In 1983, painter and singer Dan Fogelberg released the song Make Love Stay. Fogelberg was born 71 years ago today. On 16 December 2007, Dan Fogelberg died at age 56 at his home on Deer Isle, Maine. His ashes were scattered off coastal Maine, into the Atlantic Ocean.
His song Old Lane Syne was about a true chance encounter with ‘an old lover’. It was Christmas Eve 1975. The beer was Oly, Olympia, and the girl was Jill Anderson. Her marriage was already strained. By the time the song was released in 1980 she had already divorced. Jim and Jill Greulich now live happily in St. Louis.
She kept quiet all those years about her part as the inspiration of the song because she didn’t want it to “overshadow Dan. It wasn’t about me. It was about Dan. It was Dan’s song.”
My post in the Today in History thread — Today in History - #2449 by Bullitt
Rest In Peace, Dan Fogelberg. Thank you for your music.
