As I took care of the
monthly bills, a wonderful song came to mind: Dan Fogelberg’s “Old Tennessee.”
Dan Fogelberg was a prolific
singer-songwriter who, sadly, died of prostate cancer at the age of 56 in
December 2007. We had a number of opportunities to see him perform. No matter
how large the venue, fans would shout out requests for favorite songs. At one
concert, now many years ago, requests were coming right and left but Dan was
largely ignoring them. Then someone yelled out “Dancing Shoes," a song from
his 1977 album, “Netherlands.” Without missing a beat, he looked up and said “’Dancing
Shoes’? I wrote a song called ‘Dancing Shoes’?” He had written so many wonderful
songs that even he could not remember
them all!
But now the song that
comes to mind is one called “Old Tennessee” from his 1975 album, “Captured
Angel,” with the opening lyric
End of October, the
sleepy brown woods
Seem to nod down
their heads to the winter.
Yellows and grays
paint a sad skies today
And I wonder when you’re
coming home.
I guess you could say
that Dan has gone home, but we do still miss him.
Love,
Rebecca
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