Leader of the Band by Dan Fogelberg, an acoustic cover performed by Mike Massé. See Mike in concert: https://mikemasse.com/concerts Book Mike: https://mikemasse.com/contact/
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Dedicated to my father, Robert Massé. While not a musician, he support and encouraged my musical efforts (as did my mom) from an early age, and bought me guitars, a Yamaha DX-7, etc., when we really couldn’t afford it.

Mike plays a Martin D-41 in this song, the same guitar Dan Fogelberg used to use. Mike resides in Denver, Colorado.

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Recording notes:
The vocals chain = Neumann KMS 105 to UA 6176 to UA Apollo Quad to Cubase Pro 8.5
The guitar chain = Neumann KM 184's (stereo pair) to Great River ME-1NV x2 to UA Apollo Quad to Cubase Pro 8.5
I also recorded the pickup signal and processed it with the UA Sound Machine Wood Works plug-in, and blended it with the stereo mic signals.

Video was shot by Valia Massé, Timmy Massé, and Mike Massé, edited by Mike Massé. The camera was a Canon EOS 70D with a Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens. The video was edited in Sony Vegas Pro 13.