Dan Fogelberg - Leader of the Band (from Live: Greetings from the West)

MY " LEADER OF THE BAND" WAS LET DOWN BY # 2 SON, NOT AN ENGINEER( HIM AND MY BROTHER), NOT AN ATTORNEY(MOM'S DREAM); YES, A BUDDING MUSICIAN(PLZ DON'T GO ON ROAD), ASSISTANT " N.A.U.I. SCUBA INSTRUCTOR(TAKE THIS $$,GO BUY BEST AQUA LUNG/SAFETY VEST STUFF, SO U DON'T DROWN-HE WAS AN ENGINEER, WHO INSISTED ON " BEST EQUIPMENT, NO MATTER HOW SKILLED/TRAINED U R( WHEN I " NEEDED IT, THAT " STUFF" WORKED AS PLANNED, SAVING MY BACON-"DAD & MOM WERE ALMOST ALWAYS "RIGHT"-TOOK YEARS TO ACCEPT THIS FACT. DAD " LED ME" BY EXAMPLE, DEDICATION TO FAMILY, LOVE OF BEST EQUIPMENT TO DO THE JOB"(HE " LOANED HIS CREDIT CARD" TO ALLOW PURCHASE OF MY " CLASSIC HORN" AT "SAM ASH MUSIC STORE", HEMPSTEAD, LONG ISLAND(CLOSED, MOVED TO " WESTBURY , ACROSS FROM " FORTUNOFF'S"). REST IN PEACE " LESTER AND SHEILA(WHO GRADUATED HIGH S. AT AGE "16", UNDER GRAD AT "19/20","HOFSTRA GRAD AROUND 1967/68") GIFTED SOULS IN TOTALLY DIFFERENT FIELDS, FROM " THE BRONX".