Daniel Grayling `` Dan '' Fogelberg ( August 13 , 1951 -- December 16 , 2007 ) was an American musician , songwriter , composer , and multi-instrumentalist whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk , pop , rock , classical , jazz , and bluegrass .
Daniel Grayling `` Dan '' Fogelberg ( August 13 , 1951 -- December 16 , 2007 ) was an American singer , songwriter and multi-instrumentalist , whose music was inspired by sources as diverse as folk , pop , classical , jazz , and bluegrass music .