Moms Music- Dan Fogelberg

I was in Peoria, Illinois last weekend and saw they had a statue dedicated to hometown son Dan Fogelberg I wasn’t planning on covering Fogelberg for #momsmusic but if truth is told, I would have to say he is on Moms Top 10. If we are being honest, I don’t like the soft rock of the 1970s. I won’t mention the artists that annoy me the most as they might be your favorites. But as we sit here decades later, yes I include Fogelberg in the group of 70s AM radio, but like the recently passed Gordon Lightfoot, I really have nothing bad to say about Fogelberg. Neither artist is among my favorites, but I appreciate their artistry and would definitely listen if they come on the radio Fogelberg has a solid career- four top 10 singles, seven more songs in the Top 40 and add three more for a total of 14 songs placed on the US Top 100 from 1975 to 1987. Even more charted on Adult Contemporary radio. Even though I classify him with the 70s, his peak chart years were between 1979 and 1984. Which means I should put Fogelberg on my #raisedonradio list of songs I grew up with. As you know, I love sports and music, so “Run for the Roses” a song commissioned for the Kentucky Derby is a perfect mix of both, so no wonder I liked it. It went to # 18. Which meant it stopped a Top 10 run of “Same Old Lang Syne”, “Hard to Say” and “Leader of the Band”. And listening afresh 40 years later, pales to those singles in comparison. I don’t have any particular thoughts on Horse Racing. I grew up just after this golden decade for the sport with Secretariat, Affirmed and Seattle Slew. So while there were some famous jockeys- Pincay, Shoemaker, Pat Day and so on - the Triple Crowd seemed elusive. And of course for me, I remember Swale which won the first two races of the Triple Crown and died before the third. I try to watch the Kentucky Derby each year and there is a lot of local owners and stables representing Iowa in recent times so that is of interest, but I am not all that passionate about it. I am sad to hear of the tragedies that seemed to occur more than normal this year.