Dan fogelberg funeral

Born August 13, 1951, in Peoria, Ill.; son of a band leader father and an opera singer mother. Education: Attended the University of Illinois. Addresses: Home --Boulder, Colorado. Record Company --Epic Records/CBS Inc., 1801 Century Park West, Los Angeles, Calif.

As one of countless singer/songwriters to emerge from the conciousness-raising years of the early 1970s, Fogelberg became a success with his melodic, "light" rock songs that usually explored the bittersweet aspects of love and relationships.

He was by no means a great critical success, but his sound was pleasing to a generation of rock fans whose musical tastes had tempered since the dissonant, heavily electric, acid rock days of the late 1960s.

Fogelberg's smooth sound was the result of a tried-and-true approach that helped launch the careers of such similar artists as James Taylor, Paul Simon, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, and Carole King.

Though Fogelberg was not as commercially successful as those performers, his