Classic rock music has produced few songs as layered, mysterious, and intertextual as Don McLean’s “American Pie.” The tune took many years to complete. McLean explained why it took so long to write ...

Rocker Don McLean, who wrote and recorded the classic hit, “American Pie.” Don McLean etched a significant place in modern music history with big classic rock hits like “American Pie,” “Crying” and ...

Although producing hit songs like “Castles in the Air”, “Wonderful Baby”, and “Crying”, Don McLean grabbed the spotlight with his iconic song “American Pie.” Released during the 1970s, the song ...

Throughout his storied career, musician Don McLean has learned that songwriters need to experience "pain" to pen music that speaks to people. "There's a lot of pain, you know, if you want to be a ...

Don McLean has no time for what he describes as “woke bullshit,” adding that it’s the kind of societal issue he conveyed in his 1971 classic “American Pie.” “The song really does open up a whole ...

After the manuscript sold back in 2015, McLean said that he “thought it would be interesting as I reach age 70 to release this work product on the song ‘American Pie’ so that anyone who might be ...

The 30th Uncle Sam Jam kicks off Independence Day weekend on Thursday, July 3, at Lafreniere Park with a star-studded lineup. Headlining the free festival are Don McLean, famed for his iconic 1972 ...

Don McLean’s most famous song received an unexpected twist on Saturday night at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. The classic rock icon, 79, appeared on stage with pop-rock phenom ...