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    • Aug 13, 1951
    Dan Fogelberg is born in Peoria, Illinois. His 1985 album "High Country Snows" features Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill and Doc Watson, and his supporting tour leads to the formation of The Desert Rose Band
    Aug 27, 1977
    Jimmy Buffett marries for the second time, to Janie Slagsvol in Redstone, Colorado. Among the wedding guests: J.D. Souther, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, Dan Fogelberg and journalist Hunter S. Thompson
    Apr 25, 1980
    Asylum releases the "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack. The two-disc album features Kenny Rogers, Mickey Gilley, Johnny Lee, Anne Murray, Jimmy Buffett, The Eagles, The Charlie Daniels Band, Bob Seger, Bonnie Raitt, Joe Walsh, Linda Ronstadt, Dan Fogelberg and J.D. Souther
    Jul 14, 1980
    The "Urban Cowboy" soundtrack earns a gold album from the RIAA. It features Anne Murray, Kenny Rogers, The Eagles, Johnny Lee, Mickey Gilley, Linda Ronstadt, J.D. Souther, Jimmy Buffett, Joe Walsh, Bob Seger, Dan Fogelberg and The Charlie Daniels Band, among others
    Jun 6, 1982
    Linda Ronstadt performs "Blue Bayou" and "Living In The U.S.A." for 85,000 during the anti-nuclear Peace Sunday rally at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. Also in the lineup are Bob Dylan, Jackson Browne, Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Dan Fogelberg, Stevie Wonder and Crosby, Stills & Nash
    Mar 31, 1985
    Epic releases Dan Fogelberg's country album, "High Country Snows," featuring musicians Chris Hillman and Herb Pedersen, who form The Desert Rose Band with several players from the subsequent tour
    Nov 9, 1994
    "High Country Snows," the Dan Fogelberg country album that influenced the formation of The Desert Rose Band, is certified gold by the RIAA
    Feb 20, 1998
    Jimmy Buffett sings "Margaritaville" and Linda Ronstadt does "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" and "Blue Bayou" during a memorial concert for Nicolette Larson at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in California. Also in the lineup: Jackson Browne, Dan Fogelberg, Carole King, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt and Crosby, Stills & Nash
    Dec 16, 2007

    Dan Fogelberg dies from prostate cancer at his home in Deer Isle, Maine. The pop singer/songwriter recorded a 1985 country album, "High Country Snows," supporting it with a backing group that spawned The Desert Rose Band

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