generic attempt at defining this man's talent. Those of us who have known Dan's music throughout our lives have been blessed. "To the Morning" is even more meaningful after hearing Dan's rendition of, "Birds"..., with the haunting final chord; the 'other bookend', the end of his music....

[SoothesMySoul]

@ceresmary206 I have listened so many times trying to see if I could understand everything he says prior to performing this. Same as with you, I just can't understand what Dan is saying. Sorry.

But love what Dan is singing!

[dvrsweet1]

@SoothesMySoul Yes! I agree!!

[ceresmary206]

can anyone please tell me what he is saying before the song? i'd really would appreciate it...one of his best songs, in my opinion...right up there with passage and gambler...let it shine...thanks, mary

[eugeniodgv]

What genious!

[doggirl60]

This is still my favorite song Dan ever wrote. It's a view of a crisp, new day, maybe a cup of coffee, with birds, and hope, and so inviting!!! It makes mornings amazing.... Like Dan is... miss him so much!!

[MrAzman345]

I saw Dan in concert at Wolf Trap in 2004. It was a couple years after that that he left us behind. I will cherish that concert with all I am. I was due to have an angiogram the next day because the doctor's thought I was getting ready to check out of this world. I never thought that Dan would check out before me. I too have been playing guitar for about 40 years and Mr. Fogelberg was a huge influence on me and my friends. I was also teased about listening to t"that kind of music" as well.

[bubble5648]

Living in chronic pain often gives way to depression and I often can't wait til the night comes. Mornings just made me have to wake up to pain and endless crying Thank you Dan, for helping me to see the beauty in a morning again.