When it was first released, its length was seen as a potential obstacle. Decades later, it’s exactly that ambition and scale ...

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 ...

When Don McLean released “American Pie” in 1971, he left listeners with a wealth of potential lyrical analysis. The sprawling, over-eight-minute song incorporated quintessentially American imagery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Don McLean does not want a slice of “American Pie” if it comes topped with “woke bullsh–” — something he spoke at length about in ...

McLean — who recorded “American Pie” with a Martin D-28 acoustic guitar — has said the lyrics sprang from a deep sense that ...

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 ...

"American Pie" singer Don McLean isn’t too impressed with modern songwriters. On the red carpet at the MovieGuide Awards, the musician told Fox News Digital the biggest change he’s seen over his ...

Singer/songwriter Don McLean is celebrating the holidays with his new album Christmas Memories: Remixed & Remastered. It features 12 classics like “Blue Christmas,” “Let It Snow,” “God Rest Ye Merry ...

More than half a century after Don McLeanimmortalized "The Day The Music Died" in his heartfelt anthem, "American Pie" will receive an honor like no other. Acclaimed sculptor Zenos Frudakis has carved ...

Songwriter Don McLean says he rejects comparisons of today’s political climate to the 1960s, saying in the past, despite the division, “you knew where people stood.” “There was a reasonable discourse ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Songwriter Don McLean's original manuscript of "American Pie," one of the most iconic songs of its time, could fetch up to $1.5 million when it is sold on April 7, auctioneers ...