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BMGThe Eagles, ex-Doobie Brother Michael McDonald and founding Buffalo Springfield member Richie Furay are among a variety of music stars featured on upcoming album that pays homage to late singer/songwriter Dan Fogelberg.
The aptly titled A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg, which features covers of 14 songs penned by the folk-rocker, will be released on November 17. Other well-known artists who lent their talents to the collection, which was recorded over the course of several years, include Jimmy Buffett, Boz Scaggs, Train, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, the late Donna Summer, the late Dobie Gray and country superstar Garth Brooks. Fogelberg’s old backing band Fool’s Gold also recorded a track for the album.
Many of the musicians appearing on the tribute collaborated with Fogelberg over the years, including a number Eagles members. The album was produced by Fogelberg’s widow, Jean; his longtime friend and manager, Irving Azoff; Dan’s frequent studio collaborator, Norbert Putnam; and veteran concert promoter Chuck Morris.
A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg is available for pre-order now. If you purchase the album in advance, you’ll immediately receive a free download of Scaggs’ cover of the 1981 hit “Hard to Say,” followed on October 13 by a gratis digital copy of Vince Gill and wife Amy Grant‘s rendition the classic 1979 ballad, “Longer.”
McDonald, who contributed a version of “Better Change” to the album, recalls that after he first heard some of Fogelberg’s early demos, “I was immediately transported to a musical place that I would look forward to returning to time and again over the years.” He adds, “So proud to be part of this project.”
Fogelberg died of prostate cancer in 2007. He was 56.
Here’s A Tribute to Dan Fogelberg‘s full track list:
“Phoenix” — Garth Brooks
“Nether Lands” — Donna Summer
“Better Change” — Michael McDonald
“Longer” — Amy Grant/Vince Gill
“Same Old Lang Syne” — Train
“Don’t Lose Heart” — Dobie Gray
“Old Tennessee” — Fool’s Gold/Denny Henson and Tom Kelly
“As the Raven Flies” — Casey James
“Sutters Mill” — Randy Owens
“Run for the Roses” — The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with Richie Furay
“Hard to Say” — Boz Scaggs
“Part of the Plan” — The Eagles
“There’s a Place in the World for a Gambler” — Jimmy Buffett
“Leader of the Band” — Zac Brown
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